Verigy Reaches Key Milestone; Expands V93000 Direct-Probe Solution to Over 200 for Digital, SOC and RF Production

CUPERTINO, CA, Jun 21 (MARKET WIRE) --
Verigy (NASDAQ: VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, today
announced that it had collaborated with MicroProbe, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:
NVDA), Tokyo Electron (8035 TSE), and Rudolph Technologies (NASDAQ: RTEC)
to create a turnkey solution for the production of digital, SOC and RF
devices using Verigy's V93000 Direct-Probe(TM) solution. This cooperative
development program is successfully supporting a growing installed-base
of over 200 V93000 Direct-Probe solutions worldwide.

Verigy's V93000 Direct-Probe solution delivers several key benefits,
including higher bandwidth and greater signal integrity for high speed
signals. Additionally, the V93000 Direct-Probe solution offers more
component application space for on-board loopback and a fully integrated
wafer prober interface using one printed circuit interface board that can
be compatible for probe test and final test. The V93000 Direct-Probe is
supported by prober suppliers, probe card analysis equipment suppliers
and fine pitch probe technology suppliers.

"Our long-standing relationship with Verigy enabled the MicroProbe
development groups to target our Apollo(TM) and MEMS product families for
high-probe count applications on the Verigy Direct-Probe Solution," said
Mike Slessor, president and chief executive officer of MicroProbe. "In
addition, our investment in infrastructure, including the Rudolph
Technologies Vx4 probe card metrology system, allowed us to support our
key customers in rapidly ramping production on the high-performance
Direct-Probe Solution."

"NVIDIA selected the Verigy V93000 Direct-Probe solution because of its
lower cost-of-test," said Deb Shoquist, executive vice president of
operations of NVIDIA. "In addition, our need for higher electrical
performance at probe influenced the decision to work with Verigy and its
strategic partners."

"All of the Direct-Probe partners cooperated in a challenging innovation
program, a contributing factor in the development of our PrecisionWoRx(R)
VX4 Probe Card Test and Analysis System," said Nathan Little, executive
vice president and general manager of Rudolph's Inspection Business Unit.
"Our VX4 System enables probe card suppliers to build and repair high
performance probe solutions that are Verigy Direct-Probe ready."

"Because we started working early in the design process of the V93000
Direct-Probe solution, we were able to provide a superior platform for
Verigy's high performance probe requirement," said Yuichi Abe, General
Manager of TEL Test Systems Division. "The stability and accuracy of our
Precio series of fully automatic wafer probes enables electrical
performance never available for high pin count production wafer test
before Direct-Probe."

"Verigy is pleased to be leading the way with our V93000 Direct-Probe
solution," said Hans-Juergen Wagner, executive vice president SOC test of
Verigy. "Our complete turnkey solution to test CPU, graphics processors,
digital baseband devices and WLCSP consumer devices has enabled
cost-effective performance probe capability."

About Verigy
Verigy provides advanced semiconductor test systems and
solutions used by leading companies worldwide in design validation,
characterization, and high-volume manufacturing test. Verigy offers
scalable platforms for a wide range of system-on-chip (SOC) test
solutions, and memory test solutions for Flash, DRAM including high-speed
memories, as well as multi-chip packages (MCP). Verigy also provides
advanced analysis tools that accelerate design debug and yield ramp
processes. Additional information about Verigy can be found at
www.verigy.com.

V93000 Direct-Probe is a trademark of Verigy, Ltd. or its subsidiaries in
the United States and other countries.

COMPANY CONTACT:
Judy Davies
VP of Marketing Communications
+1 408-864-7549
judy.davies@verigy.com

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