-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, HtmjbEJkbqh8KlC1iJzWS4JmfvB4syYkPKu395eTaEf5SjQ9RCxYsPUtNcoJvIzY bAoEXsxRNoHhIQ2fOOAY6Q== 0000912057-96-017638.txt : 19960816 0000912057-96-017638.hdr.sgml : 19960816 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000912057-96-017638 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19960715 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Resignations of registrant's directors FILED AS OF DATE: 19960814 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS INC /OR/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000945441 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSTRUMENTS FOR MEAS & TESTING OF ELECTRICITY & ELEC SIGNALS [3825] IRS NUMBER: 930840631 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OR FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26274 FILM NUMBER: 96611808 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9525 SW GEMINI DR CITY: BEAVERTON STATE: OR ZIP: 97008 BUSINESS PHONE: 5036267117 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9525 SW GEMINI DR CITY: BEAVERTON STATE: OR ZIP: 97008 8-K 1 FORM 8-K - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITITES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 July 15, 1996 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) ---------------------- INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) OREGON 93-0840631 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) Commission File No. 0-26274 9525 S.W. GEMINI DRIVE, BEAVERTON OR 97008 (Address of principal executive officers) (zip code) REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (503) 626-7117 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS Press Releases Integrated Measurement Systems and LTX Announce Development and Distribution Partnership for Synchro Virtual Test Products On July 16, 1996, Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. and LTX announced an OEM and joint R&D agreement. Under the non-exclusive distribution agreement, IMS will distribute LTX's Synchro Models Toolbox and Device Tool software products. Also, under this agreement, IMS will help develop portions of the Synchro Models Toolbox. IMS and LTX will work together to integrate IMS's Dantes-TM-, and Device Tool and Synchro Models Toolbox products. Full text is attached to this report as Exhibit 99a. IMS Features New Multimedia Mixed-Signal Test Station at SEMICON/West On July 15, 1996, Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. announced their new multimedia mixed-signal, MTS-TM-Test Station for verifying and characterizing high-speed components used in multimedia applications. Full text is attached to this report as Exhibit 99b. VLSI Research Inc 10 BEST Award for Test and Material Handling Equipment customer satisfaction. On July 16, 1996, Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. announced that, for the fourth consecutive year, it has received the VLSI Research Inc 10 BEST Award for Test and Material Handling Equipment award in customer satisfaction. Full text is attached to this report as Exhibit 99c. ITEM 6. EXHIBITS (exhibit reference numbers refer to Item 601 of Regulation S-K) 99a. Press Release -- Integrated Measurement Systems and LTX Announce Development and Distribution Partnership for Synchro Virtual Test Products 99b. Press Release -- IMS Features New Multimedia Mixed-Signal Test Station at SEMICON/West 99c. Press Release -- VLSI Research Inc 10 BEST Award for Test and Material Handling Equipment customer satisfaction SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on August 13, 1996. INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (Registrant) /s/ ----------------------- Sar Ramadan Chief Financial Officer EX-99.A 2 EXH 99A EXHIBIT 99a PRESS RELEASE Editorial Contact: - ------------------ Steve Morris Ed Paulsen Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. LTX Corporation (503) 626-7117 (617) 467-5041 Carol Hilden Creative Marketing Communications (503) 591-9707 INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND LTX ANNOUNCE DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP FOR SYNCHRO VIRTUAL TEST PRODUCTS IMS AND LTX SYNCHRO VIRTUAL TEST SOFTWARE OFFERS COMPLETE, GRAPHICAL-BASED TEST DEVELOPMENT AND DEBUG ENVIRONMENT Portland, Oregon -- July 16, 1996 -- Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMSC) and LTX announced today an OEM and joint R&D agreement. Under the non-exclusive distribution agreement, IMS will distribute LTX's Synchro Models Toolbox and Device Tool software products. Also, under this agreement, IMS will help develop portions of the Synchro Models Toolbox. IMS and LTX will work together to integrate IMS's Dantes-TM-, and Device Tool and Synchro Models Toolbox products. With the availability of Models Toolbox, Synchro customers now have the ability to quickly and easily develop and debug their test programs, off-line, for faster time-to-market in either the Device Tool or the Dantes environment. Synchro customers can capture, simulate and document test schematics with Dantes, and then transparently move to the Device Tool environment to use the integration it offers with the LTX programming environment for final program debug. To ensure a consistent, compatible environment, Dantes uses the same schematic symbols and templates as Device Tool. Dantes and Device Tool support use of the Synchro Models Toolbox for test simulation. Device Tool provides the graphical representations of the instruments, intelligent instrument programming control panels, and a real-time bi-directional connection to the Synchro test program debug environment. Device Tool gives the test engineer a graphical programming interface and tester view that is consistent through all phases of test development, from test simulation to on-line test program debug. The Synchro Models Toolbox provides a library of behavioral tester instruments models based on the Spectra/Verilog mixed-signal simulator. Implementing the models in HDL rather than Spice, allows extremely quick simulation times to be achieved while maintaining an accurate representation of the real test instrumentation functionality. The end result is a Virtual Test environment for the Synchro that allows real test program debug. Ed Paulsen, Product Manager at LTX states, "The barriers that have held back Virtual Test are coming down. Advances in mixed-signal behavioral simulation technology have made it possible to simulate complex mixed-signal tests in a Virtual Test environment. We see Virtual Test tools having a tremendous impact on time to volume, especially in growing markets like super smart power. Working with IMS, as one of our Synchro Models Toolbox development partners, has allowed us to combine their experience with the Cadence simulation tools with our knowledge of mixed-signal test development. This OEM agreement extends this relationship by allowing IMS to sell and support our Device Tool and Synchro Models Toolbox products, along with Dantes and Cadence Design System's EDA tools. I believe that our combined development and support resources will enable us to successfully support our customers in meeting their time to volume objectives." Dantes, a test design and verification environment which supports test, capture, modeling, rule-checking, simulation, ATE code generation, fixture design, and documentation for mixed-signal test, reduces test development time and maximizes tester utilization. Steve Morris, Director of Marketing for the Test Software Division of IMS, commented, "Complex circuits used in markets such as telecommunications and multimedia, present manufacturers of these devices with the ever increasing challenge of improving test development productivity and reducing the time-to-market. By integrating Dantes and Device Tools, Synchro customers can use the Dantes simulation-view mechanisms to develop an understanding of how their devices should be tested and use Device Tool to debug the test in the Synchro programming environment. They will realize a marked improvement in their engineering test productivity, with reduced test development and debug time." LTX Synchro Test System is designed for high throughput testing of complex, mixed-signal devices. The Synchro series consists of the Synchro Plus, Synchro II, and the Synchro ProductionPAC test systems. AVAILABILITY. The Device Tool Add-on (requires Composer to provide full Device Tool capability) is available immediately. The Synchro Models Toolbox is being used in several pilot programs and is expected to be available in production in early 1997. Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. (IMS), is the worldwide leader in Engineering Test Stations and Virtual Test Software, providing cost-effective solutions to reduce the time required to test and verify complex electronic circuits. In 1994 and 1995, IMS was rated the #1 quality Supplier of Test and Material Handling Equipment in the VLSI Research Customer Survey. IMS is listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol IMSC. For more information, contact IMS at 9525 S.W. Gemini Drive, Beaverton, OR 97008. Telephone: (503) 626-7117 or (800) 879-7117. Visit our Web Site: www.ims.com. LTX Corporation is a supplier of digital, linear, mixed-sign and discrete semiconductor test equipment. The Company has development and manufacturing facilities in Westwood, Massachusetts and San Jose, California, and worldwide sales and service facilities to support its customer base. The Company has a site on the world wide web at http://www.ltx.com. EX-99.B 3 EXH 99B EXHIBIT 99b PRESS RELEASE For more information contact: Jon Turino Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. (503) 626-7117 David Eastman Carol Hilden Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. Creative Marketing Communications (503) 626-7117 (503) 591-9707 For Release: July 15, 1996 - --------------------------- IMS FEATURES NEW MULTIMEDIA MIXED-SIGNAL TEST STATION AT SEMICON/WEST FULLY INTEGRATED TEST STATION OPTIMIZED FOR ENGINEERING DEBUG, CHARACTERIZATION AND TEST OF HIGH-SPEED MULTIMEDIA DEVICES SEMICON/West -- July 15, 1996 -- Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. (IMSC) today announced their new multimedia mixed-signal, MTS-TM-Test Station for verifying and characterizing high-speed components used in multimedia applications. This multimedia configuration, available in the MTS Blazer-TM- and the MTS FT Test Stations (introduced at ITC in October 1995), offers test engineers the measurement performance of an ATE system at less than half the cost. This application-specific configured Test Station will be shown for the first time at SEMICON/West in San Francisco, testing components commonly used in multimedia applications -- an 18-bit A/D converter, a 16-bit sigma/delta converter, an 8-bit RAMDAC and an MPEG decoder. "This multimedia configuration of the MTS Test Station is another step in the company's long-term strategy of building a complete suite of application-specific Test Stations that provide test solutions with the highest performance and flexibility, at the lowest cost of ownership," comments Mike Kondrat, Director of Test Station Marketing at IMS. UNMATCHED PERFORMANCE. The multimedia mixed-signal MTS Test Station consists of the IMS high-performance digital testing capability, tightly integrated with a complement of standard analog instrumentation, including arbitrary waveform generation and waveform digitization for testing components most often used in multimedia applications. The MTS Test Stations can be configured for up to 200 MHz digital data rates, with up to 512 pins, including 64 analog channels with bandwidth greater than 1.4 GHz bandwidth. A wide range of speed and memory depths are available and an incorporated Digital Signal Processing (DSP) library allows users to make a broad range of measurements, including signal-to-noise, distortion and linearity. Critical path timing analysis is available in the MTS FT Test Station -- significantly reducing the time it takes to understand critical timing issues and perform timing characterization. TIGHTLY INTEGRATED TEST PERFORMANCE. In the multimedia mixed-signal MTS Test Station, all mixed-signal resources are integrated into the same programming tool set for a flexible and easy-to-use interface. IMS TestVIEW(tm), an interactive graphical test programming language, running in the IMS TestEnvironment, combine pattern translation and development; program development and debug; and interactive device verification for improved engineering productivity. PRICE AND AVAILABILITY. The multimedia mixed-signal MTS Test Station is priced under $250,000 (US) for a typically configured system and is orderable now, with delivery 16 weeks ARO. Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. (IMSC), is the worldwide leader in Engineering Test Stations and Virtual Test Software, providing cost-effective solutions to reduce the time required to test and verify complex electronic circuits. For the past four years, IMS has rated in the 10 BEST supplier of Test and Material Handling Equipment in the VLSI Research Customer Survey. IMS is listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol IMSC. For more information, contact IMS at 9525 S.W. Gemini Drive, Beaverton, Oregon 97008. Telephone (503) 626-7117 or (800) 879-7117. Or visit our Web Site: www.ims.com EX-99.C 4 EXH99C EXHIBIT 99c PRESS RELEASE For more information, contact: David Eastman Carol Hilden Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. Creative Marketing Communications (503) 626-7117 (503) 591-9707 For Immediate Release - --------------------- San Francisco, CA, July 16, 1996 -- Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. (IMSC) today announced that, for the fourth consecutive year, it has received the VLSI Research Inc 10 BEST Award for Test and Material Handling Equipment award in customer satisfaction. These awards are presented annually to semiconductor manufacturing equipment suppliers who achieve overall excellence in ratings by their customers. Jerry Hutcheson, CEO of VLSI Research, congratulated IMS for continuing to be among the top ranked suppliers - #1 in test, and for building strong customer relationships, meeting customer needs and striving for continuous customer satisfaction. In his acceptance of this prestigious award, Keith Barnes, president of IMS, said, "We are extremely pleased with the support and response of our customers. The VLSI annual Customer Satisfaction Survey provides a unbiased forum for our customers to rate us in several categories. We believe this information will help us to continually improve our productivity, quality and commitment to 100 percent customer satisfaction." ABOUT THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY THE RATINGS: The 10 BEST awards have presented by VLSI Research for the past eight years. For 1995, there were four categories of awards: Process Equipment, Test & Material Handling Equipment, Process Diagnostic Equipment, and Assembly & Specialty Equipment. Here is data about the award winners in the Test & Material Handling Equipment category: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RATING ON A 10 BEST COMPANY SCALE OF 10 APPEARANCES - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aseco Corporation 8.31 ****** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Suss 8.02 *** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 7.82 **** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electroglas, Inc. 7.77 ***** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>TERADYNE, INC. 7.73 ******* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. 7.71 * - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>ADVANTEST 7.70 ******* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 7.58 ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>SCHLUMBERGER ATE 7.49 ***** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tokyo Electron Limited 7.48 *** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> = Test Companies THE METHODOLOGY: In compiling data for these awards, VLSI Research sent out more than 54,000 questionnaires in six languages to semiconductor companies in all areas of the world. Users of semiconductor capital equipment were asked to rate their suppliers in eight categories which exemplify a supplier's relationship with its customers. These eight categories include three measures of equipment performance and five measures of customer service. Product performance, uptime, and quality of results are the equipment performance measures. Customer service measures include process support, software support, technical leadership, service after sales, and the vendor's overall commitment to support its customers' needs. More than 6,000 evaluations of each of these eight categories, accruing to a grand total in excess of 49,000 individual ratings of companies, were returned and used in compiling these results. Demographic distribution of the returns was 50.9% from North America, 14.8% from Japan, 12.8% from Europe, 11.7% from Korea, 9.2% from elsewhere in Asia, and 0.6% from other areas of the world. BACKGROUND Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. (IMSC), is the worldwide leader in Engineering Test Stations and Virtual Test Software, providing cost-effective solutions to reduce the time required to test and verify complex electronic circuits. In 1994 and 1995, IMS was rated the #1 quality Supplier of Test and Material Handling Equipment in the VLSI Research Customer Survey. IMS is listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol IMSC. For more information, contact IMS at 9525 S.W. Gemini Drive, Beaverton, OR 97008. Telephone: (503) 626-7117 or (800) 879-7117. Or visit our Web Site: www.ims.com VLSI Research Inc., a market research company located in Silicon Valley, is generally recognized as the leading company covering semiconductor manufacturing equipment. It was founded in 1976, and has performed these annual surveys of customer satisfaction for the past eight years. The principal purpose in performing the surveys is to provide a report card on individual suppliers in order to promote improved customer relationships and to identify those issues and trends which are most sensitive to customers' needs. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VLSI RESEARCH INC. PRODUCES SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES COVERING THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY. SERVICES OFFERED INCLUDE THE INDUSTRY PULSE, THE MEMORY BANK, EMERGING ICS, AND THE VLSI MANUFACTURING OUTLOOK. THE COMPANY IS AN AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE FOR INFORMATION ON TRENDS AND ISSUES IN THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IN GENERAL AND IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR. MEDIA INQUIRIES ARE INVITED. CALL (408) 453-8844, FAX (408) 437-0608, OR WRITE: VLSI RESEARCH INC., 1754 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SUITE 117, SAN JOSE, CA 95110. - END - SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. (Registrant) June 26, 1996 By ------------------------------- Sar Ramadan Chief Financial Officer -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----