LogicVision Expands Presence in Japan with the Addition of Noah Corporation as Distributor in Japan
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SAN JOSE, Calif., March 20: LogicVision, Inc. (NASDAQ:LGVN), a leading provider of test and yield learning capabilities, today announced the addition of Noah Corporation as distributor for LogicVision products in Japan. Noah Corporation is a provider of semiconductor analysis and test equipment to the Japanese semiconductor companies. Noah complements LogicVision's existing sales and field operations in Japan to better serve customers and grow LogicVision's business in Japan.
"Noah has well established relationships with leading semiconductor and system companies in Japan," said Jim Healy, CEO of LogicVision. "As these companies move to lower process geometries, Noah will enable us to accelerate the adoption of our tools and IP as well as provide our customers with training and support.
The demand for advanced DFT solutions is increasing in order to contain manufacturing test costs and improve final product quality with nanometer SoC designs. LogicVision provides a comprehensive family of manufacturing test solutions that is helping leading semiconductor companies meet the growing test challenges. LogicVision products include:
o ETMemory(TM), Industry's most comprehensive solution for the at-speed
test, diagnosis and on-chip repair of embedded memories.
o ScanBurst(TM), A new scan DFT solution seamlessly integrated with
Mentor's FastScan(TM) ATPG and TestKompress(R) products, delivering a
significantly enhanced scan and ATPG flow for at-speed test and core-
based hierarchical test.
o ETLogic(TM), Industry proven embedded test IP and design automation
software for the at-speed test and diagnosis of digital logic blocks.
o ETSerdes(TM), A unique embedded test and measurement IP and design
automation software for fast and highly accurate at-speed testing and
characterization of High-Speed SerDes I/O.
o ETBoundary(TM), Industry proven embedded test IP and design automation
software for the implementation of IEEE 1149.1 and IEEE 1149.6 boundary
scan as well as contact-less I/O testing.
o ETAccess(TM), Post-silicon solution for fully automated at-speed
diagnosis and characterization of silicon incorporating LogicVision's
embedded test IP operating on a wide variety of ATE platforms.
Together these products allow customers to experience high test quality, decreased field returns, reduced cost of test and accelerated silicon bring up times.
"We're excited to expand our product offering with the addition of LogicVision solutions," said Hiroshi Tabira, CEO of Noah." We have strong business relationship with manufacturing test groups within the semiconductor companies and the addition of LogicVision's DFT and silicon diagnostic products will allow us to offer a more complete solution to help semiconductor companies deal with rising manufacturing test challenges."
Under the agreement, Noah will sell the complete line of LogicVision test solutions to the Japan semiconductor design community. Noah's head office is based in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. For more information, please see www.noah-corp.com.
About LogicVision
LogicVision, Inc. (NASDAQ:LGVN), provides unique test and 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 Yield Insight yield learning applications to enable increased profit 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 www.logicvision.com.
About Noah
Noah Corporation launched its operations with the goal of providing clients with the manufacturing equipment they need at affordable prices. Noah is currently expanding in its role as a trading company specializing in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. This growth is predicated on a triangular corporate configuration of sections handling new equipment, refurbished equipment, and technical services. The triangular structure creates extensive synergies in Noah Corporation's provision of optimal solutions to clients. Noah is providing the many kinds of products relating semiconductor analysis and test equipments, Emission Microscope and Circuit edit FIB of Credence Systems Corporation, 3D-Atom Probe of Imago Scientific Instruments, 3D-XRay-CT Microscope of Xradia, Inc. as the distributor in Japan. Noah was founded in 2001 and head office is in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. For more information visit www.noah-corp.com.
Source: LogicVision, Inc.
CONTACT: Susan O'Connor Fraser of Tam Communications for LogicVision, Inc., +1-831-439-1523, susan@tamcom.com; or Akiyoshi Imagawa, Senior Sales Manager, Software Business Unit for Noah Corporation, +81-3-5423-6711, aimagawa@noah-corp.com
Web site: www.logicvision.com/
http://www.noah-corp.com/
