Ponte Solutions, Inc.

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 www.pontesolutions.com.

Dr. Ara Markosian is the CTO (Chief Technology Officer).

At the Electronic Journal Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Symposium at [...] Tokyo, Japan on May 12, 2005. [...] 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.

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.

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