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AMD Purchases Yield Dynamics Software

Yield Dynamics Inc announced that Advanced Micro Devices Inc ("AMD") has purchased its Genesis yield management software for deployment across all of AMD's integrated circuit fabrication sites worldwide.

The multi-million dollar order encompasses 100 enterprise software licenses that have been installed and integrated at AMD's Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany, Fab 25 in Austin, Texas and the Sub-Micron Development Center in Sunnyvale, California.

Charles Clark, Director of Global Manufacturing Systems for AMD, stated, "AMD, as a leader in the engineering analysis arena for many years, is collaborating with Yield Dynamics in the use of their Genesis product. After an extensive search of commercial offerings, AMD's engineering community selected the Genesis tool to assist in increasing our manufacturing effectiveness. The power of the advanced technologies it is able to apply, coupled with the ability to integrate with AMD's SAPPHiRE engineering database, makes the product an effective system to support our worldwide user base."

The Genesis system will add several important new methodologies to AMD's manufacturing processes. These include data mining algorithms to automatically identify causes of difficult classes of yield issues, spatial signature analysis software to detect spatial patterns on wafers and correlate these signatures to the process equipment and operating conditions that may have caused them, and the complete integration and cross-correlation of defect and process data.

"We are pleased to collaborate with AMD on yield management issues," stated Dr. Jonathan Buckheit, CEO and Chairman of Yield Dynamics. "AMD has been a pioneer in this area, and the mutual effort of the two companies to stay at the leading edge of this technology has resulted in stronger Genesis product capabilities and increased customer value."

About AMD

AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001.

About Yield Dynamics

Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Yield Dynamics Inc is a technology leader in yield management and advanced process control for the semiconductor industry. Yield Dynamics provides the most comprehensive set of software tools available, enabling users to convert large amounts of data into useful information. This allows users to bring products to market rapidly, achieve higher yields, and improve manufacturing productivity and profitability. Additional information about Yield Dynamics can be found at www.ydyn.com or by calling 408-330-9320.

Contact Semiconductor Services, Anne Miller, 650-369-7890, amiller@semiconductorservices. com.