inrevium and Fidus expand capabilities and geographic reach through strategic partnership

inrevium/Fidus partnership extends customer access to Xilinx-based products and high-speed electronic design services

SAN JOSE, CA, April 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - inrevium AMERICA, Inc. a Tokyo Electron Device (TED) company, and Fidus Systems, Inc., are pleased to announce a partnership that will enhance the ability of both companies to serve an ever growing global customer base. inrevium and Fidus are both proud to be Xilinx Alliance Program Premier Design Services Members.

inrevium is well known for bringing compelling Xilinx All Programmable FPGA, 3D IC, and Zynq-7000 SoC based products and services to the Japanese and APAC markets. These offerings include leading edge video development and demonstration platforms, FPGA-based motherboards, and FPGA Mezzanine Cards (FMCs). Fidus Systems is a North American-based electronic product development and consulting services company, focused on providing high-speed, high complexity solutions to their wide-ranging customer base. Fidus offers customers excellence in hardware, FPGA, signal integrity, and embedded software services.

With this partnership, inrevium and Fidus will collaborate on new product design and product customization services. Product customization services will have Fidus tailoring inrevium's off-the-shelf offerings to meet the customer's unique needs. Customization enables clients to get to market faster with less upfront investment. Fidus will also promote, distribute, and support inrevium's products in North America.

"For the past 10 years, inrevium has been providing FPGA-based evaluation boards, intellectual property, and design services to Japanese and APAC customers. Fidus' high-end electronic design services both complements and extends our current capabilities," says Yasuo Hatsumi, TED, Vice President. "We are excited to work alongside Fidus to deliver high quality Xilinx solutions to the North American market."

"From the very beginning we have been impressed with the professionalism and expertise demonstrated by inrevium AMERICA and TED - it's a perfect fit for us," says Michael Wakim, Fidus, President and CEO. "This partnership extends the geographic reach of each company, expanding our electronic product development, consulting services, and customization network for new and existing customers."

Both inrevium and Fidus are Xilinx Alliance Program Premier Members committed to supporting Xilinx technology: "Xilinx has closely collaborated with both inrevium and Fidus for a long time, and I am thrilled by this cooperation of two Xilinx Alliance Program Premier Design Service Members," remarks David Tokic, Xilinx, Sr. Director, Partner Ecosystems and Alliances. "This partnership between our inaugural Japanese Premier Member and our inaugural North American Premier Member provides our worldwide customers the combined breadth of system design expertise and deep competency on Xilinx All Programmable technology and devices, accelerating their time from concept to production."

About inrevium AMERICA
inrevium offers FPGA platform solutions, market specific IP, technical support, and design services to customers worldwide. inrevium is a Xilinx Alliance Program Premier Design Services Member and delivers the highest level of market and domain-specific expertise and pre-qualified solutions through Xilinx All Programmable platforms. The Design and Development Center uses its wealth of customer project experience and the latest equipment to provide specialized customer design services. The Development Center also creates market-specific multi-million gate LSI devices, FPGA evaluation boards, FMC option cards, ASIC prototyping boards, drivers, firmware, and IP to support a wide range of applications. For more information, please visit solutions.inrevium.com.

About Fidus Systems
Fidus Systems provides Electronic Product Development and Consulting Services to companies across a wide range of industries. Focusing on high-speed, high complexity designs, Fidus enables your success with four design centers, a large full-time staff, and flexible business models. By leveraging in-house expert knowledge, and utilizing industry leading tools, Fidus delivers excellence in Hardware, FPGA/DSP, Signal Integrity, Embedded Software, RF/Wireless, PCB Layout, and Mechanical design. Since 2001, Fidus has delivered over 1000 products/projects for approximately 300 customers. Fidus is proud to be selected and recognized as a Xilinx Alliance Program Premier Design Services Member. For more information, please visit www.fidus.com.

About the Xilinx Alliance Program
The Xilinx Alliance Program is a worldwide ecosystem of qualified Member, Certified and Premier level providers, delivering products and services based on Xilinx All Programmable technologies and devices that are held to strict business, technical, and quality standards.  Premier Design Services Members have been chosen and screened by Xilinx from the 300-member strong ecosystem for their exceptional results in helping customers accelerate design productivity while minimizing risk and have passed an extensive 320-point onsite audit.

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