Press Release

 July 20, 1999

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

sdiStation wins independent head to head evaluation against leading software packages for SECS/GEM driver development and testing.

Vancouver, Washington, July 20th, 1999 - A leading supplier of wafer cleaning equipment to the semiconductor industry has selected sdiStation as the solution of choice for developing a SECS/GEM interface for its latest generation of equipment.
Prior to making a selection decision, the US-based corporation performed an independent evaluation of all three leading SECS/GEM software products for semiconductor equipment. Products were rated on such criteria as usability, architecture, flexibility and ease of implementation. sdiStation was the clear winner at the conclusion of the evaluation effort.

The sdiStation product family provides a complete environment for designing, implementing, testing, documenting and maintaining SECS and GEM communication solutions:

• sdiStation Equipment Developer : Windows NT and ActiveX/COM based SECS/GEM driver development environment.
  
• sdiStation Basic Edition: Windows NT based SECS testing and emulation product.

Jack Griffith, Chief Operating Officer at Systematic Designs International stated that "…This latest win for sdiStation reinforces the increasing trend among semiconductor equipment suppliers to switch to Windows NT Native and ActiveX/COM based SECS/GEM development tools. sdiStation, with its faster time-to-market and flexibility, is leading the way and is becoming a standard for Windows NT based SECS/GEM implementations for semiconductor equipment."

Systematic Designs International, Inc. (SDI) has been providing SECS and GEM software solutions and products since 1990 and is a leader in the field of semiconductor equipment automation software.

For further information, please contact SDI at 360-944-9846 or . Web: www.sdiusa.com.