Key Developments For P D F Solutions Inc
P D F Solutions Inc (PDFS.O) (Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Global Market)
PDF Solutions, Inc. And TIBCO Software Inc. Strategic Alliance Unveils dataPOWER VSF for Visual, Interactive Yield Management
PDF Solutions, Inc. announced that it has introduced an yield management solution called dataPOWER VSF. The result of a strategic alliance with TIBCO Software Inc., dataPOWER VSF is designed to provide a new, higher degree of intuitive and yield analysis and visualization capabilities to the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries.
CORRECTION - PDF Solutions, Inc. And SVTC Technologies Collaborate To Expand Customer Capabilities
CORRECTED TO READ IN THE HEADLINE AND FIRST SENTENCE OF THE BODY "...SVTC Technologies..." INSTEAD OF "...STC Technologies..." PDF Solutions, Inc. and SVTC Technologies have formed a strategic agreement to bring product development and yield management services to each other's customers, while creating a platform for seeking mutual clients. Under the agreement, PDF and SVTC will provide project specific process optimization and yield enhancement services that leverage PDF's Characterization Vehicle Infrastructure (CVi), data POWER yield management system (YMS) and Maestriafault detection and classification (FDC), as well as SVTC's analytical labs. SVTC's process engineering expertise and PDF's statistical analysis services will be coupled with this broad array of yield enhancement technologies to accelerate development of CMOS-based semiconductors, MEMS and photovoltaics at SVTC.
IBM Corporation and PDF Solutions Agree To Jointly Develop Chip Design Platform For Advanced Technology Nodes
IBM Corporation and PDF Solutions, Inc. have announced an agreement to develop an integrated circuit (IC) design platform to mitigate the effects of escalating design and manufacturing process complexity at the 32-, 28-, and 22-nanometer (nm) dimensions. By leveraging IBM's semiconductor design and process development expertise and PDF Solutions' pdBRIX IC design solution, the two companies plan to develop a software and design IP platform that can provide efficient and cost-effective design templates to give designers more design flexibility and creativity at advanced process nodes. This effort is part of an IBM-led initiative called Computational Scaling, a process that uses mathematical techniques including design rules and models to enable the production of complex, powerful and energy efficient semiconductors at advanced technology nodes.
PDF Solutions, Inc. Lowers Q4 2008 Guidance
PDF Solutions, Inc. revised its previously issued financial guidance for its fourth quarter 2008. The Company currently expects total revenue in the range of $13.5-$14.0 million and gain share revenue in the range of $2.4-$2.6 million for the fourth quarter 2008. The Company also expects to incur a material non-cash impairment charge on its goodwill and other intangible assets due to the continued decline of the Company's stock price. Before consideration of the impairment charge, the Company expects to report an operating loss for the fourth quarter 2008. According to Reuters Estimates, analysts were expecting the Company to report revenue of $16.7 million and EBIT of $(1.19) million for the fourth quarter 2008.
PDF Solutions, Inc. Issues Q4 2008 Guidance Below Analysts' Estimates
PDF Solutions, Inc. announced that for fourth quarter of 2008, it expects revenue to be in the range of $16.0-$17.5 million. On a GAAP basis, including an estimated restructuring charge of $1.5 million, the net loss is projected in a range of $6.0-$4.2 million, or $0.22-$0.16 per basic and diluted share. Non-GAAP net income (loss) for the fourth quarter 2008 is projected in a range of ($1.4 million) to $100,000, or $(0.05) to breakeven per basic and diluted share. According to Reuters Estimates, analysts are expecting the Company to report revenue of $22.4 million and EPS of $0.05 for the same period.
