SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc

Credence's ASL 3000RF Test Systems Selected by Skyworks FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Credence Systems Corporation , a leading provider of solutions from design-to-production test for the worldwide semiconductor industry, today announced that Skyworks Solutions, Inc. has purchased multiple ASL 3000RF(TM) test systems. Skyworks, the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused on radio frequency and complete cellular system solutions for mobile communications applications, will use the ASL 3000RF for engineering and production module test of radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs). "We are pleased that a number of leading integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), including Skyworks, have chosen the ASL 3000RF to address the significant technical and economic challenges of today's wireless applications," said Dr. Graham Siddall, Credence's chairman and chief executive officer. "This purchase demonstrates our expanding presence and penetration into the competitive wireless communications market. The ASL 3000RF's unique MVNA(TM) technology, powerful architecture and unmatched value have set a new standard in wireless test by offering class-leading performance and throughput for the most complex RFIC devices." The ASL 3000RF features Credence's patented modulated vector network analysis (MVNA) technology, which allows S-parameter measurements to be made with wideband, digitally modulated signals. MVNA creates a test scenario that more closely resembles a device's end-use environment, providing significantly better accuracy for wireless applications. Additionally, the ASL 3000RF features a flexible and scaleable architecture that allows customers to extend and upgrade the system with analog, digital and enhanced RF instrumentation to address emerging wireless devices and applications. With the industry's most advanced RF instrumentation and a dedicated PowerPC(TM) processor per receiver, the ASL 3000RF has been proven to speed throughput by approximately thirty percent over more expensive, competitive systems. About ASL 3000RF Credence's ASL 3000RF is a high-performance, mixed-signal, radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) test system for wideband, wireless communications devices. Featuring the industry's most advanced RF instrumentation, the ASL 3000RF is designed to meet the increasingly complex test requirements of a new generation of RFICs for wireless applications, including 802.11 WLAN, CDMA, and GSM. The ASL 3000RF incorporates advanced capabilities, including Credence's patented MVNA technology. The system features a flexible, scaleable architecture that provides a cost-effective way to easily extend and upgrade the system with analog, digital, and enhanced RF test capabilities to meet emerging wireless requirements. About MVNA Credence's MVNA technology is the industry's first major technology breakthrough development in S-parameter measurements in thirty years. For many RF and microwave engineers, the measurement of S-parameters remains a fundamental method of characterizing high-frequency devices, but the use of continuous wave signals to take these measurements leads to complications in leading-edge wireless applications. MVNA technology allows these measurements to be made with wideband, digitally modulated signals, creating a test scenario that more closely resembles a device's end-use environment and provides significantly better accuracy for wireless applications. This improved accuracy enables engineers to reduce guardbands in production, leading to higher device yield and faster time-to-profit. About Skyworks Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is the industry's leading wireless semiconductor company focused on RF and complete cellular system solutions for mobile communications applications. The company is focused on providing front-end modules, RF subsystems and cellular systems to handset, WLAN and infrastructure customers. Skyworks is headquartered in Woburn, Mass., with executive offices in Irvine, Calif. The company has design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. For more information please visit http://www.skyworksinc.com/. About Credence Credence Systems Corporation is changing the future of semiconductor production by integrating test solutions throughout the design, validation and production processes. A leader in the manufacture of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the global semiconductor industry, Credence offers a wide range of systems for the test of analog, digital, non-volatile memory, mixed-signal, SoC, and wireless semiconductor devices typical in today's automobile, portable computing, consumer and communications products. Credence and its subsidiaries also provide test program development and debug software, engineering validation test solutions, and advanced photon probing technology that enable faster time-to-market with lower total cost-of-test. Headquartered in Fremont, California, the Company is an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer and maintains advanced production and design facilities in Hillsboro, Oregon. More information is available at http://www.credence.com/ . Forward-Looking Statements This release may contain statements that are forward looking and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to be materially different from the future performance suggested in this release. Such factors include, but are not limited to, cyclicality and downturns in the semiconductor industry, which the company is experiencing, rapid technological change in the ATE market, the Company's ability to successfully integrate acquisitions, economic and political instability in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, fluctuation in customer demand, timing and volume of orders and shipments, competition and pricing pressures, reliability and quality issues, the Company's ability to complete the development and commercialization of its new products, product mix, overhead absorption, continued dependence on "turns" orders to achieve revenue objectives, the timing of new technology, product introductions, intellectual property issues, the risk of early obsolescence and the Company's ability to control and reduce expenses (including the ability to identify and successfully institute additional cost-saving measures). Further, the Company operates in an industry sector where securities values are highly volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond the Company's control. Reference is made to the discussion of risk factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. Any projections in this release are based on limited information currently available to the Company, which is subject to change. Although any such projections and the factors influencing them will likely change, the Company will not necessarily update the information, since the Company is only to provide guidance at certain points during the year. Actual events or results could differ materially and no reader of this release should assume later in the quarter that the information provided today is still valid. Such information speaks only as of the date of this release. NOTE: Credence is a registered trademark, and Credence Systems, ASL Series, ASL 3000RF, and MVNA are trademarks, of Credence Systems Corporation. Other trademarks that may be mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Judy Dale, Sr. Director, Marketing Communications of Credence Systems Corporation, +1-510-492-3118, or fax, +1-510-623-2524, or ; or Patricia MacLeod, Sr. Account Executive, Public Relations of e21 Corp, +1-510-226-6780, ext. 205, or fax, +1-510-226-9902, or , for Credence Systems Corporation. DATASOURCE: Credence Systems Corporation CONTACT: Judy Dale, Sr. Director, Marketing Communications of Credence Systems Corporation, +1-510-492-3118, or fax, +1-510-623-2524, or ; or Patricia MacLeod, Sr. Account Executive, Public Relations of e21 Corp, +1-510-226-6780, ext. 205, or fax, +1-510-226-9902, or , for Credence Systems Corporation Web site: http://www.skyworksinc.com/ Web site: http://www.credence.com/

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