Cascade Microtech Announces Strategic Initiative to Maximize Lab and Fab Investments via Fully Integrated Measurement Systems
20 May 2008 - 2:35AM
PR Newswire (US)
New approach includes measurement accuracy assurance BEAVERTON,
Ore., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In response to the
ever-increasing cost associated with developing new process nodes,
today Cascade Microtech announced a new initiative to develop
integrated measurement systems for on-wafer semiconductor device
characterization and process development. This innovative approach
results in increased performance and accuracy as well as better,
faster service and support and renders obsolete the traditional
practice of bolting together system elements from multiple vendors.
Because each system is designed from the ground up to optimize
measurement capability, Cascade Microtech's integrated measurement
systems offer the industry's only certified measurement accuracy.
The first such system, also being announced today, is the EDGE
Flicker Noise Measurement System (see press release dated May 19,
2008: Cascade Microtech Offers Industry's First Fully Integrated
Flicker Noise Measurement System). "When it comes to highly
sensitive measurements, the traditional approach of piecing
together a system is simply not good enough," said Cascade
Microtech CEO Geoff Wild. "Our customers need solutions that are
going to solve their problems, not create new ones. Only truly
integrated measurement systems can give our customers the
peace-of-mind that comes with knowing they are going to get
accurate and repeatable results." "Chartered sees potential benefit
in fully integrated measurement systems, such as guaranteed
measurement accuracy and single-vendor support, which would
translate into a more secure investment for companies like
Chartered," said Dr. Sanford Chu, vice president, device technology
division, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. "We applaud
Cascade Microtech for taking the initiative to bring a more
integrated approach to on-wafer semiconductor device
characterization and process development." Cascade Microtech's
first integrated measurement system, the EDGE Flicker Noise
Measurement System, tackles the very difficult challenge of
accurately identifying flicker noise, an illusive measurement to
obtain. In addition, Cascade Microtech has identified a number of
other critical measurement challenges it believes are best solved
via integrated measurement systems, which it will roll out in the
coming months. About Cascade Microtech Cascade Microtech, Inc.
(NASDAQ:CSCD) is a worldwide leader in the precise electrical
measurement and test of integrated circuits (ICs) and other small
structures. For technology businesses and scientific institutions
that need to evaluate small structures, Cascade Microtech delivers
access to, and extraction of, electrical data from wafers,
integrated circuits (ICs), IC packages, circuit boards and modules,
MEMS, biological structures, electro-optic devices and more.
Cascade Microtech's leading-edge semiconductor production test
consumables include unique probe cards and test sockets that reduce
manufacturing costs of high-speed and high-density semiconductor
chips. Information about Cascade Microtech can be found on the Web
at http://www.cascademicrotech.com/. DATASOURCE: Cascade Microtech,
Inc. CONTACT: Kerry McClenahan of McClenahan Bruer Communications,
+1-503-546-1000, , for Cascade Microtech, Inc.; or Cali Sartor of
Cascade Microtech, Inc., +1-503-601-1000, Web site:
http://www.cascademicrotech.com/
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