GDA Technologies, Inc., a fast growing IP & Electronic Design Services (EDS) company today announced that it was selected by NetEffect to provide hardware design services for NetEffect's next generation of high-performance, multi-gigabit Ethernet solutions. GDA will provide a variety of services starting with design verification. NetEffect's solution is redefining high-performance data center server-to-server and server-to-storage communications. By providing a full implementation of iWARP enabled Ethernet, NetEffect is delivering uncompromising networking, storage and clustering performance on a single Ethernet fabric. "Based on their extensive IC design and implementation experience we felt GDA Technologies would successfully deliver the services we need on time. In addition to their background in ASIC design, GDA Technologies' experience in Structured ASIC and full COT design were considerations in choosing them as a partner," said Terry Hulett, Vice President of Engineering, NetEffect. "We are extremely pleased to be selected as a design partner for NetEffect. Our proven methodologies and processes will help accelerate NetEffect's product development," said Ravi Thummarukudy, VP and GM IC solutions, GDA Technologies Inc.