Pintail Test Suite Adopted by Power Integrations
DALLAS, TX, December 3, 2007
Pintail Technologies, a leading supplier of adaptive test solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced today that Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI), a leader in high-voltage analog ICs for power conversion, has adopted the entire suite of Pintail's software.
"Pintail's solutions will give Power Integrations real-time insight into all of our testers both locally and offshore," stated John Tomlin, Power Integrations' vice president of operations. "Furthermore, Pintail's adaptive test solutions for test- time reduction and outlier rejection support our corporate commitment to delivering our customers the most cost-effective and highest quality products."
"Pintail's capability to quickly integrate SwifTest into Power Integrations' test environment is further evidence of its robustness and portability," stated Taylor Scanlon, president and CEO of Pintail. "The Pintail suite of test software will give Power Integrations a range of choices for further improving their test operations:
- Their test and product engineers can monitor test results in real time with point and click ease over the Internet.
- They will be able to perform dynamic parts average testing (PAT) for improving quality.
- They can reduce the cost of test using Pintail's adaptive test solutions."
Pintail's solutions are available for most popular testers, including Teradyne's FLEX, Catalyst, A5xx, and J750 families; Verigy's V93K; the LTX-Fusion; and various Credence platforms. Tens of millions of devices are shipped each month on a worldwide basis using some form of Pintail technology to improve test results. Pintail's products have been successfully deployed at most leading test subcontractors throughout the world on behalf of both fabless and integrated chip manufacturers.
About Pintail Technologies
Pintail Technologies is a semiconductor test improvement and yield learning company that provides adaptive test software to reduce the cost of test and increase production output and quality using existing test equipment and programs. Pintail has created the first test improvement solutions to combine real-time, online adaptive test with Web-based database applications. Fabless and integrated device manufacturers, in collaboration with leading assembly and test suppliers, use Pintail tools to increase competitive advantage and improve responsiveness to test issues. Pintail has sales offices in Dallas, Austin, San Jose, Seoul, Singapore, and Taiwan. See www.pintail.com.