B-Tree Systems Teams With Innotech Corporation to Bring Automated Test System for PCs and PC Components to Japan.MINNETONKA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 1998--B-Tree Systems Inc., the leader in electronic systems verification, announces a partnership with Innotech Corporation, a major Japanese distributor of electronics and semiconductor equipment. Under the terms of the agreement, Innotech will distribute B-Tree Systems' Validor SC product in Japan and oversee all sales and support activities. The Innotech, B-Tree partnership enables manufacturers of personal computers (PCs) and PC components to bring more fully tested and reliable products to the marketplace. "Japan represents a significant share of the world's marketplace for electronics" said Jaffer Hussain, B-Tree System's vice president of marketing and international sales. "Ever-increasing product complexity has made it difficult for PC and PC component manufacturers to ensure complete reliability within critical time-to-market and budget constraints A Budget Constraint represents the combinations of goods and services that a consumer can purchase given current prices and his income. Consumer theory uses the concepts of a budget constraint and a preference ordering to analyze consumer choices. . B-Tree's Validor SC will help solve this problem." "We look forward to working in partnership with B-Tree Systems, who like us, is intent on introducing the leading edge of technology in Japan" said Yasuhiko Nishikubo, Innotech's managing director. "Their commitment to succeed is in line with our own and will help effectively meet the increasing needs for reliable desktop and portable computing computing - computer ." Validor SC enables PC and PC component manufacturers to easily test and verify the compatibility of their products with existing PC software. Microprocessor microprocessor, integrated circuit containing the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry required to interpret and execute instructions from a computer program. , chipset A group of chips designed to work as a unit to perform a function. For example, a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving. A PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems (see PC chipset for illustration). , motherboard Also called the "system board," it is the main printed circuit board in an electronic device, which contains sockets that accept additional boards. In a desktop computer, the motherboard contains the CPU, chipset, PCI bus slots, AGP slot, memory sockets and controller circuits for the and PC manufacturers will use the Validor SC system to ensure that software - including operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , application programs and games - will successfully run on their products. About Innotech Innotech Corporation was founded in 1987 as a Japanese semiconductor equipment distributor and has experienced rapid growth. Innotech handles a wide range of products including semiconductor production systems, semiconductor test and design tools, electronic components, and other products catering to the needs of the electronics industry in general. For more information on Innotech Corporation, call 81-(45)-474-9000 Fax 81-(45)-474-9089 B-Tree Systems(TM) Inc., with headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota For other uses, see Minnetonka (disambiguation). Minnetonka is a suburban community located eight miles west of Minneapolis in Hennepin County. Its 2000 population of 51,480 makes it the fourteenth largest city in Minnesota. , is the leader in the automation of test and verification of electronic systems. B-Tree Systems' non-intrusive and fully-automated technology allows PC and PC component vendors to ensure fail-proof functionality and reliability for their products within critical time-to-market and budget constraints. Additional company information is available on the World Wide Web at www.btree.com. B-Tree Systems, the B-Tree Systems logo and Validor SC, are trademarks or registered trademarks of B-Tree Systems in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries.
CONTACT: B-Tree Systems, Minnetonka
Karen Peterson, 612/930-4114
kpeterso@btree.com
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