San Jose, California – November 1, 2004 - GDA Technologies, Inc., a fast growing Electronic Design Services (EDS) company and IBM Business Partner, today announced that it has validated its SIGe design services as Ready for IBM Technology for IBM’s 0.50um and 0.18um silicon germanium BiCMOS process technologies.
The Ready for IBM Technology program is intended help IBM’s foundry customers speed time to market, reduce development risk, lower development costs and improve return on investment by identifying design centers that have tested and validated their methodologies for compatibility with IBM technologies.
“GDA is very much pleased to become a part of IBM’s RFIT foundry program. With this certification, GDA with its IP and services capabilities are well positioned to offer full turnkey services based on advanced IBM technologies “said Ravi Thummarukudy VP and GM IC solutions, GDA Technologies Inc.
“We welcome GDA Technologies, Inc. into the Ready for IBM Technology program," said Ned Cahoon, manager of IBM's foundry business development. “GDA’s design services and development capabilities can provide IBM foundry customers with additional choices and flexibility to help meet their requirements.â€
About GDA Technologies, Inc.
GDA Technologies, Inc., is a leading design services company specializing in embedded, networking and consumer electronic designs. GDA focuses on designing Systems, Boards, SOCs, ASICs, FPGAs and IPs from concept to product. GDA has successfully developed products in areas of Networking, Digital Video, Internet Appliances and Hand Held Solutions. GDA is headquartered in San Jose, CA and has satellite design centers in Sacramento, Boston, Chennai and Bangalore. The GDA web site is
www.gdatech.com.
