Cascade Microtech is engaged in the design, development and manufacture of advanced wafer probing solutions for the electrical measurement and test of semiconductor integrated circuits and chips. Customers use company products to perform testing of chips while in wafer form, or wafer probing, in both engineering and production test environments. Its engineering probe stations and analytical probes are used in research and development to perform precise electrical measurements, or electrical metrology, on increasingly complex and high-speed chips in order to assure quality and reliability, reduce costly redesigns, accelerate time-to-market and improve chip fabrication processes. Cascade has more than 800 customers, which includes 20 of the largest semiconductor manufacturers in the world. Its customers include Agilent Technologies, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, Micron Technology, NEC, Northrop-Grumman, Sony, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Texas Instruments. Cascade Microtech is headquartered in Beaverton, Ore.