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Advantest
Announces New T5372 Memory Test System
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New Memory Tester Reduces DRAM And Flash Memory Test Times By
30%
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TOKYO, Japan, April 6, 2005 – Advantest
Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE:
ATE), the world’s largest
provider of test equipment
to the global semiconductor industry and a leading supplier
of system-on-chip (SoC) test systems, today announced availability
of a new memory tester, the T5372, that offers better than
30% reductions in test time for wafer test and package test
of DRAM, SDRAM, DDR-SDRAM, flash memory and other general-purpose
memory chips, as well as specialized memory devices such as
MCPs (Multi-Chip Packages).
Building on the demand for PCs
and cellular phones, the market for semiconductors for use in
PDAs and consumer electronics has exploded in recent years and
continues to grow rapidly. However, competition for consumer spending
is also intensifying. When electronics manufacturers seek to enhance
the competitiveness of their products by adding functions, improving
performance, and cutting prices, manufacturers of memory devices
for these products must also boost speed and memory capacity while
improving cost performance.
Furthermore, the impressive variety
of consumer electronics products now reaching the market has called
forth an increasing variety of specialized memory devices. Production
lines assembling these chips, as well as high-mix, low-volume
production lines, require low-cost, highly efficient test solutions.
Advantest’s newly announced T5372 offers test speeds of
up to 143 MHz / 286 MHz (in DDR mode) – twice as fast as
its predecessor, the T5371 – enabling it to support increasingly
high-speed devices. Additionally, its optional failure analysis
functions such as its Fail Bit Compress Engine (which accelerates
the transmission of failure data) and Address Fail Memory (which
allows dual-mode operation of partitional failure memory) cut
wafer test times approximately 30%, reducing cost of test.
Featuring a parallel test capacity
of 128 devices, the T5372 is available with one or two test stations,
each of which features a maximum of 32 DC units and 128 programmable
power sources.
The T5372 retains compatibility
with its predecessor, the T5371, and can therefore be used with
existing customer assets including test programs and probe cards,
allowing for a seamless upgrade.
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T5372
from 65 million yen |
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Please
Direct Further Enquiries
To
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ATE
Solutions Business Department : tel 03-3214-7505 |
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Advantest
Corporation is the world’s leading
automatic test equipment supplier to
the semiconductor industry, and also
produces electronic and optoelectronic
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 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Among
them, Advantest America, Inc. is based
in Santa Clara, CA., and Advantest (Europe)
GmBH is based in Munich, Germany. More
information is available at www.advantest.co.jp. |
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