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Suzy Assaad was on Bloomberg TV this morning. He did an Early Calls report.
http://www.voy.com/5064/40.html
SIMG: CS First Boston analyst calls on the communication semiconductor stocks

Silicon Image
Title
Early Calls
Add Date
4/7/2000 7:23:36 AM
Sector
Communications Services
Symbols
AMCC, DS, GBLX, INTC, PMCS, SIMG, WCOM
Category
Before the Bell, Stocks To Watch, Up/Downgrades
Report Source
Suzy Assaad
Media Source
Bloomberg TV

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Habe den Eintrag bei Yahoo gefunden. Weiß zwar nicht genau was das bedeutet, klingt aber nicht schlecht.

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Tuesday April 11, 10:16 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Silicon Image Presents First Platinum Partnership Award to Credence Systems for Revolutionary PanelLink DVI Test Methodology
Strategic partnership enabled Silicon Image to Bring Fastest Chip on the Motherboard to Market
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000-- Silicon Image, Inc. (Nasdaq:SIMG - news), a leading provider of high-bandwidth semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has presented Credence Systems (Nasdaq:CMOS - news) with its first Platinum Partnership Award in recognition of Credence`s ongoing cooperative efforts to develop creative gigabit test solutions for Silicon Image`s PanelLink® Digital Visual Interface (DVI) chips. This development partnership has been key to Silicon Image`s ability to quickly bring its high-speed PanelLink chips to market and into volume production with high quality. With a bandwidth of up to 5 gigabits/sec, Silicon Image`s PanelLink chip is the fastest chip on the motherboard. PanelLink has become the leading implementation of the DVI interface, which is a critical enabler of the emerging and rapidly growing digital display market.

Commenting on the unique relationship between the two companies, Silicon Image Vice President of Operations Jalil Shaikh noted, ``When we were developing our first PanelLink chip, there wasn`t a system on the market capable of testing a chip operating at 2 gigabits/sec. Credence believed we had a unique product offering with broad market appeal, and they had the foresight and willingness to help us develop new test methodologies to accommodate our high-speed chip. In fact, they were so confident of our vision that they provided us with dedicated engineers and implemented a full-scale production/test program so we could test every chip.``

Shaikh continued, ``Their commitment has been unwavering, and we believe this close development collaboration benefits our customers by enabling us to economically provide high-bandwidth solutions at the highest quality within the shortest timeframe. As a result of this collaboration, Silicon Image has an extremely reliable product and has one of the industry`s lowest failure rates as measured in ppms. This low failure rate has been one of the instrumental factors in enabling us to capture the lead position in the digital display market.``

David Ranhoff, chief operating officer at Credence, commented, ``We are pleased to receive this recognition from Silicon Image for a partnership that has been mutually beneficial. Testing a high-bandwidth chip for the cost-sensitive PC market is a difficult challenge. The inherent technical hurdles are complicated by the need to conduct the testing cost-effectively. If testing expenditures increase, the cost of the chip will also rise--possibly pricing the chip out of the very mass markets it is designed to address. To resolve this challenge, we took an untraditional approach--working together to quantify the data necessary to synchronize the device and the tester. Specifically, this was achieved by approaching the instrumentation differently, conducting highly precise tests and performing design tweaks that allowed us to gain access to the necessary data.``

In addition to providing Silicon Image with dedicated engineers to address technical issues, Credence provided worldwide resources for testing and support. As a fabless semiconductor manufacturer, Silicon Image outsources the testing of its chips to various international test houses. In addition to having a Credence tester onsite for its own development purposes, Silicon Image has its test subcontractors use Credence systems since they are the only ones that utilize the methodologies specific to testing Silicon Image`s PanelLink chips.

Both companies are committed to a strategic relationship with sharing of proprietary information such as technology and product roadmaps, testing results and forecasts. This ongoing dialogue enables the companies to work in parallel, planning products while taking the other partner`s roadmap into consideration.

About Credence

Credence Systems Corporation is a leader in the manufacture of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the global semiconductor industry. Credence offers a wide range of products with test capabilities for digital, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors.

Utilizing its patented CMOS technologies, Credence products are designed to meet the strict time-to-market and cost-of-ownership requirements of its customers. Headquartered in Fremont, California, the company maintains advanced production and design facilities in Hillsboro, Oregon. Credence, an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer, is listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CMOS. More information is available at www.credence.com.

About Silicon Image

Silicon Image designs, develops and markets semiconductor solutions for applications that require cost-effective, high-bandwidth, integrated solutions for high-speed data communications. The company`s PanelLink technology provides scalable, end-to-end, all-digital connectivity between computers, controllers, or other sources of video and digital video display devices such as flat-panel monitors or digital CRTs.

Silicon Image`s products have been incorporated in host systems and displays sold by leading manufacturers such as Apple, ATI, Compaq, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hitachi, IBM, LG, Matrox, NEC, Princeton Graphics, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba and ViewSonic. The PanelLink protocol has been adopted by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) in the now established Digital Visual Interface (DVI) specification. Silicon Image, Inc., is based in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information on Silicon Image, Inc. and its solutions, visit www.siimage.com

This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of federal securities regulations. These forward-looking statements include statements related to growth in the digital display market, the anticipated benefits of our relationship with Credence and development of new products and technologies by Silicon Image. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including those described from time to time in Silicon Image`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. In particular, see ``Risk Factors`` in the recent Registration Statement on Form S-1 and quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by Silicon Image with the SEC. Silicon Image assumes no obligation to update this forward-looking information.

Note to Editors: PanelLink is a registered trademark of Silicon Image, Inc.

Photos available upon request.