Avnet Electronics Marketing Announces Plans to Exhibit at the Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) Americas

Join the Company’s Technology Experts at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Conference Centers June 25-28, 2007 in Orlando, Florida

Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) Americas

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT), will exhibit at the third-annual Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) Americas (www.freescale.com/ftf) June 25-28, 2007, at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Conference Centers in Orlando, Florida. The forum, which offers engineers more than 370 hours of technical training classes and 220 Freescale partner demonstrations, has become a top embedded semiconductor event for engineers.

Avnet's design engineers and technology experts will share the latest information on embedded semiconductor devices and present two technical training sessions during the event. On Tuesday, June 26, Technology Specialist John Weber will present "Life of a Video Frame" (session #AE423) -- featuring the Freescale i.MX27 Applications Processor. Technology Specialist Craig Giglio will present "Zigbee Solution for Wired Cable Replacement" (session #AZ404) -- featuring Freescale Zigbee products on Thursday, June 28. Avnet will also offer booth demonstrations on i.MX27 Linux based video streaming, Zigbee wireless cable replacement and an E-Field Sensor display.

Attendees will leave armed with knowledge and an understanding of new products and cutting-edge technology for Freescale products. “Freescale Technology Forum Americas is a premier event, highlighting leading-edge Freescale embedded semiconductor products and technology for today's engineers and designers,” said Marc Gsand, vice president of marketing at Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. “Avnet is proud to lend our support by sending our own experts to run technical sessions and hands-on demonstrations for customers.”

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 70 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's Web site is located at http://www.em.avnet.com.

About Avnet

With more than 250 locations serving customers in 70 countries worldwide, Avnet (NYSE:AVT) markets, distributes and adds value to the products of the world's leading electronic component suppliers, enterprise computer manufacturers and embedded subsystem providers.

Additionally, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of service capabilities, such as supply-chain optimization, logistics solutions, product assembly, device programming, computer system integration and engineering design assistance. For the fiscal year ended July 1, 2006, Avnet generated revenue of $14.25 billion. Visit http://www.avnet.com/.