Actel Expands Solution Partners Program with Four New Members
Partners to Provide New Design Services, EDA Tools
and Application Software for Customers Using Actel FPGAs
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., February 14, 2005 —
Actel
Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTL), a leading provider of programmable logic
solutions, today announced four new partners have joined the company's
Solution Partners Program, bringing total participation to 22 members.
The program brings together leading providers of design services, embedded
software and hardware products, forming a comprehensive support network
for Actel FPGAs. The Solution Partners Program provides customers with
access to experienced third-party resources that can help them quickly
overcome design challenges and get their Actel-based designs to market
faster. The new partners announced today are Altium Limited, Data I/O
Corporation, Device Engineering Inc. and GAO Research Inc.
"Actel understands that customers need system-level solutions,
not just a hardware platform, in order to bring products to market quickly," said
Yankin Tanurhan, senior director, applications and IP solutions at Actel. "We
are very pleased with the success of the Solution Partners Program and
the access that it gives our customers to proven sources for the IP,
tools, software and design resources they need to quickly and successfully
develop their products."
Actel's New Solution Partners
- Altium Limited is a developer and supplier of electronics
design software for the Microsoft Windows environment. Founded in 1985,
Altium continues to provide advanced, easy-to-use and affordable software
design tools to electronics engineers, designers and developers. Altium
offers hardware and software tools that designers can use with Actel
FPGAs in the development of their designs.
- Data I/O Corporation is a leading provider of programming
and automated device handling, programming and marking systems for
programmable integrated circuits. Celebrating 30 years in the device
programming industry, Data I/O provides manual and automated device
programming systems that specifically address the requirements of engineering
and manufacturing customers. Data I/O programmers support Actel FPGAs
and are available for single or multi-site programming in manual and
automated systems.
- Device Engineering Inc. (DEI) designs, manufactures
and tests high-quality ICs for avionics and industrial applications.
DEI offers a range of interface and control products for power, lighting
and avionics busses. It has a complete family of line drivers, receivers,
and transceivers for the ARINC 429 data bus, compliant with the ARINC
429 specification. The DEI line drivers and receivers are used in conjunction
with Actel's Core429 to implement a complete 429 Bus interface.
- GAO Research Inc. is the leading provider of embedded
communications software for telecommunications, semiconductor and electronics
companies worldwide. GAO offers its VoIP and FoIP solutions, V.92 and
V.90, with all fallback soft-modems, Super G3 and G3 fax software,
speech and video codecs on the broadest range of DSPs and microprocessors.
In addition to software, GAO provides technical support, extensive
platform expertise and state-of-the-art testing facilities. GAO's technology
can be run on IP processor cores available for Actel's FPGA devices.
About Actel's Solution Partners Program
Actel's Solution Partners have proven experience with Actel's development
tools and FPGA devices, and the applications expertise and products they
provide are verified to be compatible with Actel FPGA devices. They remove
barriers to efficient design by offering developers knowledgeable sources
for components and services. Actel Solution Partners license and sell
hardware, IP cores, software and turnkey design services that directly
support Actel FPGAs. In conjunction with Actel's DirectCore and CompanionCore
IP products, Solution Partners offer quality products and support that
streamline the design process, enabling faster time to market and minimizing
design costs and risks.
The participating design services and consulting firms have design centers
worldwide and specialize in a wide range of vertical applications. All
products and services offered by Actel's Solution Partners Program are
provided by the partners, who are responsible for pricing, warranty and
technical support to customers. New partners will be added on an ongoing
basis. In addition, existing partners continue to add new services and
support regularly. For more information, please refer to the IP Web site
at http://www.actel.com/products/ip/.
About Actel
Actel Corporation is a supplier of innovative programmable
logic solutions, including field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) based
on antifuse and flash technologies, high-performance intellectual property
(IP) cores, software development tools and design services, targeted
for the high-speed communications, application-specific integrated circuit
(ASIC) replacement and radiation-tolerant markets. Founded in 1985, Actel
employs more than 500 people worldwide. The Company is traded on the
Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ACTL and is headquartered at
2061 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA, 94043-4655. Telephone: 888-99-ACTEL
(992-2835). Internet:: http://www.actel.com.
What Actel's Solution Partners Are Saying
Altium Limited, Nancy Eastman, Director
"Altium demonstrates our commitment to providing comprehensive FPGA-based
digital systems development solutions, supporting interactive development
of complete systems including processor-based designs, through our LiveDesign-enabled
software and hardware toolsets. Joining Actel's Solution Partners Program
and supporting Actel's ProASICPLUS family of devices is an
important step in providing greater choice and enhanced design versatility
to our customers that will ultimately result in the increased use of
programmable devices in mainstream design applications."
DATA I/O, Bruce Rodgers, Vice President of Sales and Marketing,
Americas/Asia
"Data I/O is pleased to participate in the Actel Solution Partners
program and believes it is the most credible manner in working with our
semiconductor partners to demonstrate coordinated support for our mutual
customers. Especially important is the support we can provide for flash-based
devices, as we provide programming and handling systems that are speed
optimized for those architectures."
Device Engineering Inc., Richard Jensen, Vice President of Sales
and Marketing
"Over the past 15 years, DEI has built a reputation as a leading
designer and supplier of control and interface ICs for avionics and industrial
applications. During that time, Actel's devices have been very popular
among our customers, and many of our devices support Actel's avionics-related
IP cores. Enrollment in Actel's Solution Partners Program is a natural
extension of our ongoing relationship with Actel."
GAO Research Inc., Dr. Frank Gao, CEO
"Our customers use our embedded application software in a variety
of applications, particularly telecommunications and consumer electronics
products that must meet extreme time-to-market pressures. Through our
participation in Actel's Solution Partners Program, we can help customers
using Actel devices better implement our software solutions and get their
products to market as fast as possible."
Contact: Stephanie Mrus, Actel Corporation, 650.318.4614
