Advantest to Exhibit at SEMICON Japan 2009

TOKYO, Japan, November 9, 2009 - Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE), the world's largest provider of test equipment to the global semiconductor industry, will exhibit at SEMICON Japan 2009, December 2-4, at Chiba's Makuhari Messe.

SEMICON Japan is the world's largest microelectronics manufacturing equipment and materials trade show, with an emphasis on semiconductors. Advantest will exhibit its newest test technologies under the theme of "Our Technologies, Your Success."

Exposition Dates : Wednesday December 2 ~ Friday December 4, 10:00am ~ 5:00pm
Venue : Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan
Booth : International Exhibition Hall 8, 8C-1001

For further details and registration information, please see the SEMICON Japan website:

http://www.semiconjapan.org/sj-en/index.htm

Further information about Advantest's booth exhibit is available on the company's website:
http://www.advantest.co.jp/en-index.shtml

Summary of Principal Exhibits

Memory Test Technology
- Solutions to improve throughput in front-end semiconductor manufacturing
  Advantest's T5385 memory test system helps customers to lower test costs with an industry-leading parallel test capacity of up to 768 devices.
- Solutions to expand test function capacity in back-end semiconductor manufacturing
  Advantest offers its Enhanced Test Head to equip installed back-end test systems with greater speed and higher parallel test capacity.
- Solutions for optimal flash memory development test
  Advantest's new B8501ES boasts a compact mainframe, low power consumption, and price ideally suited to development test needs. It features a one-chip LSI that controls all test functions.
Non-Memory Test Technology
- Solutions for diverse semiconductor devices
  Advantest's T2000 test system now features an expanded range of modules that support the diversifying universe of semiconductor devices, including high-speed interfaces, RF devices, CMOS image sensors, and automotive semiconductors.
- Solutions for analog and discrete semiconductor test
  Advantest's T7912 analog test system supports cost-sensitive, comparatively low-pin-count analog ICs and discrete semiconductors. With manufacturers facing unprecedented pressure to reduce costs, the T7912's compact mainframe, low power consumption, and competitive price help to maximize the performance of customer test strategies.
New Test Platform
- Details TBA at exhibition.

Further Inquires
Enquiries should be directed to the Sales Promotion Department at: 81-3-3214-7500

About Advantest

Advantest Corporation is the world's leading automatic test equipment supplier to the semiconductor industry, and also produces electronic instruments and systems. A global company, Advantest has long offered total ATE solutions, and serves the industry in every component of semiconductor test: tester, handler, mechanical and electrical interfaces, and software. Its logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor production lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its first subsidiary in 1982, in the USA, and now has subsidiaries worldwide. Among them, Advantest America, Inc. is based in Santa Clara, CA., Advantest Europe GmbH is based in Munich, Germany, and Advantest Taiwan Inc. is based in Hsinchu, Taiwan. More information is available at http://www.advantest.co.jp/en-index.shtml