... reflects customer satisfaction with equipment performance and service SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advantest Corporation (TSE:6857TSE:NYSE:TSE:ATE) has again earned the highest rating of five stars based on VLSI Research Inc's Customer Satisfaction Survey on Chip Making Equipment, reflecting equipment performance and customer service evaluations from equipment users. The five star rating is based on the company's demonstration of exceptional customer satisfaction across measured categories that include cost of ownership, quality of results, product performance, customer service, technical leadership and commitment. R. Keith Lee, president and CEO of Advantest America, says, "It is quite an accomplishment to have earned this five star rating. Advantest's terrific engineers, research scientists and staff continually make customer needs their top priority, and it's a wonderful testament to their dedicated work and customer commitment." VLSI Research CEO G. Dan Hutcheson says, "Advantest's ability to sustain successful customer relationships over the long-term demonstrates its strengths as an ATE business partner, as evidenced by its high customer ratings. We're very pleased to honor Advantest as a VLSI Research five star company." This is the second year of the five star rating, which is derived exclusively from VLSI Research Inc's 2006 Customer Satisfaction Survey on Chip Making Equipment. VLSI Research is the world's leader in providing independent customer evaluations of semiconductor equipment suppliers. About Advantest Advantest Corporation is the global leader in automatic test equipment to the semiconductor industry. Advantest's SoC, logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor fabrication lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its North American subsidiary in 1982 and its European subsidiary in 1984. More information is available at http://www.advantest.com/. DATASOURCE: Advantest Corporation CONTACT: Amy Gold of Advantest America, Inc., +1-212-850-6670, Web site: http://www.advantest.com/

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