Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, Calif.— July 26, 2006 — 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.â€
“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. â€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.â€
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