SAN JOSE, Calif., March 29, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- PDF Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PDFS) today announced that its Tenth Anniversary dataPOWER(r) Users Forum will be held April 3-5, 2007 at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. dataPOWER(r) users from around the world -- typically product and manufacturing engineers in the semiconductor industry -- will attend the Forum. They will exchange methods and ideas, learn about future dataPOWER(r) capabilities and roadmap, and participate in hands-on lab sessions, previewing new product features and recent tool enhancements. As the industry leader in Yield Management Solutions, PDF Solutions helps the world's major semiconductor companies increase the manufacturability and yield of integrated circuits (ICs) at the most advanced process nodes.
"For over a decade, dataPOWER(r) has been helping companies around the world significantly increase their productivity, yield, and time-to-market," said Kamyar Faron, Senior Director of YMS Operations. "Over the years, this event has provided a unique opportunity for global dataPOWER(r) users to gather in one place. The forum is the ideal event for users to exchange ideas and learn how others are finding new ways to improve their yield by using dataPOWER(r). We also take advantage of this event to adjust our dataPOWER(r) product priorities and road map based on the collaborative input that occurs when the users attending this event share experiences."
The event will feature presentations by "super users" from leading semiconductor companies, some of who have been employing dataPOWER(r) in their design flow for five or more years. In addition, the company will reveal plans for a powerful integration of dataPOWER(r) Yield Management Solutions with its newly acquired Maestria(r) Fault Detection Classification (FDC) software, designed to enhance yield improvement and production control activities.
Presentations by dataPOWER(r) Experts from Around the World
The first day of the Forum will feature presentations by PDF technologists and upper management that introduce the new dataPOWER(r) features and development updates. They will also host Q&A sessions and discuss the integration of dataPOWER(r) and Maestria(r) with other PDF Solutions technologies and the road map for 8.0.
The second day of the Forum will feature presentations by several dataPOWER(r) users from leading technology companies around the world.
The final day of the Forum will offer lab sessions where a number of technical topics will provide users and administrators with hands-on experience of the current yield analysis capabilities of dataPOWER(r).
Registration, Paper Submissions and Hotel Information
The Tenth Anniversary dataPOWER(r) Users Forum will be held April 3-5, 2007 at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. dataPOWER(r) users may register for the event at no charge. For program agenda and registration details please visit http://dp.pdf.com/site/inthenews/events_users_forum_2007.htm. Rooms at Bally's Hotel are available at a special rate.
About PDF Solutions
PDF Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PDFS) is the leading provider of process-design integration technologies for manufacturing integrated circuits (ICs). PDF Solutions software, methodologies, and services enable semiconductor companies to create IC designs that can be more easily manufactured using manufacturing processes that are more capable. By simulating deep sub-micron product and process interactions, the PDF solution offers clients reduced time to market, increased IC yield and performance and enhanced product reliability and profitability.
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