Cascade Microtech to Announce Fourth Quarter and Year End 2009 Results on February 9, 2010

BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwire - January 20, 2010) - Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCD) will release financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009, at approximately 4 p.m. EST, on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. The company will host a conference call beginning at 5 p.m. EST (2 p.m. PST) that same afternoon to discuss these results.

A simultaneous audio cast of the conference call may be accessed online from the investor relations page of www.cascademicrotech.com. A replay will be available after 7 p.m. EST at this same internet address. (For a telephone replay (available after 7 p.m. EST) dial: 888-286-8010, international: 617-801-6888, passcode: 51263034)

About Cascade Microtech, Inc.

Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCD) is a worldwide leader in the precise electrical measurement and test of integrated circuits (ICs) and other small structures. For technology businesses and scientific institutions that need to evaluate small structures, Cascade Microtech delivers access to electrical data from wafers, integrated circuits (ICs), IC packages, circuit boards and modules, MEMS, biological structures, LED devices and more. Cascade Microtech's leading-edge semiconductor production test products include unique probe cards and test sockets that reduce manufacturing costs of high-speed and high-density semiconductor chips. For more information visit www.cascademicrotech.com.