GDA Technologies Joins ARM Approved Design Center Program
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SAN JOSE, Calif., April 4, 2006 -- Embedded Systems
Conference -- As part of its efforts to enhance its
expertise in the embedded technology markets, Silicon
Valley-based GDA Technologies, a fast-growing supplier of
Intellectual Property (IP) and Electronic Design Services
(EDS) has joined the ARM(R) Approved Design Center Program.
The demonstrated expertise of GDA Technologies in ASIC and
SOC (system on a chip) design combined with ARM technology
will help the company provide customers and partners with
excellent, cost-effective solutions and assist in
accelerating their innovation.
"After a thorough audit of GDA Technologies confirming that
they have the capability to develop quality ARM
processor-based systems at the System on a Chip (SOC) and
System Level we were happy to invite them to join the ARM
Approved Design Center program," said Stephen Jeffries,
Approved Design Center Program Manager, ARM. "Their addition
to the program adds significantly to the range of
capabilities and services on offer to Partners looking for
help with their ARM processor-based designs."
GDA Technologies has so far developed several ARM
processor-based systems at the SOC and System level.
"We are delighted to be selected for the ARM Approved Design
Center Program which will help us solidify our leadership
position in the SOC design and embedded software design for
digital consumer and mobile market space," said Ravi
Thummarukudy, VP and GM of the IC Division at GDA
Technologies. "With this relationship with ARM our
experienced SOC and embedded software development team will
be able to offer great advantages to our customers.
"We have excellent expertise in the peripheral and interface
IP blocks and solid system-level verification experience
including test environment development and test bench
creation. Our FPGA and board level experience will enable
quick prototyping of the SOC and develop embedded software
based on these platforms quickly," Thummarukudy added.
About the ARM Approved Design Center Program
ARM Approved Design Center Partners must go through a strict
approval process to qualify as an ARM Approved Design
Center. This includes a design flow audit, training on
implementing designs with ARM processors, tools, AMBA(R)
interface peripherals and development techniques.
Furthermore, each Approved Design Center must demonstrate
its own unique skills in specific technology domains, as
well as end-market expertise. The ARM Approved Design Center
Program also provides additional benefits such as geographic
and time-zone locality and local language support.
About GDA Technologies, Inc.
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, 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, Irvine
and Bangalore, India.
For more info, visit www.gdatech.com or contact Chris
Woodward at news@gdatech.com
