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Japan’s New 300mm Semiconductor Fab
Purchases YDI’s Yield Management Software

Sunnyvale, CA, September 27, 2004 Yield Dynamics, Inc. (“YDI”) has recently won a competitive comparison of advanced Yield Management Software solutions and has been selected to implement its Genesis Enterprise™ yield improvement platform at a new 300mm Semiconductor fab by one of Japan’s premier electronics companies.

Implementation has started for the Genesis Enterprise platform at this state-of-the-art 300mm wafer fab, initially operating at the 90nm technology node, eventually moving to 65nm.  The multi-million dollar order spanned the entire suite of Genesis applications including parametric analysis, defect analysis, memory analysis, as well as the Yield Base® enterprise database which allows Yield Dynamics customers to seamlessly integrate all data sources into one database platform.  This customer has been an active user of Genesis in their other semiconductor fab locations, and selected it for its newest 300mm fab because of Genesis’ unparalleled ability to rapidly deliver value in the yield optimization process.

Some other examples of the technology-leading yield improvement features found in the Genesis Enterprise platform include: Yield Mine®, Yield Dynamics’ patented data mining solution offering the industry’s leading solution for automatic detection of root cause yield issues; WorkFlow™, the highly effective custom yield management development platform which allows customers to quickly create proprietary yield management analysis methodologies using a graphical “drag and drop” interface, thereby avoiding the need for complicated and costly internal software development efforts; Lot/event correlation analysis for examining the effect of equipment measurements on lot/wafer yields; Defect shape classification for analyzing particular patterns of optical defects and their effect on yield; Memory electrical defect density analysis to correlate defect, memory, and functional parametric failures; and Bitmap clustering analysis for automatically detecting systematic patterns of memory failures.

“We are pleased by the continued selection and acceptance of Genesis Enterprise in advanced fabs in Japan,” commented Sid Saito, Director of Tokyo Electron Ltd.’s ("TEL's") Advanced Inspection and Metrology Group, and exclusive distributors of YDI products in Japan.  “Since TEL began its distribution with YDI more than five years ago, we are proud to have sold their leading-edge products to all of the major Japanese semiconductor companies. The successful TEL-YDI relationship is based on both the ongoing innovation in yield management software technology provided by Yield Dynamics from its worldwide research facilities, combined with TEL’s world-leading customer support infrastructure.  Together we are able to consistently deliver products that allow our customers to greatly improve their production yields in the world’s most advanced semiconductor facilities.”

About Yield Dynamics, Inc.

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yield Dynamics, Inc. is the leading provider of enterprise yield management and advanced process control software for semiconductor and flat panel display (FPD) manufacturers, as well as fabless chip design companies.  The company’s extensible software platform enables customers to quickly identify and correct semiconductor and FPD production failures, achieving faster product ramps and higher yields.  Additional information about Yield Dynamics can be found at http://www.ydyn.com or by calling (408) 773-3100.

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