Press Release

LTX and GuideTech Sign Joint Development Agreement LTX to offer fully integrated 3.2Gbps Femto 3200 on Fusion HF test systems

SUNNYVALE, Calif., October 11, 2001 - GuideTech, the leading innovator in high-performance time interval analyzer (TIA) instruments, today announced the signing of a joint development agreement with LTX Corporation (Nasdaq:LTXX), a leading supplier of semiconductor test solutions, to fully integrate GuideTech's 3.2Gbps Femto 3200 precision timing test system into the LTX Fusion HF. Fusion is the leader in single-platform, scalable semiconductor test solutions for the full spectrum of system-on-a-chip, mixed-signal, digital and analog integrated circuits. The Femto 3200 also provides picoseconds jitter measurement accuracy and enhances flexibility to measure both single-ended and differential signals on several high-bandwidth direct channels on the Fusion HF system while its multi-channel architecture provides parallel measurement capability allowing multisite test applications.

"The LTX Fusion has a leadership position in the production testing of high speed data communications ICs at 10Gigabit and beyond. We chose GuideTech as a critical partner to further advance the capabilities of the Fusion HF," said Rich Mullen, LTX Product Line Director. "The GuideTech Femto 3200 provides features such as differential capability and multichannel architecture that we see as key to providing leading edge, cost effective test solutions." (more)

"GuideTech views LTX as a strong company with the vision to address the high-performance timing applications that are also a part of GuideTech's target markets," said Tammy Pelissier, Director of Marketing at GuideTech, "As technology leaders, both companies recognized the importance of differential signal test capability several years before other ATE manufacturing companies. This is just one of multiple examples why we feel there is much synergy between GuideTech and LTX products, technologies and business philosophies."
 

About GuideTech

GuideTech, the leading innovator in high-performance timing measurement instruments, provides semiconductor manufacturers with the solutions they need to minimize timing-related component failure and to economize testing in production. Based on patented Time Interval Analyzer (TIA) technology, the company's Femto family of multi-channel timing test systems accomplishes this by dramatically improving test throughput via fast measurement rates and increased parallelism and by adding flexibility to perform critical timing tests such as random and deterministic jitter, inter- and intra-channel skew and rise/fall time on both single-ended and differential signals, on any channel, in production. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, and founded in 1988, the company is the first to deliver cost-effective, high-end timing measurement solutions that easily integrate onto any ATE platform. For more information on GuideTech, please visit the company's Website at http://www.guidetech.com, or call (408) 733-6555 x250.
 

About LTX

LTX Corporation (Nasdaq: LTXX) is a leading provider of semiconductor test solutions for the full spectrum of system-on-a-chip, mixed-signal, digital and analog integrated circuits. Headquartered in Westwood, Mass., the company has additional development facilities in San Jose, Calif., as well as sales, application support and service facilities throughout North America, Europe, the Pacific Rim and Japan. For more information on LTX's products, services and technologies, please visit www.ltx.com. Further investor information on LTX can be obtained by calling 1-888-INFOLTX (or 888 463-6589).