PDF Solutions Inc

PDF Solutions Inc. provides proprietary software and physical intellectual property products for integrated circuit designs electrical measurement hardware tools proven methodologies and professional services in the United States China Japan and internationally. The company offers Exensio software products such as Manufacturing Analytics that store collected data in a common environment with a consistent view for enabling product engineers to identify and analyze production yield performance reliability and other issues; Process Control that provides failure detection and classification capabilities for monitoring alarming and controlling manufacturing tool sets; Test Operations that offer data collection and analysis capabilities; and Assembly Operations that provide device manufacturers with the capability to link assembly and packaging data including fabrication and characterization data over the product life cycle. It also provides Design-For-Inspection (DFI) systems such as Fire Feature Analysis Software; DFI On-Chip Instruments; eProbe Non-Contact E-Beam Tool; and Characterization Vehicle (CV) system which includes CV Test Chips and pdFasTest Electrical Testers as well as Exensio characterization software designed to analyze the measurements collected using the eProbe tool. In addition the company offers Cimetrix software products that enables equipment manufacturers to provide industry standard interfaces on their products; and software-as-a-service software related services and characterization services. It sells its technologies and services through direct sales force service teams and strategic alliances to integrated device manufacturers fabless semiconductor companies foundries equipment manufacturers electronics manufacturing suppliers original device manufacturers out-sourced semiconductor assembly and test and system houses. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Santa Clara California.