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FabSolve, LLC Acquired by KLA-Tencor Corporation

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FabSolve, LLC Acquired by KLA-Tencor Corporation
MarketWatch.com
June 28, 2007

MARKETWATCH.COM- June 28, 2007 - FabSolve, LLC, a provider of design based metrology (DBM) software for the semiconductor industry and a strategic development partner of DolSoft Inc., today announced that it has been acquired by KLA-Tencor Corporation.

"We believe the core technologies utilized within the patented FabSolve software suite will be central to the next generation of semiconductor factory yield management efforts. FabSolve's geographical information systems (GIS) database structure as applied to Integrated Circuit (IC) design databases is used as a reference for accurately locating and classifying defects that otherwise might avoid classification using traditional methods," stated Paul Proctor, President of FabSolve, LLC.

Many of the core technology components utilized within FabSolve's software were created by DolSoft Inc. and assigned to FabSolve in connection with DolSoft's incubation of, and continuing development relationship with, FabSolve. "I am very pleased to see that elements of our GIS and image processing technologies can be used to assist world-class technology firms such as KLA-Tencor to further meet their customers' yield management goals," noted Tran Ba Hoang, Chairman of DolSoft Inc. Mr. Hoang also served as Chairman of the FabSolve Board of Management, assisting in the formation and development of FabSolve, LLC.

About DolSoft Inc.: DolSoft, established in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 1996, is a leading developer of GIS, video content analysis and machine vision image analysis technologies. DolSoft technologies have been deployed in several industries, including computer aided design (CAD), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), video security and surveillance, and internet photo and video file classification. Additional information about the company is available on the Internet at http://www.dolsoft.com.
About KLA-Tencor: KLA-Tencor is the world leader in yield management and process control solutions for semiconductor manufacturing and related industries. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company has sales and service offices around the world. An S&P 500 company, KLA-Tencor is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol KLAC. Additional information about the company is available on the Internet at http://www.kla-tencor.com.

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SOURCE: DolSoft Inc.

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