PARIS, France, November 10, 2008 - AWR, the innovation leader in high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA), today announced that its 3D planar electromagnetic (EM) software has been chosen to receive the prestigious Electron d'Or Award in the CAE category. The award, sponsored by Electronique Magazine, the French electronic industry's leading publication, recognizes products in 12 award categories. The winner in each category is chosen by an independent jury of experts in the electronics industry and selected from products released in the previous 12 months.

"We are honored to have received the Electron d'Or award," said Edgard Palle, Country Manager for AWR France. "The technology within AXIEM is truly unique among EM simulation software, and AXIEM is the first such tool to bring EM analysis to the beginning of the design process, where its speed, capacity, and accuracy can help designers solve problems before they become enormously time-consuming and expensive to solve."