Press Release

GuideTech Ships 100th Femto in 2003

SUNNYVALE, Calif., 11/20/2003 - GuideTech today announced the 100th Femto 2000 TIA (Time Interval Analyzer) system has shipped to ASET in Taiwan in support of volume production for many of their leading-edge Fabless customers. In 2001, ASET standardized on the Femto 2000 Time Measurement system to enhance their installed test capability to make precision time measurements.

ASET has since become the largest installed-base of Femto 2000 systems in the world. They exploit the advanced capabilities for direct time measurements on complex SOC semiconductor devices to test PLL, TMDS, jitter and other critical timing parameters. "We are very pleased to see the 100th system installed at ASET. ASET has been a valuable partner and has contributed greatly in establishing GuideTech as the premier solution for direct time measurement in production", stated Jim Ward, Vice President of GuideTech Sales and Marketing.

"The Femto is an integral part of our final test strategy providing precision time measurement for critical parameters on many of the complex SOC devices tested by some of our largest customers at ASE. Having the 100th Femto installed at ASE is fitting given ASE was instrumental in introducing the first Femtos at our test houses in Silicon Valley", stated John Chuan, Vice President of Operations at ASET in Kaoshiung, Taiwan.
 

About ASE Test

ASE Test Limited is the world's largest independent provider of semiconductor test services. ASE Test provides customers with a complete range of semiconductor testing service, including front-end engineering test, wafer probe, final production test of packaged semiconductors and other test-related services. For more information, please visit the company's Website at http://www.aseglobal.com.
 

About GuideTech

GuideTech is the leading innovator in high-performance timing measurement instruments, providing semiconductor manufacturers with the solution they need to minimize timing-related component failure and to dramatically reduce production test costs through test-time reduction and increased ATE lifecycles. Based on patented Continuous Time Interval Analyzer (CTIA) technology, the company's Femto family of multi-channel timing test systems accomplishes this by substantially improving test throughput via fast measurement rate, increased parallelism and through critical, high-speed timing test coverage lacking in ATE systems. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, and founded in 1988, the company is the first to deliver cost-effective, advanced timing measurement solutions that easily integrate onto any ATE platform. For more information, please visit the company's Website at http://www.guidetech.com, or contact Kelly Van Alstine at (408) 733-6555 x240.