GDA Technologies Yet Again on ‘SI-100’ List
Fourth Silicon India Award for Valley-based EDS major

San Jose, California, November 15, 2006: GDA Technologies Inc., a leading electronic design services (EDS) and silicon intellectual property (SIP) company has achieved a unique feat of making it to the prestigious ‘si100’ list of top companies founded and managed by Indian Americans in the United States.

“We are proud of the fact that Silicon India Magazine has featured us for the fourth time in the list of top US companies founded by Indian Americans. To have GDA Tech listed under the semi-conductor section of the ‘si100’ list is yet another feather in our cap, says A.G. Karunakaran, President and CEO of this Silicon Valley-based company.

This is the second such award garnered by GDA Technologies, which was nominated to the Top-50 list of Silicon Valley Companies instituted by the San Jose Business Journal. This award was announced in September.

In 2004, GDA Technologies was adjudged among the top-10 hardware companies in the Silicon Valley by the Silicon India Magazine. Two years earlier, the company received the Silicon India award in recognition of its ‘spirit of entrepreneurship, technology strengths and strong marketing traction. GDA Technologies made it to the ‘si100’ list for the first time in 2001.

“Making the top 100 list consistently is proof of the fact that our team and its core strengths have worked well in the highly competitive market where quality of products and services are the only metrics of success. The latest recognition from Silicon India magazine is well-deserved by the entire GDA Technologies team,” said Ravi Thummarukudy, Vice President and GM of the company.

The company has managed to consistently deliver on its promise of world class products and technology, as a result of which it today boasts of having some of the biggest names in the IT industry on its client list.

“Our focus on quality and top notch technology is the reason we have big names like IBM, Intel, NEC, Cadence and Xilinx amongst our clients,” says Gopa Periyadan, Vice President and GM of the company, and who along with Ravi and AGK founded GDA Technologies in 1995 without any external source of funding.

More about GDA Technologies:

GDA Technologies Inc. is a leading Electronic Design Services (EDS) and Silicon Intellectual Property (SIP) having extensive experience with Freescale PowerQUICC, PowerPC and i.MX architectures for the embedded, networking, and consumer electronics markets. GDA specializes in designing ASICs, FPGAs, IPs, boards, SoCs, software and complete systems from concept to product. For more info, please visit www.gdatech.com or write to news@gdatech.com.

GDA Tech Makes it to Fast-50 Companies List

San Jose , CA , September 21, 2006: GDA Technologies, a $24-Million electronic design and services company has made its way onto the “Fast-50” list, a prestigious league of the fastest-growing private companies in Silicon Valley.

The company, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, has been placed at number 31 on the list, researched and collated by the San Jose Business Journal on the basis of factors such as consistent growth in revenue over the past three years. GDA Technologies recorded 62 percent growth in their revenues between 2003 and 2005, with profit margins ranging between 16 and 25 percent.

"We are all excited at this honor which is a recognition of all our hard work and the leadership role that our company has played within the electronic design services segment," said A.G. Karunakaran ("AGK"), CEO of the company, after receiving the award from Norman Bell, Editor of the San Jose Business Journal . The Fast 50 list of companies are selected from thousands of enterprises in Silicon Valley, billed globally as the hotbed of technological innovation.

Top executives as well as co-founders of the company were present at the award ceremony. GDA Technologies was founded in 1996 by A.G. Karunakaran, Ravi Thumarukudi, Gopa Periyadan, and Prakash Bare (now with Rambus) who shared a strong industry background and vision. The company grew from $100,000 to 10 million in five years and continues to follow a strong growth curve. GDA Technologies has 350 people working in the US and India , with design centers in Boston, Irvine, Sacramento, San Jose, Chennai, Bangalore and Kochi besides a significant presence in Japan, Singapore and Europe.

GDA Bags Freescale Company Partnership Award

Sunnyvale, CA., September 12, 2006: San Francisco-based enterprise design and services company GDA Technologies has been selected as one of six partner companies that made exceptional contributions in 2006 to the wireless developer network of Freescale, the noted semiconductor company (NYSE: FSL).

GDA Technologies received Freescale's Hardware Solution of the Year award for developing a modular PDA phone reference design based on Freescale's i.MX31 multimedia application processor. The GDA design provides a complete set of video display and wireless subsystems that allow it to convert from a mid-level to a high-end feature phone.

Announcing the awards at the company's annual technology forum in Orlando, Florida, Freescale's director of Wireless Development Network, Monica Hamilton said, “The Wireless Developer Network consists of many industry leading partners, and the companies we recognized for 2006 have demonstrated an exceptional level of technology expertise, commitment to service, and support to Freescale and our customers.”

Besides GDA Technologies, other companies that were recognized for their contribution include: Microcross, San Juan Software, Intrinsyc Software, Mentor Graphics, and Synchromesh Computing.

Freescale's Wireless Developer Network made the choice based on which company had shown a high level of demonstrated expertise in the design of software, hardware, and ZigBee™ technologies. Additionally, they also recognized partners illustrating a commitment to strengthen and grow their Freescale business, honoring them for outstanding consultancy, support, and services.

ormed in 2004, over 150 companies have joined Freescale's Wireless Developer Network that aims to work with the top technology partners to deliver pre-validated reference designs. Members gain early access to Freescale platforms and are provided extensive product information, services, support, and co-marketing activities to speed their Freescale-based products to market.