VRGY Verigy Ltd. (MM)

Verigy (NASDAQ: VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, announced the keynote speaker and panelists for VOICE 2008, Verigy�s third annual conference for its V93000 and V5000 users and partners to be held September 23 and 24, in San Jose, Calif. at the Dolce Hayes Mansion. Verigy is proud to have Bill McClean, president of IC Insights, presenting at VOICE 2008. Bill will assess the major global forces shaping the IC industry. He will address capital spending trends, the global business outlook, as well as economic and political triggers for growth and how they may impact the IC industry. He will project where the industry will be at the end of 2008, and how to prepare for 2009. As a separate keynote panel, leading semiconductor test experts will discuss the technical, economic and organizational challenges in meeting metrics of time-to-market, time-to-volume and time-to-yield in today�s complex environment, moderated by industry analyst G. Dan Hutcheson, CEO of VLSI Research Inc and Director of weSRCH.com. Panelists will be: Scott Gatzemeier, Probe Section Manager, IMFT/Micron; Raymond Lee, Vice President of Engineering, Nano Integrated Solutions, Inc., Nano Integrated Solutions, Inc.; Octavio Martinez, Test Engineering Director for CDMA Technologies, Qualcomm Inc.; and Sanjiv Taneja, vice president of the Encounter Test business unit, Cadence Design Systems. �VOICE provides an opportunity for the industry�s leading test engineers to share information and gain insights they can apply in their work with their companies,� said Debbora Ahlgren, vice president and chief marketing officer, Verigy. �This year�s panelists will address the challenges in design verification, first silicon debug and volume ramp stages. We look forward to a very productive and lively discussion that will be very valuable for all of our VOICE participants.� Bill McClean, president of IC Insights, has more than 25 years of experience in the IC industry. A well-known influence on market and technology analysis and forecasting, McClean has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and an Associate degree in Aviation from the University of Illinois. weSRCH.com is the leading Science 2.0 Web site covering electronics. It is the social networking site where the world�s leading technologists go to interact with their peers. The VOICE 2008 program will offer six tracks to provide information on the full range of test topics of interest for Verigy customers: Testing Techniques and Methodologies; Productivity Software and Tools; Communications and RF; Processors and Converters; High-Speed Digital Interfaces; and Memory Test. The full VOICE 2008 conference agenda and technical program are now available at www.verigy.com/go/VOICE2008. Registration for VOICE 2008 is available online. The cost to register online is $300, or $350 at the door. In addition to the Web site, more information on VOICE 2008 is available by contacting organizers at +1-866-ATE-TEST or +1 952-946-7010 or via email at verigy@performark.com. About VOICE VOICE is the annual conference for the large and growing international community of Verigy V93000 SOC and Verigy V5000 Series users and partners. It offers a unique opportunity to make users� semiconductor testing operations as effective as possible. One can gain and share valuable insights, build long-lasting relationships and learn what�s new about Verigy products and applications. VOICE is managed by a steering committee of representatives from Verigy and its customers. This year�s steering committee members represent the following companies: Analog Devices Inc., Broadcom Corp., Cisco, DA-Test, Intel Corporation, Nano Integrated Solutions Inc. (NANO ISI), NVIDIA Corporation, Qualcomm Inc. and Verigy. About Verigy Verigy designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services advanced semiconductor test systems and solutions for the flash memory, high-speed memory and system-on-chip (SoC) markets. Verigy�s scalable platforms are used by leading companies worldwide in design validation, characterization, and high-volume manufacturing test. Advanced analysis tools accelerate design debug and yield ramp processes for Verigy�s customers. Information about Verigy can be found at www.verigy.com.