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Cascade Microtech, Inc. Celebrates 25 Years of Industry Leadership and Technology Innovation
| Source: Cascade Microtech
BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwire - February 26, 2009) - Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ : CSCD ), a
leading developer and supplier of critical subsystems for the semiconductor
industry, is announcing the celebration of twenty-five years of test
innovation.
In 1983, Cascade Microtech's founders created the first microwave
analytical probes that enabled the first on-wafer 18 GHz measurements.
After incorporating in February of 1984, the small office in Beaverton,
Oregon has grown into a company with offices in five countries, and sales
and service coverage in over 30 countries worldwide. Cascade Microtech has
evolved its engineering and production test offerings to include
engineering and production probe stations and integrated systems, probes
and probe cards, test sockets, and calibration tools. Its test and
measurement innovations have resulted in over 145 patents for new
technology.
"As bandwidths rise and speeds of computing and communications increase the
industry has more opportunities than ever to provide new and innovative
solutions," said Eric Strid, Chief Technology Officer, Cascade Microtech,
Inc. Together co-founders Strid and Reed Gleason invented the world's first
18 GHz RF on-wafer probe in 1983. Cascade Microtech's probe technology has
since become an industry standard for high frequency and precision probing
technology and is used in a wide variety of applications from developing
new design models for leading edge processes, to probing the minute
features inside a device investigating failures to high volume production
testing at wafer probe of RF and wireless devices. "Twenty-five years ago,
Reed and I never would have guessed our initial technology would be
required in so many applications across the semiconductor industry."
During the last several decades, growth in the computer,
telecommunications, consumer and industrial electronics markets has
increased demand for chips and has driven the need to keep pace with
Moore's Law. "Cascade Microtech has kept ahead of emerging technology
through focused research and development efforts that enable more precise
electrical measurements in less time, on smaller and denser devices, with a
high degree of robustness," said Risto Puhakka, President of VLSI Research.
"Their precision measurement capability enabled semiconductor companies
around the world to advance their technologies to meet Moore's Law."
Cascade Microtech's products test chips during design, where precision and
accuracy are required, and during production, where rapid testing at high
volumes requires reliability and repeatability. The company's strong
presence in engineering test segments has given it high visibility of new
chip processes and applications, and allowed it to successfully meet
tomorrow's test challenges with next-generation technology.
"It has been a successful twenty-five years, yet we don't plan to rest on
the accomplishments that have made us one of the leaders in precise
measurement and test of integrated circuits," said Geoff Wild, Chief
Executive Officer, Cascade Microtech, Inc. "The applications for
semiconductors continue to evolve, and exciting new markets are on the
verge of rapid growth. We will continue to develop innovative test
technologies to enable our customers to stay ahead of the technology curve
while maintaining full value from their investments."
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 www.cascademicrotech.com.