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The latest Q5 interview is with Jay Alexander, v-p and general manager of the oscilloscope business at Agilent Technologies.

He reveals his thoughts about technical and commercial trends in the scope market. The five short sharp questions this week are:

1. What factors are determining the development of oscilloscopes?

2. What is the future for the standalone bench-top oscilloscope with the growing use of PC-based systems?

3. With oscilloscopes offering real time bandwidths up to 12GHz, do you think you are approaching a practical physical limit for scope bandwidth?

4. What are the fastest growing oscilloscope markets around the world?

5. Will future oscilloscope product development be determined as much by software as by the hardware design?   

Read his answers in the full interview: Q5 interview - Jay Alexander, Agilent

Remember, you can read all the Electronics Weekly Q5 interviews. From ARM's chairman, Sir Robin Saxby, to touchscreen technology firm Zytronic's MD, Mark Cambridge, the business leaders share their particular insights on the UK electronics industry.

The A-Z of Q5 interviews The alpha and omega of electronics industry interviews A - ARM chairman, Robin Saxby B - BSI manager, Simon Bircham C - CamSemi CEO, David Baillie D - Design LED, James Gourlay E - Ensilica, Kevin Edwards F - Future MD, Danny Miller G - GSPK Design CEO, P. Marsh I - Icera CEO, Stan Boland J - Jennic CEO, Jim Lindop L - Lumileds, Steve Landau M - Mentor CEO, Walden Rhines N - NI president, J. Truchard O - OLED-T CTO, P.K. Nathan P - ProVision CEO, David Sykes Q - QinetiQ, Stephen Lake R - Rambus CEO, Harold Hughes S - SETsquared, Simon Bond T - TI CEO, Rich Templeton U - University of Southampton W - Wolfson CEO, Dave Shrigley X - XMOS CEO, James Foster Z - Zetex CEO, Hans Rohrer

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