Credence Wins Quartet Order from Silterra for Mixed-Signal Test; Silterra Selects Quartet for New State-of-the-Art Foundry.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2000 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 manufacturer of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the worldwide semiconductor industry, today announced a first-time order from Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. for a Quartet One(TM) consumer mixed-signal test system. Silterra, a full-service semiconductor manufacturing provider, will use the Quartet for wafer sort at its new-state-of-the-art foundry. Silterra's vice president of operations, KC Ang, said, "We are addressing the world-wide need for additional foundry capacity with our new facility in Malaysia. Silterra's goal is to help our customers get even the most complex system-on-a-chip designs to volume production quickly, which is why we chose the Quartet -- it facilitates volume manufacturing of high-performance, cost-sensitive mixed-signal devices," he said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Credence, Graham Siddall, "This first-time order from Silterra demonstrates Credence's continued strength in the foundry sector in the Asia Pacific Region. Quartet is in high demand because of the large installed base at foundries and test houses and its broad application flexibility." The Quartet will be installed at Silterra's test floor in Kulim, Malaysia at the end of October 2000. About the Quartet Series Quartet combines a unique digital test subsystem A unit or device that is part of a larger system. For example, a disk subsystem is a part of a computer system. A bus is a part of the computer. A subsystem usually refers to hardware, but it may be used to describe software. with industry-leading audio, video, and RF instruments designed to seamlessly test CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. ICs, including high-volume, cost-sensitive SOC (system on chip) devices targeted at the Internet, communications, and entertainment markets. The Quartet family includes Quartet One(TM), Quartet LC(TM), Quartet One XL(TM), and Quartet Logic(TM). About Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Founded in December of 1997, Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is a full-service semiconductor manufacturing provider that offers customers leading-edge process technologies. The factory will be in production in Q4 2000, ramping to 30,000 eight-inch wafers per month by 2002. Silterra is headquartered in Kulim, Malaysia, with a sales and marketing office in Sunnyvale, Calif. For further information on Silterra or its services, visit http://www.silterra.com. About Credence Credence Systems Corporation is a leader in the manufacture of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the global semiconductor industry. Credence offers a wide range of products with test capabilities for digital, mixed-signal, and nonvolatile memory See non-volatile memory. semiconductors. Utilizing its patented CMOS technologies, Credence products are designed to meet the strict time-to-market and cost-of-ownership requirements of its customers. Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., the company maintains advanced production and design facilities in Hillsboro, Ore. Credence, 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 See certification. manufacturer, is listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CMOS. More information is available at http://www.credence.com. Note to Editors: Credence, Credence Systems, Quartet, Quartet One, Quartet LC, Quartet One XL, and Quartet Logic are trademarks of Credence Systems Corporation. Other trademarks that may be mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners. |
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