GDA Technologies, Inc. Once Again Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System Certification

SAN JOSE, CA, March 4, 2005 -- GDA Technologies, Inc., a fast growing supplier of Electronic Design Services (EDS), recently announced that its Quality Management System has been certified as compliant with the International Standard ISO 9001:2000.

GDA has achieved the certification for its Embedded Software Services Business Unit this year as compliant with ISO standard. GDA achieved ISO certification for its Printed Wiring Board Design Services Business Unit last year and successfully certified once again this year. These achievements were a direct result of the organization working together in effectively developing and maintaining the Quality System in order to be certified. As a supplier of design services, GDA is committed to provide the highest level of quality and ensure customer satisfaction. GDA believes that such commitments in the Design Services industry are vital to remain competitive and successful.

GDA selected Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQi) as its partner in this certification process. BVQi has certified over 70,000 companies around the world. BVQi (http://www.us.bvqi.com) played an important role in stressing the importance of continuous improvement and adding value at every stage of the Quality Management System.

“Meeting the ever-growing demand for the highest level of quality is vital to the future success of companies in all types of business. GDA has demonstrated their commitment to the continuous improvement of their quality management system by achieving certification,” said Pete Seymour, BVQi Lead Assessor.

GDA offers System, Embedded Software, ASIC/FPGA and Printed Wiring Board design services for companies in broadband networking, appliances, server farm, wireless and high-end embedded computing space. Apart from design services, GDA proactively builds emerging technology soft core IP for integration into ASIC/FPGA product development for customer-specific solutions.

“The inclusion of the Embedded Software Design Services Group under the ISO certification is our commitment to deliver the highest quality services in meeting and exceeding our customer’s expectations. In the past year GDA has experienced the value the ISO certification brings to our customers combined with GDA’s core competency. We believe that with the expansion of scope and location of ISO certification, GDA is well placed to serve its customers and foster long-term product development partnerships,” said A.G. Karunakaran, President of GDA Technologies, Inc.

About GDA Technologies, Inc.

GDA Technologies, Inc. is a leading Electronic Design Services (EDS) and Silicon Intellectual Property (SIP) solution provider 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. GDA has successfully developed products in the areas of desktop, server, and embedded computing, digital audio and video applications, Internet appliances, and voice and data networking applications. In the IP front, GDA has been the leading solution provider for fast interconnect technologies such as PCI Express, HyperTransport, RapidIO, Ethernet and Advanced Switching with many licenses sold in computer, networking and communication markets. GDA is headquartered in San Jose, California, and has satellite design centers in Boston, Sacramento, Singapore, Chennai and Bangalore, India. The GDA web site is www.gdatech.com.

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