Verigy to Feature Two Keynote Addresses by NASA Mission Leader and Semiconductor Market Analyst at VOICE 2010 Conference

Two keynote presentations will highlight this year’s VOICE Technical Program, a users group meeting and partners conference organized by premier semiconductor test company Verigy (NASDAQ:VRGY), on April 13-15 in Carlsbad, California.

The first keynote, titled "Business Lessons from a Mission to Mars,” will be given by Brian Muirhead, former project manager of NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission. Muirhead will discuss how the combined power of people, technology and innovation yielded historic success and initiated a new era of deep space exploration. He will explain how this interplanetary mission was completed on time and under budget by using imaginative new ways of conducting business, a people-oriented management style, and a score of practical solutions that semiconductor executives can use immediately.

The recipient of two NASA Outstanding Leadership Medals, Muirhead recently completed his assignment as the chief architect of NASA’s Constellation project, a new program with the objective of establishing a permanent base on the moon and preparing for human exploration of Mars. In that position, he provided leadership for developing and maintaining a viable architecture for human exploration beyond the Earth’s orbit. Previously, Muirhead was chief engineer of JPL (the Jet Propulsion Laboratory). He has written High Velocity Leadership and, along with Gar and Judy Reeves-Stevens, is a co-author of Going to Mars.

The second keynote, titled "IC the Future,” will be given by market researcher and analyst Bill McClean, president of IC Insights. McClean will share his informed perspective on what tomorrow holds for the global semiconductor industry. Leveraging his 30 years of industry experience and expertise in predicting the semiconductor business’ cycles, he will discuss the current state of the market and which segments are poised for double-digit growth. In addition to quantifying his market forecast, McClean will address current trends in the electronics industry and macroeconomic influences including worldwide GDP (gross domestic product).

McClean’s company, IC Insights, covers global economic trends, semiconductor market forecasting, capital spending and fab capacity trends, product market details, and technology trends, as well as complete IC company profiles and evaluations of the end-use applications that drive IC demand. Before forming his market research firm, McClean worked at ICE Corp. for 17 years, including the last 10 as vice president of market research. He is a well-known authority on market and technology analysis and forecasting, specializing in tracking global economic conditions, developing IC market forecasts, analyzing capital spending and wafer fab capacity trends, researching application-specific IC (ASIC) markets and technologies, and following semiconductor markets such as cellular phones.

"While covering diverse subject matter, this year’s two keynotes provide directly applicable information for all semiconductor industry members in attendance,” said EAG (Evans Analytical Group) Labs’ Mary Israni, chairperson of the VOICE 2010 program committee. "These presentations nicely complement the 66 technical presentations, panel discussions, kiosks and one-on-one meeting time that make VOICE the industry’s foremost IC test conference.”

In addition to the two keynote addresses, VOICE 2010 will feature technical presentations by Verigy’s customers, strategic partners and in-house experts; panel discussions; kiosks staffed by product experts; and a one-day, hands-on workshop for test engineers. For complete program details, visit www.verigy.com/go/VOICE2010.

This year’s conference is expected to attract more than 300 test engineering and management professionals from more than 50 companies around the world, including foundries, fabless semiconductor companies and integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) as well as Verigy’s strategic partners.

About VOICE 2010

Managed by a steering committee of volunteer representatives from Verigy and its customers, VOICE is the leading conference for the growing international community of Verigy V93000, V5000/V6000 and V101 customers and partners. It offers a unique opportunity to make users’ semiconductor testing operations as effective as possible. Attendees gain and share valuable insights, build long-lasting relationships and learn what’s new about Verigy’s products and applications. Early registration is now available online for $300 until February 24. After that date, the cost to register online will be $350, or $400 at the door. Interested attendees may register for VOICE 2010 at www.verigy.com/go/VOICE2010 or by contacting mktgcomms@verigy.com.

About Verigy

Verigy provides advanced semiconductor test systems and solutions used by leading companies worldwide in design validation, characterization, and high-volume manufacturing test. Verigy offers scalable platforms for a wide range of system-on-chip (SOC) test solutions, and memory test solutions for Flash, DRAM including high-speed memories, as well as multi-chip packages (MCP). Verigy also provides advanced analysis tools that accelerate design debug and yield ramp processes. Additional information about Verigy can be found at www.verigy.com.