PDF Solutions Inc

PDF Solutions, Inc. provides comprehensive data solutions to organizations in the semiconductor and electronics industries. These solutions aim to improve product yield and quality, and increase operational efficiency and profitability. The company generates revenue from two categories: Platform and Volume-based fees. Platform revenue comes from licenses for software (excluding Cimetrix® runtime licenses), related software maintenance and technical support services, software-as-a-service ("SaaS"), engineering services, fixed fees for Characterization Vehicle® systems, and licenses and purchase contracts for DirectScan™ systems (formerly "DFI systems"). Volume-based revenue is derived from Cimetrix runtime licenses, secureWISE® data, and variable/royalty fees associated with CV® systems (sometimes called Gainshare). The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and operates globally with additional offices in the United States of America, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. PDF Solutions focuses on reframing manufacturing analytics as infrastructure, creating a shared data backbone that covers characterization, process development, high-volume manufacturing, test, and assembly. The PDF Solutions Platform is designed to standardize how data is ingested, contextualized, and analyzed across different areas, aiming to reduce reliance on custom integrations and specialized knowledge. This approach is intended to enable faster root-cause analysis, more consistent decision-making, and shared accountability across teams and partners.