Keysight Technologies, Inc. - KEYS STOCK NEWS

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has partnered with Instrumentix to launch an integrated trading analytics platform for financial markets. The collaboration combines Instrumentix's xMetrics flow monitoring software with Keysight's market-data monitoring capabilities, offering comprehensive trade visibility through optical taps, high-speed packet brokers, multicast gap detection, and time synchronization. The integrated solution provides real-time monitoring via a unified dashboard, helping financial institutions optimize trade execution and resolve performance issues quickly. The platform can be deployed as standalone software or integrated with Keysight's Vision 400 Network Packet Brokers, supporting up to 400Gbps of line-rate market data feeds.

Keysight Technologies (KEYS) reported Q4 FY2024 results with revenue of $1.29 billion, slightly below last year's $1.31 billion. The company posted a GAAP net loss of $73 million due to a $315 million tax expense related to a new Singapore tax incentive. Q4 non-GAAP net income was $288 million. For full FY2024, revenue decreased to $4.98 billion from $5.46 billion in FY2023. The Communications Solutions Group revenue remained flat, while Electronic Industrial Solutions Group revenue declined 6%. For Q1 FY2025, Keysight expects revenue between $1.265-1.285 billion with non-GAAP EPS of $1.65-1.71.

Spectra7 and Keysight announced a joint demonstration of 800Gbps Active Copper Interconnects (ACCs) testing at SC24, the International Conference for High Performance Computing. The demo will showcase Spectra7's GC1122 silicon in 800G OSFP and QSFP-DD ACC interconnects operating with the Keysight AresONE-M 800GE Layer 1-3 Test System. The collaboration aims to validate robust performance testing for AI infrastructure, with Spectra7's GaugeChanger™ technology offering advantages in power, latency, and cost compared to competing Active Electrical Cables and Active Optical Cables.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has launched its new Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software portfolio, leveraging AI and machine learning to transform electronic design processes. The EDA 2025 software suite features Python integration and focuses on accelerating RF device modeling, reducing modeling time from days to hours. The software includes enhanced capabilities for RF Circuit Design, High-speed Digital Design, and Device Modeling, with AI-enhanced workflows enabling faster simulation-to-verification processes. Key improvements include 10X faster model re-centering time and streamlined automation for complex RF and chiplet products development.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has reached an agreement to provide electronic design automation (EDA) software to six of eight hubs in the Microelectronics Commons, a $2 billion, four-year U.S. initiative under the CHIPS Act. The Midwest Microelectronics Consortium (MMEC) led the centralization of EDA infrastructure through the Cross Hub Enablement Solution Working Group. Hub members will gain access to Keysight's EDA software, design data/IP management tools, and test applications. The collaboration aims to bridge the gap from lab-to-fab, supporting domestic microelectronics hardware prototyping and workforce development.

Keysight Technologies has enabled Samsung Electronics to validate FiRa® 2.0 secure test cases on its Exynos Connect U100 chipset using Keysight's Ultra-Wideband (UWB) testing solution. The solution ensures optimal RF performance, precise positioning through automated ToF and AoA tests, and improved security through FiRa 2.0 Technical and Test Specifications compliance. UWB technology provides better precision, reliability, security, and power consumption in short-range, high-bandwidth communications. The collaboration aims to enhance the security and reliability of UWB devices while accelerating manufacturing processes.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) has expanded its FieldFox handheld signal analyzers to support frequencies up to 170 GHz, thanks to a collaboration with Virginia Diodes Inc. (VDI). This enhancement enables precise millimeter-wave (mmWave) signal analysis and generation, important for 5G, 6G, aerospace, defense, and automotive radar applications. The portable solution, which weighs less than 4 kg, offers cost efficiency by reducing expenses by half compared to traditional methods. The FieldFox analyzers, paired with VDI's PSAX frequency extenders, provide expanded frequency coverage, optimized performance, and convenient in-field testing. This innovation will be showcased at electronica 2024 from November 12-15.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) will showcase innovative electronic design and test solutions at electronica 2024 in Munich, Germany from November 12-15. The exhibition will feature demonstrations of their new HD3 oscilloscope with 14-bit resolution and the PNA-X vector network analyzer.

Key highlights include high-speed digital testing, network analyzer solutions, precision RF field testing, vehicle network validation, power measurement solutions, and the latest developments in PathWave Design EDA software. The company will host a media breakfast on November 12 at 9:00 a.m. CET.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) announced key executive appointments. Steve Yoon, current VP of Americas sales region, has been promoted to senior VP of global sales, replacing retiring Mark Wallace. Jason Kary, VP of treasury and investor relations, has been appointed senior VP and president of the Electronic Industrial Solutions Group, succeeding retiring Ee Huei Sin. Both appointees bring extensive industry experience and will report directly to CEO Satish Dhanasekaran to advance Keysight's software-centric solutions strategy.