How is the rising influence of Asia in the semiconductor industry influencing Verigy’s strategies?
Certainly, Asia continues to grow in importance for the industry and for our company as a center of gravity for testing. Our business in Asia is increasing, both for testing new designs as well as for high-volume manufacturing. We have major operations in China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and Singapore, and in each instance we have managers in place who are from those countries. We clearly have a very Asia-centric view of the world for HVM. Verigy is currently manufacturing our memory test systems outside of Shanghai with Flextronics, and we have announced that we’ll be manufacturing our SOC products in China as well. *After the initial posting of this piece, Verigy issued a clarification emphasizing its ongoing relationship with Synopsys as well as Cadence and Mentor Graphics. Updated April 9. Click here to read the first part of the interview.
