Integrated With a TechWing Handler, Magnum Demonstrates Industries Highest
Level of Efficiencies in Parallel Test - 320 Sandisk Flash Devices at Once
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Nextest Systems Corporation, a
leader in the manufacture of automatic test equipment (ATE) for cost-sensitive
semiconductors, announced that it will exhibit a range of test products at
Semicon/WEST 2005. Nextest will exhibit in Booth #9705, West Hall, 3rd Floor
at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California being held
July 12-14, 2005.
Nextest will demonstrate the highest number of devices ever tested in
parallel to date. Their Magnum test system will be shown integrated with a
TechWing TW-320, a 320-site handler. The Magnum SV 2560 pin test system
provides IC manufacturers of consumer-oriented devices, a solution that
increases throughput while reducing the cost of test equipment significantly.
Reducing test costs is vital as declining ASPs, and capacity pressures
continue to be the most important factors in maintaining profit margins for IC
manufacturers.
Also on demonstration for the first time, is the Magnum Engineering
workstation -- the Magnum EV. This system allows engineers to run and
correlate test programs on their desktop without having to take down an
expensive production system -- saving both time and money. This system is
being offered at the show for a packaged price of $80K. This includes 128
pins, 132Mhz data rates, full memory APG and error catch, topped off by 4
million random logic vectors -- all controlled by a 3.4 Ghz Pentium 4 PC!
In addition to Magnum, Nextest will also demonstrate its Lightning test
system at Semicon/WEST. Lightning is designed to address the test requirements
of system-on-a-chip (SOC) and system-in-a-package (SIP) technologies, and
provides logic, memory and analog test capability at a low cost. Lightning
provides the capabilities of larger, more expensive analog testers onto one
single PC board. This single-board approach to dynamic analog test not only
keeps the costs low, but also allows users to configure their Lightning with
multiple copies of the board in support of massively parallel test approaches.
In addition, Lightning is designed to be fully re-configurable, so that
increased functionality can be added as needed.
About Nextest Systems Corporation
Nextest Systems Corporation is a low-cost leader in the design and
manufacturing of ATE for non-volatile memory, micro-controllers, ASIC and
System-On-a-Chip (SOC) semiconductors. Nextest's products address the growing
demand from manufacturers for testing equipment with increased speed,
reliability, functionality and capacity, while reducing the time to market and
cost of test. Nextest has shipped over 1500 systems worldwide. Further
information is available at http://www.nextest.com.
Contact: Connie Graybeal-Berar of GEM Design & Public Relations,
+1-408-529-4694.
SOURCE Nextest Systems Corporation
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Related links:
http://www.nextest.com
CONTACT:
Connie Graybeal-Berar of GEM Design & Public
Relations, +1-408-529-4694, or cberar@mac.com, for Nextest
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