Strategic Partnership will Provide an Integrated Layout Solution for the PCB Design Market

Atlanta, GA -March 28, 2007- Intercept Technology, Inc., a leader in advanced PCB/Hybrid/RF electrical engineering applications, and DesignAdvance Systems, Inc., a leading developer of innovative design automation software, today announced that they have entered into a partnership to integrate Intercept Technology's printed circuit board (PCB) layout software, Pantheon, with DesignAdvance's PCB placement design and automation technology, CircuitSpace™. The integration of Pantheon and CircuitSpace will make it possible for PCB designers to automatically cluster and locally place components in the Pantheon layout environment.

"CircuitSpace, with its innovative new technology, is becoming an integral component within the leading PCB design flow," said Steve Klare, founder and CEO of Intercept Technology, Inc.  "Our partnership with DesignAdvance reflects our strategy to team with expert partners to provide integrated solutions that increase productivity for our customers."

"Partnering with Intercept is a direct response to customers' requests for integrated solutions within multiple design environments of the PCB design flow," said Edward Pupa, CEO of DesignAdvance. "Together, we will continue to improve user-assisted automation in what has traditionally been a manual process of PCB component placement."

Intercept Technology Background

DesignAdvance Systems Inc. Background

DesignAdvance Systems, Inc. develops electronic design automation (EDA) and computer aided design (CAD) software tools that drastically reduce the amount of time it takes engineers and designers to develop electrical and mechanical products. Tools from DesignAdvance integrate seamlessly into existing environments and dramatically increase user productivity while significantly reducing time-to-market and time-to-profitability. Corporate headquarters are located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  For additional information, see www.designadvance.com.

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