IDS Software Systems Wins Large Order from Texas Instruments for Data Management and Statistical Analysis Software.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000 IDS Software Systems (IDS), the leading supplier of engineering statistical analysis software for the semiconductor industry, announced today the receipt of a multi-million dollar order from Texas Instruments (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TXN TXN Texas Instruments (stock symbol) TXN Transaction (databases) TXN Tunxi, China (Airport Code) TXN Tarxien (postal locality, Malta) ) for dataPOWERsc(tm), the application solutions set for data management, yield improvement and statistical analysis of semiconductor manufacturing data. This order covers an initial installation of 85 complete dataPOWERsc software licenses at five (5) sites located worldwide. Texas Instruments will implement the new IDS data management software seamlessly across multiple hardware platforms including Sun Sparc(TM) and IBM-compatible PC's. Mr. Steve James, Texas Instrument's Engineering Manager at a Dallas fabrication facility, stated that "After months of extensive product testing, the IDS dataPOWER product was selected and is currently being deployed to several TI facilities. IDS provides a powerful set of tools that will enable us to effectively characterize new products, ramp yields, and monitor processes." James added, "We feel confident that IDS offers the best combination of tools to fit the needs of Product, Process, and Yield Enhancement Engineers." Texas Instruments required a data management, yield improvement, and analysis system with the flexibility, performance, and ease-of-use to enable them to manage and analyze the massive volumes of complex semiconductor fab process and electrical test data that were being produced by more than one thousand different products. dataPOWERsc's flexibility, open systems architecture and speed of deployment are an ideal fit for their growth requirements. According to Texas Instruments' engineers, this software will enable the company to rapidly characterize and manufacture new products, ensuring a fast time-to-market and a competitive advantage. "We are very excited that after a successful three-month pilot at the DFAB DFAB Dairy Foods Advisory Bureau (Australia) facility in Dallas, TI has recognized the tremendous gains that a major company-wide rollout of dataPOWER will provide," said Andre Hawit, 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 IDS Software Systems. "We are also proud to have TI as part of our advisory board, helping us to continue providing the most powerful set of tools available for this market. Texas Instruments joins an impressive list of more than forty-five semiconductor and flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time companies using our products. Our expertise in this market as well as the solid reference base we have established, has provided us with the world-wide leadership position that we enjoy today." IDS' other customers include companies such as Analog Devices (NYSE:ADI), Candescent can·des·cence n. The state of being white hot; incandescence. [From Latin cand  sc Technologies, Conexant Systems (Nasdaq:CNXT), Intel (Nasdaq:INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol)INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ), LSI Logic (NYSE:LSI), NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Electronics, Philips Semiconductors (NYSE:PHG), and Toshiba. About IDS IDS, based in San Mateo, is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation founded in 1991. It is a supplier of easy-to-use, platform-independent application software that gives customers powerful data management and statistical analysis tools to improve yields, quality and productivity of semiconductor operations. IDS provides a complete solution for managing and analyzing the data to turn it into vital and useful information. The IDS product offering provides the most comprehensive set of data management and analysis tools available today to link functional test data and yield information back to root cause process parameters. This suite of tools empowers engineers to maximize yields and speed time to market for today's state-of-the-art semiconductor devices. About Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated is a global semiconductor company and the world's leading designer and supplier of digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). solutions, the engines driving the digitization of electronics. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company's businesses also include materials and controls, educational productivity solutions and digital imaging. The company has manufacturing or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com. Note to Editors: "dataPOWERsc(TM)" is a trademark of IDS Software Systems. |
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