| World-Leading Probe Card Supplier Employing Probe Card Analyzer With Highest Available Channel and Probe Test Capability
SEMICON West, Booth 10536
San Jose, Calif. - July 12, 2000 - FormFactor, the world's fastest-growing probe card supplier, is employing Applied Precision's 4500 channel Extension option for the PrecisionPoint VX2 Probe Card Analyzer. The Extension option enables the PrecisionPoint VX2 system to offer the highest channel (4500) count and probe test capability (8000) of any probe card analyzer on the market, enabling efficient and extremely accurate testing of next-generation FLASH, ASIC and advanced memory multi-DUT probe cards.
"FormFactor is on the leading edge of probe card technology for advanced memory, FLASH, and ASIC customers worldwide. Through our close working relationship with FormFactor, our products are ready to meet the most rigorous requirements of those customers. Our strategic relationships with companies like FormFactor enable us to deliver solutions ahead of the market's needs," said Bob Heiligenberg, product line manager for Applied Precision's semiconductor solutions.
Mark Brandemuehl, vice president of marketing at FormFactor, said "Applied Precision has been a strategic partner in supplying metrology capability for FormFactor's 32-DUT and 64-DUT high pin count probe cards. FormFactor's roadmap for high pin count probe cards calls for shipping DRAM probe cards with 128-DUT capability and in excess of 5000 pins by early 2001. Applied Precision's PrecisionPoint VX2 Extension is a critical enabling technology that will allow us to continue leading the industry in high pin count, high precision wafer interfaces."
Production versions of the PrecisionPoint VX2 system with the 4500 channel Extension option are expected to be available in September 2000.
About FormFactor
FormFactor is the world's leading supplier of wafer-level packaging processes and of wafer-level test consumables to the semiconductor industry, with over 30 key technology patents issued to date. The company has been named by Red Herring magazine as "One of the 100 Most Important Companies in the World." FormFactor's MicroSpring technology was recently inducted into the Smithsonian Museum's Year 2000 permanent collection. Privately held FormFactor is headquartered in Livermore, California. For more information on FormFactor visit www.formfactor.com.
About Applied Precision, Inc.
Applied Precision (www.appliedprecision.com) develops measurement, analysis and process control systems for semiconductor test, assembly and packaging, as well as for biomedical and biotechnology research and analysis (especially cell microscopy, genomics and proteomics). Applied Precision's specialized systems are based on precisionware, the company's unique convergence of mechanics, electronics and software, enabling advancements in the world's core technologies. Applied Precision can be reached in the United Kingdom at +44 1672 518350 or in the United States at (425) 557-1000.
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