BridgePoint and Credence Join to Develop Test Technology Center.Business & Technology Editors AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2002 BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing, the largest independent outsourced semiconductor services provider in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , today announced that it will join with Credence Systems Credence Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: CMOS), is a manufacturer of test and analytical equipment for the global semiconductor industry. Founded in 1978, it is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol CMOS. Corporation (Nasdaq:CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. ), a leading provider of solutions from design-to-production test for the worldwide semiconductor industry, to develop a test technology center. Located at BridgePoint's headquarters in Austin, Texas, the center will give semiconductor companies convenient access to the test solutions, training and resources needed to evaluate and rapidly develop semiconductor test solutions and reduce product time-to-market. The Test Technology Center will provide semiconductor companies access to automatic test equipment (ATE) from Credence for analog, digital, mixed-signal, non-volatile memory Refers to memory chips that hold their content without power being applied. It may refer to chips that are not changeable, such as ROMs and PROMs, or to chips that can be rewritten many times such as flash memory. and wireless semiconductors, as well as engineering validation test Engineering validation test, or EVT, is the first in a sequence of new-product development stages, typically followed by:
(2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. ), a Credence Company. At the center, engineers can evaluate systems and develop and debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. test solutions for their products, using solutions such as IMS' Electra MX(tm) mixed-signal engineering validation tester and Credence's Quartet(tm) and ASL ASL - Algebraic Specification Language 2000(tm) production test systems. Semiconductor companies will also have access to BridgePoint's entire test staff and several Credence professionals with experience in a wide array of test environments and test program development. "Increasing device complexity is requiring engineers to think about testability issues very early in the design cycle," said Barry Baril, Credence's chief technical officer. "The Test Technology Center will feature test systems that enable engineers to efficiently move complex devices from the design phase through to production test. At the center, engineers will have access to engineering validation test systems for functions such as device debug, optimization and performance characterization. The technology center will also feature ATE with the throughput necessary for volume production, providing semiconductor companies with a unique range of test solutions to bring complex devices to market rapidly." "With the addition of the Test Technology Center, BridgePoint provides additional support of the semiconductor industry by directly addressing the industry's need for resources to the fabless semiconductor companies A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. ," said Chris Allen Christopher Anthony "Chris" Allen (born November 18 1972 in Oxford, England) is an English former footballer. Notes 1. ^ Chris Allen. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-07-24. External links
About Credence Credence Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:CMOS) 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 and its subsidiaries also provide design and engineering validation test solutions that enable faster time-to-market with lower total cost-of-test. Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., the Company is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified manufacturer and maintains advanced production and design facilities in Hillsboro, Ore. More information is available at http://www.credence.com. About Integrated Measurement Systems (IMS), A Credence Company IMS designs, manufactures, markets and services a family of versatile, high-performance engineering validation test systems for validation, characterization and yield enhancement of complex memory, logic and mixed-signal devices. In addition, IMS is the industry's leading provider of design-to-test productivity software, providing an integrated test development environment between electronic design automation (EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. ) and automated test equipment (ATE) suppliers. A wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Credence Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:CMOS), IMS is headquartered in Beaverton, Ore., with sales offices throughout the world. In 2001, IMS was ranked number one in pure test for the eighth consecutive year in the VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. Research Inc. Annual 10 BEST Customer Satisfaction Survey of Test and Material Handling Suppliers. For additional information, please visit www.ims.com. About BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing Founded in 1998, BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing has quickly grown to be the leading independent semiconductor services provider in North America. BridgePoint is a pioneer in outsourced semiconductor testing, FIB fib n. An insignificant or childish lie. intr.v. fibbed, fib·bing, fibs To tell a fib. See Synonyms at lie2. , lab and quick-turn packaging and board assembly. As a result of the company's aggressive investment in state-of-the-art equipment, BridgePoint's outsourcing services and talented engineering staff are unparalleled in the U.S. Headquarters are located in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit www.bridgept.com. Forward-Looking Statements This release may contain statements that are forward-looking and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause Credence'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, Credence's ability to successfully integrate acquisitions, economic and currency instability in the Asia Pacific region, fluctuation in customer demand, timing and volume of orders and shipments, competition and pricing pressures, reliability and quality issues, Credence's ability to complete the development of its new products, product mix, overhead absorption, cyclicality and downturns in the semiconductor industry, continued dependence on "turns" orders to achieve revenue objectives, the timing of new technology, product introductions, the risk of early obsolescence ob·so·les·cent adj. 1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete. 2. Biology Gradually disappearing; imperfectly or only slightly developed. and Credence's ability to control expenses (including the ability to identify and successfully institute additional cost-saving measures). Further, Credence operates in an industry sector where securities values are highly volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond the Credence's control. Reference is made to the discussion of risk factors detailed in Credence's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its reports on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and 10-Q. Any projections in this release are based on limited information currently available to Credence, which is subject to change. Although any such projections and the factors influencing them will likely change, Credence will not necessarily update the information, since Credence 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. Credence is a registered trademark, and Credence Systems, ASL 2000, Electra MX, Integrated Measurement Systems, IMS, and Quartet are trademarks, of Credence Systems Corporation and its subsidiaries. Other trademarks that may be mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners. |
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