Ponte CTO to Present at DFM Symposium
Dr. Ara Markosian to detail design-for-yield requirements.

BUSINESS WIRE
Monday May 9, 2005

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — May 9,
2005 — Ponte Solutions(TM), Inc., the
design-for-yield company, today announced that Ara
Markosian, Ponte chief technical officer, will present
at the Electronic Journal Design for Manufacturing
(DFM) Symposium at Sohyo Kaikan at Ochano-mizu, Tokyo,
Japan on May 12, 2005. In his presentation titled,
“Model-based Yield Analysis: An effective approach to
design stage yield management”, Dr. Markosian will
highlight Ponte’s approach to bridge the “yield gap”
between design and manufacturing, including a
comprehensive unified yield modeling platform,
high-capacity data processing, and robust yield
analysis.

“At 90nm and below, achieving steady and high yield is
becoming a major issue,” commented Dr. Markosian.
“Model-based yield analysis enables designers to
predict yield before tapeout and enables them to
enhance it – thereby reducing the cost of working
silicon and accelerating time-to-volume production,”
he added.

Dr. Markosian’s presentation will give the audience
deeper understanding of yield issues, yield modeling
platform and model-based comprehensive yield analysis.
For more information, go to
— under
seminar/symposium.

About Ponte

Ponte Solutions, Inc., the design-for-yield company,
manufactures and delivers unique full-chip,
model-based software products that are used to predict
and optimize semiconductor yields at the design stage.
Ponte customers include leading semiconductor
manufacturers, foundries and design houses worldwide.
Founded in 2002, the company has received funding from
Telos Venture Partners, US Venture Partners, Incubic
LLC, Silicom Ventures LLC and private individuals. The
company has offices in Mountain View, California,
Grenoble, France, Tokyo, Japan, and Yerevan, Armenia.
More information about the company can be found at

Ponte Solutions is a trademark of Ponte Solutions,
Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their
respective owners.

Contact:
Susan Mack Marketing
Susan Lippincott Mack, 650-743-7506
susan@susanmack.com

Source: Ponte Solutions, Inc.