Xilinx Selects Yield Dynamics' Genesis Workflow Development Platform.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2003 Yield Dynamics, Inc. announced today that Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX), the world's leading provider of programmable logic See PLD. solutions, has purchased its Genesis Workflow development platform for custom yield management methodology development. Yield Dynamics and Xilinx have also collaborated on extending the workflow platform with additional value-driven capabilities for 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. and outsourced manufacturing collaboration. Xilinx purchased Yield Dynamics' Genesis Fabless software solution in 2000 to manage yields for various foundry production processes. The Workflow development platform enables Xilinx to create custom yield management analysis methodologies using a graphical programming environment and "drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. " interface. The workflows may be saved and run automatically at predefined times and intervals, and may embody complex linked event chains, all without requiring a single line of programming code to be written. Custom yield improvement methodologies which are often proprietary from customer to customer may therefore be easily configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: within the Genesis yield platform, utilizing its rich library of pre-configured analysis engines, without resorting to complicated and costly internal software development efforts. Michael Simmons Michael Simmons or Michael Troutman Simmons (1814-1867[1]) was a 19th century American pioneer and one of the first white men to settle in the Puget Sound. Simmons was one of ten children, born in Kentucky in 1814. , CPLD (Complex PLD) A programmable logic device that is made up of several simple PLDs (SPLDs) with a programmable switching matrix in between the logic blocks. CPLDs typically use EEPROM, flash memory or SRAM to hold the logic design interconnections. See PLD and SPLD. Yield Enhancement Tools Manager at Xilinx, commented, "Xilinx purchased Genesis for both interactive as well as automated use through its rich scripting programming language. By applying the yield enhancement tools, we have achieved automated monitoring and yield improvement of our outsourced manufacturing process. The addition of Workflow capability to our platform leverages our software investment by affording all of our engineers the ability to develop custom yield analysis flows with minimal effort, allowing us to effectively adapt our yield enhancement efforts to new products and evolving foundry production processes in a timely fashion." 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. Dr. Jonathan Buckheit, 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 Yield Dynamics, "As the world's leading fabless programmable logic company, Xilinx's early adoption of our Genesis Fabless platform is a strong testament to the value our product delivers. By collaborating with Xilinx on this latest Workflow purchase, along with our ongoing development partnerships with the world's foremost semiconductor foundries, we are able to deliver a true yield analysis platform for fabless/foundry commerce models, which in addition to pre-configured turnkey analysis engines, offers highly customizable analysis and collaboration methodology delivery in a system broadly accessible by fabless and foundry engineers." About Yield Dynamics, Inc. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Yield Dynamics, Inc. is the technology leader in enterprise yield management and advanced process control for the semiconductor industry. Yield Dynamics provides the most comprehensive set of software tools available, enabling users to convert large amounts of data into useful information that allows them to ramp products rapidly and achieve higher yields. Additional information about Yield Dynamics can be found at www.ydyn.com or by calling 408/330-9320. Note to Editors: Yield Dynamics and Genesis are trademarks or registered trademarks of Yield Dynamics, Inc. |
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