Verigy
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Verigy Ltd is an Advantest Group company in the semiconductor
automatic test equipment
business. It was spun off from Agilent Technologies
in 2006. On July 4, 2011 the company announced that Advantest Corporation completed its acquisition of Verigy.
, high-speed memory and system-on-chip (SoC) markets. Verigy’s products are used worldwide in design validation, characterization, and high-volume manufacturing test. The company began doing business as Verigy on June 1, 2006 with its global headquarters located in Singapore.
On December 6, 2007 Verigy announced the acquisition of Inovys, a privately held company that provides innovative solutions for design debug, failure analysis and yield acceleration for complex semiconductor devices and processes.
On June 15, 2009 Verigy acquired Touchdown Technologies, a privately held company that designs, manufactures, and supports advanced Microelectromechanical systems
probe cards to support the wafer test needs of semiconductor manufacturers worldwide.
On November 18, 2010 Verigy announced its intent to merge with LTX-Credence.
Advantest
announced that it planned to acquire Verigy in March 2011, topping LTX-Credence's bid.
On July 4, 2011 Verigy announced that Advantest Corporation completed its acquisition of Verigy in an all-cash transaction, estimated to be approximately $1.1 billion. Trading of Verigy ordinary shares has been suspended subsequently.
In addition it offers software solutions for design debug, failure analysis and yield acceleration.
of 8.5 million shares of common stock on 2006-06-13, priced at $15.00 per share, and is listed on the NASDAQ
National Market under the ticker symbol VRGY. Agilent spun off the remaining Verigy stock to its shareholders on 2006-11-01.
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
automatic test equipment
Automatic test equipment
Automatic or Automated Test Equipment is any apparatus that performs tests on a device, known as the Device Under Test , using automation to quickly perform measurements and evaluate the test results...
business. It was spun off from Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies , or Agilent, is a company that designs and manufactures electronic and bio-analytical measurement instruments and equipment for measurement and evaluation...
in 2006. On July 4, 2011 the company announced that Advantest Corporation completed its acquisition of Verigy.
History
Verigy designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services advanced semiconductor test systems and solutions for the flash memoryFlash memory
Flash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM and must be erased in fairly large blocks before these can be rewritten with new data...
, high-speed memory and system-on-chip (SoC) markets. Verigy’s products are used worldwide in design validation, characterization, and high-volume manufacturing test. The company began doing business as Verigy on June 1, 2006 with its global headquarters located in Singapore.
On December 6, 2007 Verigy announced the acquisition of Inovys, a privately held company that provides innovative solutions for design debug, failure analysis and yield acceleration for complex semiconductor devices and processes.
On June 15, 2009 Verigy acquired Touchdown Technologies, a privately held company that designs, manufactures, and supports advanced Microelectromechanical systems
Microelectromechanical systems
Microelectromechanical systems is the technology of very small mechanical devices driven by electricity; it merges at the nano-scale into nanoelectromechanical systems and nanotechnology...
probe cards to support the wafer test needs of semiconductor manufacturers worldwide.
On November 18, 2010 Verigy announced its intent to merge with LTX-Credence.
Advantest
Advantest
is a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment for the semiconductor industry, and a manufacturer of measuring instruments used in the design, production and maintenance of electronic systems including fiber optic and wireless communications equipment and digital consumer products...
announced that it planned to acquire Verigy in March 2011, topping LTX-Credence's bid.
On July 4, 2011 Verigy announced that Advantest Corporation completed its acquisition of Verigy in an all-cash transaction, estimated to be approximately $1.1 billion. Trading of Verigy ordinary shares has been suspended subsequently.
Products
The main test system platforms offered by Verigy are:- V101 for the low-cost IC market
- V6000 for the flash and DRAM memory market
- V93000 for the SoC/SiP market
- V93000 HSM for the high-speed memory market
In addition it offers software solutions for design debug, failure analysis and yield acceleration.
Market Listing
Verigy announced its initial public offeringInitial public offering
An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...
of 8.5 million shares of common stock on 2006-06-13, priced at $15.00 per share, and is listed on the NASDAQ
NASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of...
National Market under the ticker symbol VRGY. Agilent spun off the remaining Verigy stock to its shareholders on 2006-11-01.
Competition
Verigy's principal competitors in the ATE business are:- TeradyneTeradyneTeradyne , a US company, is a supplier of automatic test equipment . The company's divisions Semiconductor Test and Systems Test Group, are organized by the products they develop and deliver.-History:...
- LTX-Credence