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Press Release
FASTRAMP AND NEUGEN TEAM WITH GUIDETECH TO DEVELOP GRAPHICAL TEST INTERFACE FOR FEMTO TIA ON AGILENT 93000 PLATFORMS
New
capability streamlines test development for direct
time measurements on Agilent test systems
Singapore and Milpitas, California, October
1, 2002 - FastRamp Test Services, a subsidiary
of ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. ("STATS" - NNM:
STTS and SGX: ST Assembly Company), in conjunction
with Neugen, Inc, a contract test engineering development
company, and GuideTech, Inc., the leading innovator
in high-performance time interval analyzer (TIA)
instruments, have jointly developed a Graphical
Test Interface designed to simplify test development
on Agilent test systems.
"FastRamp is focused on helping customers streamline
their test development cycle," said Mark Kelley,
General Manager of FastRamp Test Services. "We had
a unique opportunity to work with GuideTech and Neugen
on the development of a tool that would have a direct
benefit to our customers as well as the industry
as a whole. The Graphical Test Interface provides
for significantly faster development and debug of
critical timing tests targeted for high volume production. "
Also known as Test Methods, Graphical Test Interface
provides a new level of flexibility and functionality
in high-end test development on Agilent 93000 SOC
test systems. Specifically designed for the GuideTech
Femto systems, Graphical Test Interface offers a
user-friendly environment in which test engineers
can easily leverage complex programming capability
such as C-language to achieve cost-effective, high-performance
test measurements. Based on patented TIA technology,
the GuideTech Femto systems offer flexible, high
throughput, precision signal analysis capability
to test high speed and timing critical devices in
production Automated Test Equipment (ATE) environments.
Tests developed with the new Graphical Test Interface
provide the same exceptional throughput customers
have come to rely on from GuideTech Femto time measurement
systems.
"The basis behind the Graphical Test Interface is
to provide a much simpler and quicker way to get
high performance time measurements up and running
and reduce the critical test development cycle for
customers," said Steve Palosh, GuideTech Applications
Engineering Manager. "Providing this new capability
significantly improves the efficiency of test engineers
who previously had to program Femto systems in high
level C functions through Agilent User Functions."
About Neugen
Neugen is a contract test program development company
that specializes in Mixed Signal and Digital test
program development for many different ATE platforms
including Agilent, Teradyne, Credence, NexTest, and
GuideTech. Neugen also will provide, Simulation to
Test, Test Program Translation, Silicon Debug, Device
Characterization, Yield Enhancement, Throughput Optimization
and Onsite Training. Neugen is the official test
program development partner of FastRamp Test Services.
For more information on Neugen, please visit the
company's Website at http://www.neugen.com, or contact
David Hiltner, President of Neugen at (503) 521-0681.
About GuideTech
GuideTech is the only independent company focused
on the advancement of precision time interval analyzer
(TIA) instruments for semiconductor test applications.
Based on true TIA technology, GuideTech provides
datacom and consumer semiconductor device manufacturers
with the solution they need to characterize device
jitter and critical signal timing and to render precision
timing tests economical in production. GuideTech
Femto products accomplish this by dramatically improving
test throughput via fast measurement rates and increased
parallelism, and by providing the critical, high-speed
precision timing test coverage often lacking in ATE
systems and competing lab instruments. Founded in
1988 and with over a thousand instruments installed
worldwide, the company is the first to deliver a
high throughput characterization-quality timing measurement
solution to the production ATE market. For more information
on GuideTech, please visit the company's Website
at http://www.guidetech.com, or call (408) 733-6555
x240.
About ST Assembly
Test Services Ltd. (STATS)
ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. ("STATS" - NNM: STTS
and SGX: ST Assembly), is a leading semiconductor
test and assembly service provider to fabless companies,
integrated device manufacturers and wafer foundries.
With its principal operations in Singapore and global
operations in the United States, United Kingdom,
Germany, Japan and Taiwan, STATS offers full back-end
turnkey solutions to customers worldwide. STATS'
expertise is in testing mixed-signal semiconductors,
which are extensively used in fast growing communications
applications such as data networking, broadband and
mobile communications. STATS also offers advanced
assembly services and has developed a wide array
of traditional and advanced leadframe and laminate
based products, including various ball grid array
packages to serve some of the world's technological
leaders. STATS was listed on the Nasdaq National
Market and The Singapore Exchange in January 2000
and is in the Morgan Stanley Capital International
(MSCI) Index and the Straits Times Industrial Index.
Further information is available at www.stts.com.
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking
statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ
include general business and economic conditions
and the state of the semiconductor industry; demand
for end-use applications products such as communications
equipment and personal computers; reliance on a small
group of principal customers; decisions by customers
to discontinue outsourcing of test and assembly services;
changes in customer order patterns; rescheduling
or canceling of customer orders; changes in product
mix; capacity utilization; level of competition;
pricing pressures including declines in average selling
prices; continued success in technological innovations;
delays in acquiring or installing new equipment;
shortages in supply of key components; availability
of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation
and other risks described from time to time in the
Company's SEC filings, including its annual report
on Form 20-F dated February 28, 2002. We undertake
no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
Singapore Contacts
Elaine Ang Khor Hwee
Eng Manager,
Investor Relations / Corporate Communications Senior
Marcom Executive
Tel : (65) 6824 1738,
Fax : (65)
6822 8887
Tel : (65) 6824 1291,
Fax : (65) 6822 7831
email : angelaine@stats.st.com.sg email: khorhweeeng@stats.st.com.sg
US Contacts
Drew Davies Lisa Lavin Director, Investor
Relations Marcom Manager Tel : (408) 586 0608,
Fax : (408) 586 0652 Tel : (208) 672 6112, Fax :
(208) 672 6132 email : daviesd@statsus.com email
: lavinl@statsus.com
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