GDA Technologies Accepted into TSMC's Design Center Alliance Program

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Nov. 3, 2006 -- GDA Technologies Inc., a leading Electronic Design Services (EDS) and Silicon Intellectual Property (SIP) solution provider for the embedded, networking, and consumer electronics markets, today announced it has decided to join the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's Design Center Alliance (DCA) Program.

"Our success in meeting the strict acceptance criteria of TSMC's DCA program acknowledges our expertise and experience in executing complex multi-million gate designs at the 90nm and below technology nodes," said Ravi Thummarukudy, VP and GM of the IC solutions division at GDA Technologies. "GDA has developed a proven and well-documented design methodology, enabling us to consistently execute projects on-time and within budget for our customers."

GDA is currently providing services and IP for communication and low-power consumer markets.

"GDA has been successfully serving TSMC customers for over four years," noted Edward Wan, senior director of design service marketing at TSMC. "TSMC established its Design Center Alliance program as an important component of the design ecosystem to accelerate design to tape-out," he explained.

GDA Technologies has taped-out multiple complex customer designs on TSMC's 0.13-micron and 90nm technologies. The company's design infrastructure and proven methodologies have consistently been demonstrated to accelerate product development cycle time.

About GDA

Founded in 1996, San Jose, CA-based GDA Technologies has grown into a worldwide organization with seven development centers in North America and Asia. GDA focuses on designing IC and board level products from concept to implementation and catering to OEMs and Semiconductor companies by providing design technology services in the areas of SoC/ASIC, FPGA, Board, Embedded Software, and Systems Level Design. For more information about GDA Technologies Inc., please visit http://www.gdatech.com.