LeCroy Launches Breakthrough Oscilloscope Series

Business Wire,  July 1, 2008  

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Next Generation Chipset Makes Debut in New WavePro 7-Series Oscilloscopes

CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. -- LeCroy Corporation (NASDAQ: LCRY), a leading supplier of oscilloscopes and serial data test solutions, today announced the launch of the WavePro 7, the first product series in the new Zi Family of oscilloscopes. The launch represents the first deployment of LeCroy's next-generation chipset and latest streaming architecture, X-Stream II, allowing the WavePro 7 to deliver raw performance, speed and analysis capabilities unmatched in the industry. The WavePro 7 oscilloscope is the only complete debug solution with up to 6 GHz of bandwidth available.

"We expect the new LeCroy WavePro 7 Series to reshape the competitive landscape across the entire oscilloscope design and debug market," said President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Reslewic. "WavePro 7 represents both a significant advancement in oscilloscope technology and a higher level of forward thinking by our design team. The major enhancements in hardware and software technologies, as well the user-friendly design, allow the design engineer to operate with ease at a faster pace without sacrificing advanced functionality."

"The WavePro 7 provides engineers with deeper insight into electronic design problems than possible before," said Reslewic. "Our next-generation chipset enables high fidelity signal capture, and our new X-Stream II proprietary architecture delivers 10 to 20 times faster response rates, with long memory handling in a new industrial design. Our plan is to launch additional new platforms in the Zi family based on this breakthrough chipset through fiscal 2009 - products that will continue to break the mold for how scopes are designed, manufactured and used."

The WavePro 7's advanced industrial design incorporates an industry-first 15.3 inch, 16:9 high definition display equipped with a touch screen. Equipped with the industry's most extensive toolbox, the new scope can solve electronic design problems within minutes instead of hours and can be extended to an integrated second display in order to expand the oscilloscope's workspace. The WavePro 7's removable front panel allows engineers to place the control-pod next to the circuit under test. LeCroy's new serial interface bus, LSIB, enables data to be transferred 10-100 times faster than any other method. In addition, TriggerScan and WaveScan, special modes for finding rare events, shorten the time to debug a new design.

LeCroy also launched a new line of serial data analyzers, SDA 7, and disk drive analyzers, DDA 7, which feature the same speed, power and performance capabilities as the WavePro 7 Series.

About LeCroy Corporation

LeCroy Corporation is a worldwide leader in serial data test solutions, creating advanced instruments that drive product innovation by quickly measuring, analyzing and verifying complex electronic signals. The Company offers high-performance oscilloscopes, serial data analyzers and global communications protocol test solutions used by design engineers in the computer/semiconductor/consumer electronics, data storage, automotive/industrial, and military/aerospace markets. LeCroy's 40-year heritage of technical innovation is the foundation for its recognized leadership in "WaveShape Analysis" - capturing, viewing and measuring the high-speed signals that drive today's information and communications technologies. LeCroy is headquartered in Chestnut Ridge, New York. Company information is available at http://www.lecroy.com.

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This release contains forward-looking statements, including those pertaining to WavePro 7 and its capabilities, characteristics, capacities, technology, design, performance, effectiveness and usefulness, its effect on the competitive landscape and LeCroy's plans for the launch of additional new platforms and the impact of those products. There can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. Actual performance and results of operations may differ materially from those projected or suggested in the forward-looking statements due to certain risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, volume and timing of orders received, changes in the mix of products sold, competitive pricing pressure, the Company's ability to anticipate changes in the market, the availability and timing of funding for the Company's current products, the development of future products and the Company's ability to use intellectual property and protect its patent portfolio. LeCroy undertakes no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. Further information on potential factors that could affect LeCroy Corporation's business is described in the Company's reports on file with the SEC.

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