FormFactor, Inc. Promotes Mark Brandemuehl to VicePresident of Corporate Marketing.

LIVERMORE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999--

FormFactor, Inc. announced today that Mark Brandemuehl has been promoted to vice president of Corporate Marketing.

Prior to his promotion, Brandemuehl was director, Probe Card Marketing for FormFactor, the world's leading supplier

"I am extremely pleased to have someone with Mark's industry knowledge, experience and leadership skills on our corporate marketing team at this pivotal time in our growth and expansion," said Jim Healy, executive vice president of FormFactor.

In this newly created position, Brandemuehl will now drive all of FormFactor's marketing efforts based on their MicroSpring(TM) contact technology.

In addition to Probe Cards, he is now responsible for the marketing and licensing of FormFactor's revolutionary Wafer On Wafer (WOW) process. The WOW process encompasses sort, burn-in, low-speed test, and high-speed test all performed on a complete wafer which allows for reliable, low-cost module assembly practices.

Brandemuehl has 15 years of experience in semiconductor marketing, design and manufacturing, semiconductor equipment, and semiconductor manufacturing software. Prior to joining FormFactor, he held senior marketing positions at KLA-Tencor, managing the Yield Link probe floor software product line and the RAPID reticle inspection equipment line.

He has also worked at TYECIN Systems, a developer of semiconductor fabrication scheduling and planning software; Dawn Technologies, developer of a line of device simulation software; and Standard Microsystems, a manufacturer of communications and controller integrated circuits. Brandemuehl holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

About FormFactor

Founded in 1993, FormFactor, Inc. is a private company located in Livermore. FormFactor is the world's leading supplier of process technologies and interfaces that enable Moore's Law to be extended to the back end of semiconductor manufacturing. (For more information on FormFactor check the website www.formfactor.com)

Note to Editors: FormFactor and MicroSpring are trademarks of FormFactor, Inc.