San Francisco, CA, and Natick, MA, July 14, 2003—Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ - CGNX), the world's leading supplier of wafer ID readers, announced the In-Sight® 1700 Series Prober Retrofit Kit today at Semicon West. The easy-to-install retrofit kit features the industry-leading In-Sight 1700 Series wafer readers, which read alphanumeric and 2D matrix codes for the purpose of tracking wafers through the production process. The kit comes complete with all hardware, software, and installation instructions needed for easy installation. The enhanced code reading and networking capabilities of the In-Sight 1700 wafer readers can benefit the entire FAB by increasing prober performance and useful life for a greater return on investment. The 1700 wafer reader’s advanced algorithms and electronically-controlled lighting greatly improve wafer ID efficiency by reducing no-reads on hardmarked, softmarked, or even super-softmarked codes that have been degraded by process effects. What’s more, the ability to read new compact code standards—while still being able to read older bar codes—enhances prober versatility. In-Sight 1700 wafer readers provide a single-unit design that integrates processor, optics, and lighting in a compact package expressly designed for the limited space on wafer probers. The 1700 reads all coding standards, including the latest SEMI M1.15 2D matrix and alphanumeric codes, on the front or backside of a wafer. In-Sight 1700 Series readers provide fully integrated Ethernet communication. This facilitates migration to a modular, expandable network of readers within a wafer FAB for remote setup, data access, and process monitoring on the test floor. An Ethernet Display Adapter provides access to the 1700 operator interface and allows users to view the image and user interface on a shared prober display or on a separate monitor without adding a separate PC. The Display Adapter also allows the ID system to save read results and statistics, as well as images of no reads. This data storage simplifies the linking of real-time ID information with yield management and work-in-process control software, allowing process feedback to improve wafer FAB yields. The In-Sight 1700 Series Prober Retrofit Kit will begin shipping in the second half of 2003 and comes complete with step-by-step documentation that covers hardware installation, software settings, and communications. Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets machine vision systems, or computers that can "see." Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 175,000 vision systems, representing over $1.3 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Cognex's Modular Vision Systems Division, headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, specializes in machine vision systems which are used for automating the manufacture of a wide range of discrete items and for assuring their quality. Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division, headquartered in Alameda, California, specializes in machine vision systems which are used for inspecting the surfaces of products manufactured in a continuous fashion, such as metals, paper, plastics, and nonwovens. In addition to its corporate headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, Cognex also has regional offices located throughout North America, Japan, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Visit Cognex on-line at http://www.cognex.com.
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