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ASSET's ScanWorks® JTAG system named "Best in Test" for high-speed bus testing For second year in a row, ScanWorks recognized as the leading boundary scan system in test industry

Richardson, TX (Jan. 10, 2005)  ScanWorks, the boundary scan test and programming environment from ASSET® InterTech Inc. (www.asset-intertech.com), was named "Best In Test" for the second year in a row by Test & Measurement World, the electronic test industry's leading trade publication. ASSET is an international leader in boundary-scan (IEEE 1149.1/JTAG) test and in-system programming (ISP).

Test & Measurement World made ScanWorks for High-Speed Buses one of the 12 finalists for the overall Best In Test 2005 award, naming ScanWorks the best product in the test industry for "printed circuit board and system test." Last year, ScanWorks earned an honorable mention Best In Test award. The winner of the overall Best In Test will be decided from among the 12 finalist products by a vote of Test & Measurement World's readers and announced at the Apex conference in Anaheim, Calif. Feb. 22-24, 2005.

"This is certainly a great honor and a testament to the hard work of our product developers," said Alan Sguigna, vice president of sales and marketing for ASSET InterTech. "Over the years we've remained dedicated to doing just one thing, providing the most powerful yet easy boundary scan system in the industry. Because of this focus on JTAG, the ScanWorks boundary scan environment has become a solid foundation for a number of related test and programming technologies, enhancing the value of ScanWorks to its users."

ScanWorks is currently used by leading electronics companies such as Cisco, Lucent Technologies, Agilent, BAE, Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson, Alcatel, SBS, Intel, Raytheon, Solectron, Rockwell Collins, EMC and many others.

ScanWorks for High-Speed Buses is the first and only boundary scan test platform capable of performing design validation and interconnect tests on high-speed (1 to 10 gigabits per second) buses from the same platform as traditional static JTAG tests. Central to ScanWorks for High-Speed Buses is the integration of tools for Intel® IBIST (Interconnect Built-In Self Test), that company's next-generation embedded test technology, as well as support for the new IEEE 1149.6 Standard for Advanced Digital Networks, which takes advantage of a circuit board's boundary scan infrastructure to test AC-coupled LVDS signals and high-speed buses such as Gigabit Ethernet, PCI Express, Fibre Channel and others.

About ASSET InterTech

ASSET InterTech, Inc. develops, markets, sells, and supports boundary-scan testability and in-system programming (ISP) products worldwide. ASSET's affordable ScanWorks® environment is easy yet powerful. It allows users to quickly and easily test semiconductors, circuit boards or entire systems during every phase of a product's life, including design, manufacturing/repair and field maintenance. The ISP capabilities of ScanWorks can be used to load software or data into programmable devices after they have been connected to a printed circuit board. The ScanWorks product family works in conjunction with a standard of the International Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) society known as the IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) boundary-scan test specification. ASSET InterTech is located outside of Dallas, TX, at 2201 North Central Expressway, Suite 105, Richardson, TX 75080.

For product information, call toll free 888-694-6250, send faxes to 972-437-2826, direct e-mail to sales@asset-intertech.com or visit the company's Web site at www.asset-intertech.com.

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