Encounter Test Architect GXL can insert, synthesize, and validate a full-chip, low-power design-for-test (DFT) infrastructure. The software provides for scan insertion using Encounter RTL Compiler's ...

The clamor for multiple functionalities in next-generation wireless telecom and consumer electronic markets has designers scrambling to adopt a core-based design methodology. However, the lack of ...

At Semicon West today, Advantest Corp. launched its plans for an industry-wide consortium aimed at solving the challenges of cost effectively testing complex logic devices, such as SOCs. Advantest ...

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System-on-chip (SoC) testing presents unparalleled challenges that require a fundamental change in thinking for both IC manufacturers and tester makers. The operating speed of digital logic in ...

More than 40 chips have been licensed to use EFLX eFPGA and >20 chips are working in silicon. Big customers like Renesas are planning high volume families of chips using embedded FPGA. As a result, we ...

[Avionics Today 09-07-2016] Marvin Test Solutions has expanded the capabilities of its TS-900 PXI semiconductor test platform with the addition of the TS-960e system, which offers PXI Express (PXIe) ...

Generic test and repair approaches to embedded memory have hit their limit. Smaller feature sizes, such as 130 nm and 90 nm, have made it possible to embed multiple megabits of memory into a single ...