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Granite River Labs Offers USB 3.0 Test Training Classes to Support Growing Industry Interest in USB 3.0

Santa Clara, Calif., March 2, 2011 – Granite River Labs (GRL) will now begin to offer training classes for companies releasing USB 3.0 products and needing to know how to properly test their products. Granite River Labs is pleased to announce its first USB 3.0 Physical Layer Test Seminar and Hands-On Workshop in its new…

IDT Signal-Conditioning Repeater First to Achieve Full SATA 6G Compliance

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 1, 2011 – Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT®; NASDAQ: IDTI), the Analog and Digital Company delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced the industry’s first signal-conditioning repeater to pass all tests required for full compliance with the Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) 6Gb/s standard for Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and Solid…

創立當地第一家連接性測試實驗室GRL 陳嘉訓覷準矽谷空白創佳績

在半導體企業遍地的矽谷,卻沒有連接性(Connectivity)硬件的獨立測試實驗室,華裔陳嘉訓和Quintin D. Anderson共同創立的GRL(Granite River Labs)在2009年填補了這個空白。 連接性硬件是半導體行業中非常重要的領域,由於領域非常專門,因此資深的測試人才在市場上並不多見。陳嘉訓介紹,半導體元件的信號傳遞可以因為干擾的大小而産生相當大的差異,因此對於連接性硬件的測試把關非常重要。 GRL目前有客戶約50家,自2009年成立之後受到矽谷大小公司的歡迎,每個月都有新客戶加入。陳嘉訓表示,最初的目標客戶群是小公司,但是出乎意料地也受到了大公司客戶的歡迎,實驗室會在傳導性、協議兼容性、系統完整性等層面上根據不同産品進行不同內容測試。 建立一個專門的測試實驗室,至少需前期投資100萬元,之後還要支付人力和管理費用。陳嘉訓指,這對於小企業來說不能負擔,對於大企業而言,雖然可以負擔,但是外包給專門實驗室,能夠節約每年50萬元費用。 地利讓很多大公司都成了GRL的客戶。GRL目前主要的測試産品包括儲存、個人電腦、商業網絡硬件、影音産品等,客戶可以隨時到實驗室來,通常兩天便可完成測試內容,也可以無時差地電話會議。陳嘉訓說,矽谷之前沒有這項服務,真是讓人無法想像。 陳嘉訓在新加坡出生,美國長大,畢業於麻省理工學院電子工程學院,畢業後在日本、上海、桂林、北京有多年工作經驗,之後進入哈佛大學攻讀MBA學位,與Quintin D. Anderson是同學。陳嘉訓在兩年前從紐約搬到矽谷居住,2009年與Quintin D. Anderson結成創業伙伴。 http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/news/usa/uslocal/singtao/20110207/08262209442.html

New SandForce Trusted Program Accelerates Time-to-Market for SandForce Driven SSD Manufacturers and System OEMs

MILPITAS,CA–January31,2011– SandForce®Inc.,thepioneerofSSD(SolidStateDrive)Processors that enable standard NAND flash deployment in enterprise, client, and industrial computing applications, today launched the SandForce TrustedTM program. The new program highlights companies that provide equipment, tools, and services compatible with SandForce SSD Processors, and enables SSD manufacturers and system OEMs to receive first class service and support when developing SandForce-based solutions,…

Granite River Labs Approved as DisplayPort® Authorized Test Center

Newark, Calif., November 9, 2010 – The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) today announced that Granite River Labs (GRL) has been approved to offer compliance testing for the DisplayPort standard. DisplayPort is an open industry digital display interface standard put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). The technology provides high performance digital display connectivity,…

Synopsys’ Silicon-Proven DesignWare HDMI 1.4a Tx Controller and PHY IP Receive HDMI Certification

Oct 28, 2010 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Synopsys’ DesignWare® High-Definition Multimedia Interface™ (HDMI™) 1.4a Transmitter (Tx) digital controller and PHY IP solutions in the 40-nanometer (nm) process node have achieved certification from…

Agilent Technologies and Granite River Labs Test Solution Certified by SATA-IO

SANTA CLARA and MENLO PARK, Calif., June 22, 2010 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Granite River Labs (GRL) today announced that the Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has approved GRL to provide SATA Interoperability Program Revision 1.4 product testing and certification using the Agilent SATA test solution. The test platform includes tools for transmitter and…