VRGY Verigy Ltd. (MM)

Verigy (NASDAQ:VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, today announced that ISE Labs, the largest semiconductor test engineering service provider in California�s Silicon Valley, has purchased the revolutionary Inovys FaultInsyte software. Adding FaultInsyte software has increased ISE Labs� design-for-test (DFT) capabilities for its fabless and integrated device manufacturer (IDM) system-on-chip (SoC) customers. The breakthrough FaultInsyte technology will allow ISE Labs to speed the debug process and, as a result, provide accelerated time-to-volume production for its customers. Today�s complex SoC designs and subwavelength processes are resulting in design and process interactions, which result in both new failure mechanisms and defects that are unique to the process nodes. These problems are seen for the first time at silicon debug. FaultInsyte provides an unprecedented technology leap for speeding up first silicon debug by efficiently mapping electrical failures to physical defects using logic bitmaps. This makes it possible to find certain elusive defects while the device is still under test. Cutting out the off-line failure analysis �loop� dramatically shortens time-to-debug and speeds time-to-market for these new devices. �ISE offers customers a wide portfolio of technology and solutions including package design, assembly, test, characterization and project management,� said Rabbi Islam, vice president of operations, ISE Labs. �Adding this unique capability is part of our ongoing commitment to provide leading-edge solutions to address our customers� increasingly complex debug requirements. Using the Inovys FaultInsyte tools, our customers can dramatically accelerate their new product introductions.� �Service providers like ISE Labs face unique challenges in dealing with the latest designs,� said Pascal Ronde, vice president of sales, service and support, Verigy. �FaultInsyte provides a unique capability that enables users to see inside the die. With SoC product lifecycles dropping below 18 months, it is important to be able to address problems quickly. This new capability will ensure that ISE Labs can offer their customers a solution that will allow them to ramp in record time.� About ISE Labs, Inc. ISE Labs, Inc. is the largest independent IC test house in Silicon Valley. Incorporated in 1983, ISE Labs, Inc. provides comprehensive, one-stop service in the area of electrical, environmental, reliability and qualification testing services to semiconductor design companies. ISE Labs, Inc. has operations in Fremont and Austin in the USA as well as overseas operations in Hong Kong and Singapore. In March 1999, ISE Labs became a member of ASE Test Limited, the largest independent IC testing company in the world. About Verigy Verigy designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services advanced semiconductor test systems and solutions for the flash memory, high-speed memory and system-on-chip (SoC) markets. Verigy�s scalable platforms are used by leading companies worldwide in design validation, characterization, and high-volume manufacturing test. Advanced analysis tools accelerate design debug and yield ramp processes for Verigy�s customers. Information about Verigy can be found at www.verigy.com.