SAN FRANCISCO, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nextest Systems
Corporation (Nasdaq: NEXT), a leading manufacturer of automatic test
equipment (ATE) for cost-sensitive semiconductors, announced that it will
exhibit a wide range of test solutions at SEMICON/West this year. The
conference is being held at the Moscone West Convention Center in San
Francisco, California, July 17-19, 2007. The conference provides a venue
for semiconductor equipment makers to promote their company, products and
services, to chip-making companies from around the world.
Showcased in Nextest's booth #8441, at SEMICON/West this year, are test
solutions that demonstrate the Magnum's product family test systems;
ranging from 256 pins, up to 7680 pins, and capable of testing a variety of
devices, including: NAND, SOC, and logic semiconductors.
MAGNUM Grande(TM) 7680-pin Test System
To address the industry-wide concern over escalating test costs and
capacity requirements, Nextest will demonstrate Magnum's unique
architecture that provides customers with the flexibility to add
functionality and pin count without system downtime, or software
reconfiguration.
At SEMICON/West 2005, Magnum displayed 320 devices in parallel. At that
same show in 2006, that number soared to 720 parts in parallel. This
year, Magnum Grande's 7,680 I/O pin test system will be integrated with a
Mirae Model 530 handler-capable of testing 960 NAND flash devices in
parallel. To date, this is the highest number of devices being tested in
parallel.
MAGNUM SV(TM) 1024-pin Test System
Demonstrating Magnum's logic test capability, the Magnum SV is a
production test system targeted at FPGA devices. This system is the ideal
solution for test requirements of high pin count devices in parallel and
provides a flexible pattern architecture for logic and memory test on-
the-fly. Also being demonstrated is Nextest's logic Wavetool software
that dramatically reduces test program development time.
MAGNUM iCP-EV(TM) 128-pin Test System
Also on display, the Magnum ICP-EV will be integrated with an Interaction
IAOPT-15ONE Illuminator. Focused at the CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) market,
Magnum iCP-EV offers CIS manufacturers a low-cost engineering alternative
for program development and debug. Due to the system's small physical
size, engineering can perform the necessary work in an office
environment, prior to moving devices to the Magnum iCP for volume-
production testing. This innovative approach allows for a smooth
transition to test CIS devices in parallel and is a much more cost-
effective method over utilizing expensive, "large-iron" test equipment.
CIS devices are being utilized in numerous consumer products such as cell
phones, still cameras, web cams, PDA's, and security cameras.
ABOUT NEXTEST
Nextest Systems Corporation is a low-cost leader in the design and
manufacture of automatic test equipment (ATE) for Flash memory and
System-On- Chip semiconductors. Nextest's products address the growing
demand from manufacturers for ATE with increased throughput, functionality
and reliability, while reducing time to market and cost of test. Nextest
has shipped over 1,800 systems to more than 60 semiconductor companies
worldwide. Further information is available at http://www.nextest.com.
Nextest Agency Contact:
GEM Design & Public Relations
Connie Graybeal-Berar
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, cberar@mac.com, for Nextest
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