TRADE NEWS: Verigy and Test Insight Collaborate to Accelerate Test Program Development for the Verigy V93000 SOC Tester

  
    
  
  
    
      Verigy Ltd. (NASDAQ:VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, and 
      Test Insight, a leading provider of standards-based software solutions 
      for the design-for-test field, announced an enhanced and integrated 
      ability to read and write test programs used with the Verigy V93000 SOC 
      tester. The new Verigy STIL Reader/Writer allows semiconductor 
      manufacturers to improve their time-to-market by speeding the process 
      for creating and debugging test programs. The STIL Reader/Writer is a 
      result of Verigy’s ongoing technology 
      collaboration with Test Insight, a leading supplier of design to test 
      software for digital integrated circuits (ICs).
    
    
      “Building on Test Insight’s 
      leading tool technology, this new tool will help our customers in 
      adopting STIL for accelerating their time-to-market,” 
      said Hans-Juergen Wagner, vice president and general manager, 
      Semiconductor Test Solutions, Verigy. “With 
      this new and integrated capability, semiconductor manufacturers can take 
      full advantage of the V93000 leading-edge platform technology in a 
      standard-compliant tooling environment.”
    
    
      The new STIL Reader/Writer allows test engineers to directly translate 
      formatted test data in the IEEE standard STIL language to V93000 tester 
      binaries. It also provides the capability to read V93000 tester binary 
      patterns, levels, and timing and feed it back to the simulation 
      environment using STIL. In addition, it allows incremental translation 
      for modular, collaborative development of test programs as additional 
      test data is integrated to an existing test program, considering all 
      existing predefined test data. The new bidirectional link between V93000 
      ATE and STIL is designed to integrate seamlessly into semiconductor 
      manufacturers’ established test program 
      generation (TPG) environments.
    
    
      The STIL Reader/Writer is based on Test Insight’s 
      leading edge STILlink™ technology, a 
      processing engine for the STIL language that enables fastest translation 
      times. The STIL Reader/Writer provides full support of the STIL language 
      as defined in IEEE 1450.0-1999, IEEE 1450.1-2005, and IEEE 1450.2-2002, 
      and supports all of the advanced features of the V93000 
      test-processor-per-pin architecture. Verigy and Test Insight consider 
      the platform as the basis for supporting future extensions to the STIL 
      language, not only for accelerating time-to-market but also for 
      improving diagnosis capabilities in volume manufacturing for efficient 
      yield learning, lowering the cost per die sold.
    
    
      “Test Insight’s 
      extensive experience in providing design-for-test solutions, in 
      conjunction with Verigy’s tight cooperation, 
      enabled us to provide this modular solution. Such modularity allows 
      customers to select the pieces most suitable for their environment,” 
      said Meir Gellis, chief executive officer, Test Insight. “The 
      cooperation with Verigy gave us the opportunity to directly address 
      customers’ needs with a solution for bringing 
      STIL test data to the tester and translating the results from the tester 
      back to STIL.”
    
    
      About Test Insight
    
    
      Test Insight provides software solutions for design-for-test worldwide. 
      Test Insight delivers innovative, cutting-edge software products that 
      enable acceleration of creation and debug of ATE programs. Test Insight 
      products enable users of both ATE and EDA environments to bring forward 
      the availability of tested integrated circuits, as well as improve the 
      production yield of complex digital ICs. For more information, please 
      visit www.testinsight.com.
    
    
      About the Verigy V93000
    
    
      The Verigy V93000 provides a scalable platform architecture for testing 
      SOCs, systems-in-packages (SIPs) and high-speed memory devices. The 
      V93000, with over 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, enables data rates up to 12.8 
      Gbps and supports a full range of digital, mixed-signal and RF 
      applications.
    
    
      About Verigy
    
    
      Verigy designs, develops, manufactures and sells advanced test systems 
      and solutions for the semiconductor industry. Verigy comprises the 
      semiconductor test business recently separated from 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.
    
  
Verigy Ltd. (NASDAQ:VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company,
and Test Insight, a leading provider of standards-based software
solutions for the design-for-test field, announced an enhanced and
integrated ability to read and write test programs used with the
Verigy V93000 SOC tester. The new Verigy STIL Reader/Writer allows
semiconductor manufacturers to improve their time-to-market by
speeding the process for creating and debugging test programs. The
STIL Reader/Writer is a result of Verigy's ongoing technology
collaboration with Test Insight, a leading supplier of design to test
software for digital integrated circuits (ICs).

   "Building on Test Insight's leading tool technology, this new tool
will help our customers in adopting STIL for accelerating their
time-to-market," said Hans-Juergen Wagner, vice president and general
manager, Semiconductor Test Solutions, Verigy. "With this new and
integrated capability, semiconductor manufacturers can take full
advantage of the V93000 leading-edge platform technology in a
standard-compliant tooling environment."

   The new STIL Reader/Writer allows test engineers to directly
translate formatted test data in the IEEE standard STIL language to
V93000 tester binaries. It also provides the capability to read V93000
tester binary patterns, levels, and timing and feed it back to the
simulation environment using STIL. In addition, it allows incremental
translation for modular, collaborative development of test programs as
additional test data is integrated to an existing test program,
considering all existing predefined test data. The new bidirectional
link between V93000 ATE and STIL is designed to integrate seamlessly
into semiconductor manufacturers' established test program generation
(TPG) environments.

   The STIL Reader/Writer is based on Test Insight's leading edge
STILlink(TM) technology, a processing engine for the STIL language
that enables fastest translation times. The STIL Reader/Writer
provides full support of the STIL language as defined in IEEE
1450.0-1999, IEEE 1450.1-2005, and IEEE 1450.2-2002, and supports all
of the advanced features of the V93000 test-processor-per-pin
architecture. Verigy and Test Insight consider the platform as the
basis for supporting future extensions to the STIL language, not only
for accelerating time-to-market but also for improving diagnosis
capabilities in volume manufacturing for efficient yield learning,
lowering the cost per die sold.

   "Test Insight's extensive experience in providing design-for-test
solutions, in conjunction with Verigy's tight cooperation, enabled us
to provide this modular solution. Such modularity allows customers to
select the pieces most suitable for their environment," said Meir
Gellis, chief executive officer, Test Insight. "The cooperation with
Verigy gave us the opportunity to directly address customers' needs
with a solution for bringing STIL test data to the tester and
translating the results from the tester back to STIL."

   About Test Insight

   Test Insight provides software solutions for design-for-test
worldwide. Test Insight delivers innovative, cutting-edge software
products that enable acceleration of creation and debug of ATE
programs. Test Insight products enable users of both ATE and EDA
environments to bring forward the availability of tested integrated
circuits, as well as improve the production yield of complex digital
ICs. For more information, please visit www.testinsight.com.

   About the Verigy V93000

   The Verigy V93000 provides a scalable platform architecture for
testing SOCs, systems-in-packages (SIPs) and high-speed memory
devices. The V93000, with over 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,
enables data rates up to 12.8 Gbps and supports a full range of
digital, mixed-signal and RF applications.

   About Verigy

   Verigy designs, develops, manufactures and sells advanced test
systems and solutions for the semiconductor industry. Verigy comprises
the semiconductor test business recently separated from 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.