Teledyne LeCroy and Protocol Insight leverage expertise to address MIPI® M-PHY Gear4 for UniPro/UFS

Santa Clara, CA, April 26, 2017 – Teledyne LeCroy, the worldwide leader in protocol test solutions, and Protocol Insight LLC., announce an agreement to jointly supply protocol test tools for the next generation of UniPro/UFS devices.

Universal Flash Storage (UFS) is a simple, high performance, mass storage device with a serial interface. It is primarily used in mobile systems between host processers and mass storage memory devices. With the upcoming migration of UFS devices from Gear3 at 5.9Gbps to Gear4 at 11.8Gbps, challenges in implementing the new, higher speed technology will necessitate newer, more capable and more comprehensive test tools.

The agreement between Teledyne LeCroy and Protocol Insight LLC will enable the joint development and supply of UniPro/UFS protocol analyzers and traffic generators for this expanding market. These tools will provide UFS Device designers and developers the ability to not only diagnose problems in the design but also to generate conformance, compliance, corner case and stress testing.

According to Roy Chestnut, Product Marketing Manager at Teledyne LeCroy, “By teaming up to meet the challenges of testing the next generation of UniPro/UFS devices, users will benefit from Teledyne LeCroy’s expertise in data acquisition and high speed probing while at the same time experiencing Protocol Insight’s extensive conformance and compliance testing capabilities.” Protocol Insight’s expertise in UniPro and UFS conformance and compliance testing adds unparalleled value as the UniPro/UFS market migrates to the next generation of MIPI M-PHY Gear 4. The new UniPro/UFS protocol analyzer and traffic generator will utilize Protocol Insights IP for the creation of the next generation of UniPro/UFS trace analysis and compliance tests.

About Teledyne LeCroy

Teledyne LeCroy is a leading manufacturer of advanced oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and other test instruments that verify performance, validate compliance, and debug complex electronic systems quickly and thoroughly. Since its founding in 1964, the Company has focused on incorporating powerful tools into innovative products that enhance "Time-to-Insight". Faster time to insight enables users to rapidly find and fix defects in complex electronic systems, dramatically improving time-to-market for a wide variety of applications and end markets. Teledyne LeCroy is based in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y. For more information, visit Teledyne LeCroy's website at teledynelecroy.com.

About Protocol Insight

Protocol Insight® (www.protocolinsight.com) offers test and measurement tools to customers who are developing products for the mobile computing market, and consulting and design services to engineers implementing serial protocol interfaces.

Protocol Insight is a MIPI expert, with a background in both D-PHY and M-PHY protocol exercisers and analyzers. Protocol Insight contributes to the development of the UniPro standard thru the UniPro and Test Working Groups, and serves as Liaison between MIPI and JEDEC and UFSA. About UFSA

The Universal Flash Storage Association (UFSA) was founded in 2010 as an open trade association to promote widespread adoption and acceptance of the UFS standard. Board of Director members include Keysight Technologies, Micron Technology, Montage Technology, Phison Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Silicon Motion Technology and SK Hynix. For more information about UFSA: http://www.ufsa.org/

About the MIPI Alliance

The MIPI Alliance is a global, collaborative organization comprised of companies that span the mobile ecosystem and are committed to defining and promoting interface specifications for mobile devices.

The MIPI® Alliance is a non-profit corporation that operates as an open membership organization. All companies in the mobile device industry are encouraged to join, including semiconductor companies, software vendors, IP providers, peripheral manufacturers, test labs and end product OEMs. Today, more than 250 member companies actively participate in the Alliance, developing interface specifications which drive consistency in processor and peripheral interfaces, promoting reuse and compatibility in mobile devices.

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