TRADE NEWS: Verigy and Test Insight Collaborate to Accelerate Test Program Development for the Verigy V93000 SOC Tester

Business Wire, Oct 24, 2006

New V93000 STIL Reader/Writer Supports STIL for Writing and Reading of V93000 Test Programs

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Verigy Ltd. (NASDAQ:VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, and Test Insight, a leading provider of standards-based software solutions for the design-for-test field, announced an enhanced and integrated ability to read and write test programs used with the Verigy V93000 SOC tester. The new Verigy STIL Reader/Writer allows semiconductor manufacturers to improve their time-to-market by speeding the process for creating and debugging test programs. The STIL Reader/Writer is a result of Verigy's ongoing technology collaboration with Test Insight, a leading supplier of design to test software for digital integrated circuits (ICs).

"Building on Test Insight's leading tool technology, this new tool will help our customers in adopting STIL for accelerating their time-to-market," said Hans-Juergen Wagner, vice president and general manager, Semiconductor Test Solutions, Verigy. "With this new and integrated capability, semiconductor manufacturers can take full advantage of the V93000 leading-edge platform technology in a standard-compliant tooling environment."

The new STIL Reader/Writer allows test engineers to directly translate formatted test data in the IEEE standard STIL language to V93000 tester binaries. It also provides the capability to read V93000 tester binary patterns, levels, and timing and feed it back to the simulation environment using STIL. In addition, it allows incremental translation for modular, collaborative development of test programs as additional test data is integrated to an existing test program, considering all existing predefined test data. The new bidirectional link between V93000 ATE and STIL is designed to integrate seamlessly into semiconductor manufacturers' established test program generation (TPG) environments.

The STIL Reader/Writer is based on Test Insight's leading edge STILlink[TM] technology, a processing engine for the STIL language that enables fastest translation times. The STIL Reader/Writer provides full support of the STIL language as defined in IEEE 1450.0-1999, IEEE 1450.1-2005, and IEEE 1450.2-2002, and supports all of the advanced features of the V93000 test-processor-per-pin architecture. Verigy and Test Insight consider the platform as the basis for supporting future extensions to the STIL language, not only for accelerating time-to-market but also for improving diagnosis capabilities in volume manufacturing for efficient yield learning, lowering the cost per die sold.

"Test Insight's extensive experience in providing design-for-test solutions, in conjunction with Verigy's tight cooperation, enabled us to provide this modular solution. Such modularity allows customers to select the pieces most suitable for their environment," said Meir Gellis, chief executive officer, Test Insight. "The cooperation with Verigy gave us the opportunity to directly address customers' needs with a solution for bringing STIL test data to the tester and translating the results from the tester back to STIL."

About Test Insight

Test Insight provides software solutions for design-for-test worldwide. Test Insight delivers innovative, cutting-edge software products that enable acceleration of creation and debug of ATE programs. Test Insight products enable users of both ATE and EDA environments to bring forward the availability of tested integrated circuits, as well as improve the production yield of complex digital ICs. For more information, please visit www.testinsight.com.

About the Verigy V93000

The Verigy V93000 provides a scalable platform architecture for testing SOCs, systems-in-packages (SIPs) and high-speed memory devices. The V93000, with over 1,350 systems installed worldwide, meets the industry's demanding performance and cost challenges, whether for at-speed engineering characterization or high-volume production. The test system provides massive multi-site capabilities, enables data rates up to 12.8 Gbps and supports a full range of digital, mixed-signal and RF applications.

About Verigy

Verigy designs, develops, manufactures and sells advanced test systems and solutions for the semiconductor industry. Verigy comprises the semiconductor test business recently separated from Agilent Technologies. The company began doing business as Verigy on June 1, and completed its initial public offering on June 13, 2006. Information about Verigy can be found at www.verigy.com.