Faraday Selects Verigy V93000 Pin Scale System as Next-Generation Platform for SoC Business.

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Verigy (NASDAQ: VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, today announced that Faraday Technology Corporation (TSE: 3035), a leading ASIC/SoC design service company, has selected the Verigy V93000 Pin Scale system as its next-generation platform for SoC design. The V93000 Pin Scale system will meet Faraday's requirements for testing and validation of its cutting-edge SoC chipsets and versatile IP portfolio.

Faraday is one of the largest design service companies in the Pacific Rim, and the exclusive design service partner to UMC, one of the leading foundries located in Taiwan. Proven, scalable and flexible testing solutions are essential for Faraday to support the wide variety of applications and technology requirements from customers. Therefore, Faraday adopted Verigy's V93000 Pin Scale system for IP/SoC design verification and test program generation to foster mass production for its IDM, design house and system house customers.

Faraday's ongoing technology investments provide its customers with an optimal engineering process. From chip design to test, all of Faraday's EDA tools, scan diagnostic and DFT tools and its automated test equipment (ATE) are integrated to provide top quality designs and IP in the shortest turnaround time, minimizing potential errors at every hand-off point. The V93000 is a proven established part of Faraday's design process. Now with the addition of the Verigy Pin Scale system, Faraday will offer its IP and design customers even better efficiency by reusing the existing IPs with a reliable test program, endorsed by Verigy with Faraday's best-in-class ATPG (Automatic Test Program Generator).

"Faraday has an experienced and excellent CAD team, specialized in internal automation programming development, from the front-end design to the back-end testing environment. The flexibility and scalability of the V93000 Pin Scale system will extend our engineering effort, allowing us to seamlessly use our existing test IP libraries to assure the best quality for our customers," said CJ Hsieh, director of SoC development and service group, Faraday. "By leveraging the industry-established V93000 system plus Faraday's infrastructural expertise, the overall test program has been proved to achieve the best efficiency and effectiveness."

"Employing leading-edge manufacturing test solutions ensures the most competitive and high quality products for Faraday's customers," said Pascal Ronde, vice president of sales support and service, Verigy. "The Pin Scale system's compatibility with existing capacities ensures Faraday's customers an efficiency advantage that is otherwise found only in the largest design houses and IDMs."

About the Verigy V93000

The Verigy V93000 provides a scalable platform architecture for testing SoCs, system-in-packages (SIPs) and high-speed memory devices. The V93000, with more than 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, with data rates up to 12.8 Gbps and support of a full range of digital, mixed-signal and RF applications.

About Faraday Technology Corporation

Faraday Technology Corporation is a leading silicon IP and fabless ASIC vendor. The company's broad SIP portfolio includes 32-bit RISC CPUs, DSPs, MPEG-4, H.264, PHYs/Controllers for USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet, Serial ATA, PCI Express, Cell Library and Memory Compiler. With more than 650 employees and 2005 revenue of US$175 million, Faraday is one of the largest fabless ASIC companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Headquartered in Taiwan, Faraday has service and support offices around the world, including the U.S., Japan, Europe, and China. For more information, please visit: www.faraday-tech.com

About Verigy

Verigy designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services advanced test systems and solutions for the flash memory and system-on-chip segments of the semiconductor industry. Verigy's scalable platform systems are used by leading semiconductor companies worldwide in design validation, characterization, and high volume manufacturing test. Formerly part of 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.