ISE Labs and Inovys Partner to Provide Industry Leading Design for Test Services to Fabless Customers.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Inovys Corporation, a leading provider of Design For Test (DFT) solutions for the semiconductor industry, and ISE Labs, a subsidiary of ASE Test Limited (Nasdaq:ASTSF), today announced that they are partnering to provide advanced test equipment and services to their fabless customers. This partnership provides the broad scope of DFT capabilities that were previously limited to the very largest Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs). The result will combine the best strengths of both companies including: device engineering, debug and verification; test development; on-site applications support; technical seminars; and training in the methodology and implementation of DFT. This will enable all sizes of fabless and IDM customers to accelerate their device engineering time and significantly lower their overall cost of test.

As nanometer devices become mainstream, the semiconductor industry continues to be challenged by the opposing forces of increasing complexity and lower cost. The need for solid DFT implementation has become mandatory. The disaggregated business model that fabless companies operate under, where design, foundry, and test reside in different locations heightens this need. The Inovys DFT solution, which includes its award winning software tools, ZFP test system, and expert DFT training, addresses these challenges and has enabled customers to: reduce device debug time by more than 30%; accelerate production yield ramps by more than 4 weeks; and lower the cost of test by a factor of 2 or more.

"ISE Labs is renowned for providing best in class test services and quickly adopting new technologies," said Kenneth Hsiang, president, ISE Labs. "The time is right to further extend our offering by providing DFT services, and there is no better company to help us do this than Inovys. Through this partnership, we will endeavor to provide our customers with significant economic advantages, while helping speed their time to market."

"Inovys is dramatically changing the test productivity equation at our customers through our continuing focus on the development of leading edge DFT tools," stated Paul Sakamoto, president and CEO, Inovys Corporation. "Through our collaboration with many of the top semiconductor IDMs and fabless companies, we have been able to develop DFT based test and analytical methods that are truly world class. We are now providing these tools and services to the broader fabless community in partnership with ISE, as a demonstration of our commitment to the industry as a whole. ISE Labs is the leading test services provider and is thus the ideal partner to help us achieve this."

About ISE Labs

ISE Labs, Inc. is an engineering test service provider, offering a full spectrum of services related to the testing of ICs. Conveniently headquartered in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, with facilities in both Austin, Texas and Singapore, ISE Labs, Inc. encourages active customer participation in device test and characterization, and addresses customer requirements from "Quick Turn" production to IC test. ISE Labs, Inc. is ISO 9001:2000 certified and operates a 24/7 test floor. ISE Labs, Inc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ASE Test Limited, the largest semiconductor testing service provider in the world. For more information, please visit www.iselabs.com.

About Inovys Corporation

Inovys is dramatically changing the semiconductor test productivity equation. The Company is dedicated to providing customers innovative engineering, yield and production test solutions that manage the exploding complexity of semiconductor devices with significantly less time, resources and cost. Inovys enables customers to reduce design debug from weeks to hours, radically reduce production test costs, and increase yield for nanometer devices. Additional information is available at www.inovys.com.