SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, 2006 — Design Automation Conference (DAC) — LogicVision, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGVN), a leading provider of test and yield learning capabilities, and GDA Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of Intellectual Property (IP) and Electronic Design Services (EDS), today announced an alliance to deliver design services for high-speed I/O test with LogicVision’s comprehensive at-speed test IP for high-speed serializer/deserializer (SerDes) circuits.
The dynamic growth of these high-speed interface circuits and the rapid increase in both data rates and lane counts have created a need for a low-cost parametric test for applications that include PCI Express, Ethernet, SATA and a number of other high-speed serial I/O standards. To meet this growing need GDA Technologies is collaborating with LogicVision to offer its customers Built-In Self-Test (BIST) solutions for testing high-speed I/O with LogicVision’s ETSerdes product. This service provides System-on-Chip design teams a high-quality IP solution for developing and testing high-speed I/O circuits while reducing overall test cost.
Using LogicVision’s ETSerdes, a full set of high-speed I/O parametric tests can be performed at production test speeds. These tests included at-speed waveform tests, transmitter jitter tests, and receiver jitter tolerance tests. Because ETSerdes is on-chip, it can provide sub-picosecond performance at wafer probe, package, board and system test.
"The rapid growth in use of high-speed SerDes I/O devices is reflected in the demand from our customers for this technology," said Ravi Thummarukudy, VP & GM of GDA’s IC Solutions Business Unit. "We are pleased to offer our customers design services with LogicVision’s ETSerdes, to allow them to meet their performance and quality goals while containing manufacturing test costs."
"GDA is a leading provider of PCI Express IP solution development, and believes that high-speed signal integrity is critical for their customers," said Jim Healy, president and CEO of LogicVision. "LogicVision’s products deliver the high-quality test needed, while reducing test costs. This is a compelling value proposition for customers who want to gain the benefits of SerDes BIST as inserted by a best-in-class design house."
About LogicVision, Inc.
LogicVision, Inc. provides unique yield learning capabilities in the design for manufacturing space. These capabilities enable its customers, leading semiconductor companies, to more quickly and efficiently learn to improve product yields. The company’s advanced Design for Test (DFT) product line, ETCreate, works together with ETAccess and SiVision yield learning applications to improve profit margins by reducing device field returns, reducing test costs, and accelerating both time to market and time to yield. LogicVision solutions are used in the development of semiconductor ICs for products ranging from digital consumer goods to wireless communications devices and satellite systems. LogicVision was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. For more information visit http://www.logicvision.com.
About GDA Technologies
GDA Technologies, Inc. is a leading design services company with high-value IP, value-added design services and flexible engineering resources for the embedded, networking, and consumer electronics market segments. GDA has developed many high-performance IP cores for compute and networking interfaces including HyperTransport, 10 Gigabit Ethernet MAC, and SPI4.2. Moreover, GDA focuses on designing systems, boards, SoCs, ASICs, and FPGAs concept to product. It has successfully developed IPs and products in the areas of high-speed handheld embedded solutions, digital video applications, Internet appliances, voice and data networking applications and non-form factor PC architectures. GDA is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has satellite design centers in Boston, Sacramento, Singapore, Chennai and Bangalore, India. For more information please visit http://www.gdatech.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements as to the expected benefits of the collaboration with GDA Technologies, and the use of ETSerdes with GDA Technologies products, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the impact of competing products and technological advances, the risk that the expected benefits of the collaboration and of adopting LogicVision’s products and technology are not realized, and other risks detailed in LogicVision’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, and from time to time in LogicVision’s SEC reports. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. LogicVision disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
CONTACTS:
LogicVision Contact:
Kirsten McMullen
(408) 453-0146
kirsten@logicvision.com
GDA Technologies Contact:
Umesh Bhat
408-467-3574
umesh@gdatech.com
