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LogicVision Forms New Engineering Support and Services Division; Industry Veteran Kenji Baba Appointed to Drive Strategic Growth of New Division.


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LogicVision, Inc., (Nasdaq:LGVN), a leading provider of embedded test for integrated circuits Integrated circuits

Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1.
 and systems, today announced it has formed the Engineering Support and Services Division dedicated to providing engineering and consulting services for chip, board and system level design-for-test (DFT DFT - discrete Fourier transform ). In addition, LogicVision has appointed 20-year industry veteran Kenji Baba, 49, as vice president of the new division. Baba is chartered with the management and expansion of the division's focus on supporting customers' seamless implementation of Embedded Test from chip design through to systems development.

LogicVision believes the new division will provide its customers with additional LogicVision resource to help shorten implementation time, as well as foster seamless hand-off of chip design integration to manufacturing test. The engineering and consulting services will play a vital role not only in enabling the accessibility of LogicVision's proven Embedded Test Solution(TM), but also in optimizing for future chip design and manufacturing applications.

"LogicVision understands the economic pressures closely tied to the design and manufacturing schedules of its customers. To help accelerate schedules, we are committed to providing not only comprehensive Embedded Test solutions, but world-class engineering support and consulting services to our customers," said Vinod Agarwal, LogicVision's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We are very pleased to have Kenji Baba with his extensive track record join LogicVision. We believe that his experience and vision will be invaluable in driving the growth of this new division. Ultimately, our goal is to take a leadership role in helping our customers successfully address the inevitable test challenges associated with larger and more complex chip designs."

LogicVision's application Engineering Service and Support Division will focus on five major activities that include:

1. Test Architecture Consulting services -- providing initial

test architecture recommendations to customers and assisting

customer design teams with Embedded Test implementation;

2. Turnkey DFT services -- offering test architecture and DFT

insertion services and supporting customer design teams

integrating Embedded Test solution into their system through

Scan/ATPG, Memory BIST BIST - Built-in Self Test , JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) An IEEE standard for boundary scan technology. See scan technology.

JTAG - Joint Test Action Group
, or Logic BIST;

3. Test program generation -- assisting in creating test programs

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generation, test vector format conversion and tool

customizations;

4. Debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits.  and test services -- offering first silicon debug and

prototype validation; and

5. Worldwide applications engineering support -- providing pre-

and post-sales support integrating LogicVision's Embedded Test

technology with the customers design flow.

"This is an exciting time to join LogicVision. As devices become increasingly more complex, integrating test designs are now more critical than ever. I believe that LogicVision is the company that can address the challenges of time-to-market delivery and test costs," said Baba. "My initial focus will be on the development and roll-out of the new applications engineering services and support programs that the company expects will facilitate the growing demand for support of Embedded Test technology. I look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead as the company reaches toward its vision to become the world's premier embedded test provider."

Baba brings to LogicVision more than 26 years' experience in bridging the gap between ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor.  design, manufacturing test and systems development. Prior to joining LogicVision, Baba held senior management positions at Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (三菱電機株式会社   & Electronics America, Inc. Most recently he was the Director of SLIC SLIC Subscriber Line Interface Circuit
SLIC Scottish Library and Information Council
SLIC System Licensed Internal Code
SLIC Subscriber Line Interface Card
SLIC Session Layer Interface Card (Alacritech, Inc.
 Marketing at Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics America, Inc., responsible for managing marketing activities for .25-micron, .18-micron and .13-micron ASICs for Mitsubishi's Server and Networking Applications Division. He also held the position of Vice President of Engineering for VSIS VSIS Vault Safety and Inventory System
VSIS Victualling Stores Issuing Ship
, Inc. (a Mitsubishi subsidiary), managing the 3D Graphics and M32RD Design Group that developed geometry engines, information appliance See Internet appliance.

(hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure.
 and GPS chips.

About LogicVision Inc.

LogicVision (Nasdaq:LGVN) provides proprietary technologies for embedded test that enable the more efficient design and manufacture of complex semiconductors. LogicVision's embedded test solution allows integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for  designers to embed into a semiconductor design test functionality that can be used during semiconductor production and throughout the useful life of the chip. For more information on the company and its products, please visit the LogicVision Web site at www.logicvision.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements as to the expected focuses, plans and objectives for the new division, including expected service and support offerings and expected benefits to customers such as assisting with accelerating production schedules and providing an additional resource to help shorten implementation time and foster seamless hand-off of chip design integration to manufacturing test, enabling accessibility of the Embedded Test Solution and optimizing for future design and manufacturing applications, objectives regarding the Company's leadership role in helping its customers address test challenges and the competitive benefits of the division, as well as Mr. Baba's role and the expected growth of the division and demand for Embedded Test technology, the Company's ability to address the challenges of time-to-market delivery and test costs, and the Company's objective to become the world's premier embedded test provider, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the Company's ability to implement its plans for the new division, trends in capital spending capital spending

Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years.
 in the semiconductor industry, the impact of competitive products and alternative technological advances, and other risks detailed in LogicVision's Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 and from time to time in LogicVision's SEC reports. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. LogicVision disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Note to Editors: LogicVision, Embedded Test and LogicVision logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of LogicVision Inc. 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. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.
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