Fidus achieves record contract bookings; launches 500th project

    OTTAWA, June 4 /CNW Telbec/ - Fidus Systems signed a record $1.8 million
in new contracts during its first quarter this year. This includes four,
six-month design projects for a major telecom vendor.
    "Nearly $600,000 in contracts were booked at our Toronto Design Centre.
Meanwhile, our business is growing in several U.S regions," says Fidus
President, Michael Wakim. "In March, we also launched our 500th project. It's
a particularly challenging series of designs, involving FPGA, PCB Layout and
Hardware design for a multinational company in the video industry."
    Fidus also booked and completed the latest in its series of complex
designs for DDR2 technology - a four-layer layout design for memory devices.
The electronics design firm also began work on a next-generation DDR3 memory
evaluation system.

    Fidus backgrounder:

    Fidus supplies expert-level electronic designs for a wide range of
products including: industrial control systems, transportation, consumer
products, telecommunications equipment, aerospace, defence, biomedical
instrumentation and more. Fidus provides complete, turn-key product
development, or targeted design of architecture, hardware, FPGA, RF, 
software/firmware, printed circuit board layout and high-speed signal
integrity analysis. www.fidus.com

For further information: Michael Wakim, President, (613) 828-0063 x 369,
Michael.Wakim@fidus.com, Don Moncion, VP Business Management, (613) 828-0063 x
336, Don.Moncion@fidus.com; Denise Allen, Director of Communications, (613)
828-0063 x 312, Cell: (613) 355-7035, Denise.Allen@fidus.com