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PDF Solutions: sourced choices

19 product and go-to-market choices, oldest first. Back to the case study

  1. 1991Product · Initial offer PDF began with software for simulating manufacturability. PD1
  2. 2003Product · Combined delivery By 2003, technology was supplied within yield-improvement solutions rather than as isolated tools. PD1
  3. 2003Product · Customer engineering On-site teams worked alongside customer engineers to implement methods and tools. PD1
  4. 2003Product · Test structures Characterization Vehicle test chips helped measure design-process interactions. PD1
  5. 2003Product · Yield simulation Yield Ramp Simulator analyzed the effect of design attributes and process variations. PD1
  6. 2003Product · Electrical test The pdFasTest system accelerated testing of characterization chips. PD1
  7. 2003Go_To_Market · Performance-linked fees Gain Share linked vendor compensation to customer results. PD1
  8. 2003Go_To_Market · Named customer set Kibarian identified Infineon, Toshiba and Sony among customers. PD1
  9. 2003Go_To_Market · On-site delivery Consulting teams worked with clients from offices in the United States, Europe and Japan. PD1
  10. 2020Product · Supply-chain data Exensio connected analytics across design, fabrication, assembly and test. PD3
  11. 2020Product · Test integration Advantest agreed to develop cloud offerings based on Exensio. PD3
  12. 2020Go_To_Market · Anchor subscription Advantest agreed to a five-year cloud subscription alongside development and commercial agreements. PD3
  13. 2020Go_To_Market · Capital relationship The partnership included approximately $65.2 million for newly issued PDF shares. PD3
  14. 2025Product · Equipment software Cimetrix runtime software contributed equipment-related revenue. PD2
  15. 2025Product · Data connectivity secureWISE data usage formed part of the connected-data business. PD2
  16. 2025Product · Enterprise integration Sapience linked factory-floor data with enterprise applications. PD2
  17. 2025Go_To_Market · Account expansion Sales and service teams sought broader use across a customer’s products, processes and technologies. PD2
  18. 2025Go_To_Market · Commercial mix Platform revenue combined software, services and other fixed-fee offerings. PD2
  19. 2025Go_To_Market · Volume fees Runtime licenses, data usage and Gainshare made up Volume-based revenue. PD2