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To: StanX Long who wrote (60798)	2/21/2002 2:08:16 AM
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Credence's Q4 sales falls 6.5% over Q3 amid ATE downturn By Mark LaPedus Semiconductor Business News (02/20/02 17:05 p.m. EST) siliconstrategies.com FREMONT, Calif. -- After a tough year in its automatic test equipment (ATE) business, Credence Systems Corp. here today announced plans to jumpstart its business by rolling out a slew of new products in 2002, including its code-named "Cougar" tester. The "Cougar" line of ATE--which will be sold under the Octet brand name--is a new low-cost, mix-signal platform geared for testing system-on-a-chip (SOC) and other complex ICs, said Graham Siddall, chairman and chief executive of Credence, based in Fremont. "Bringing out Octet is our major priority this year," Siddall said in a conference call with analysts today. Targeted to lower the cost of test, the "Cougar" or Octet tester will not be formally announced until the first half of this year, the company implied.