Advantest's Newest Memory Tester, Model T5372, Reduces DRAM and
Flash-Memory Test Times by 30 Percent
TOKYO, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advantest Corporation
(TSE:6857)(NYSE:ATE), the world's largest supplier of semiconductor test
equipment, today announced global availability of its newest memory tester. The
Model T5372 reduces wafer test time by more than 30 percent for dynamic
random-access memory (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double-date-rate
(DDR)-SDRAM, flash-memory and other general-purpose memory chips, as well as
for multi-chip packages (MCPs) and other specially packaged memories.
Building on the demand for PCs and cellular phones, the market for
semiconductors for use in personal digital assistants (PDAs) and consumer
electronics has exploded in recent years and continues to grow rapidly. However, competition for consumer dollars is also intensifying. When
electronics manufacturers seek to enhance the competitiveness of their products
by adding functionality, improving performance and cutting prices, makers of
memory devices for these products must also boost speed and memory capacity
while improving cost performance. Moreover, the impressive variety of
consumer-electronics products now reaching the market demands an increasing
variety of specialized memory device packages. Production lines assembling
these chips, as well as high-mix/low-volume production lines, require highly
efficient, low-cost test solutions.
Advantest's new T5372 offers test speeds of up to 143 MHz / 286 MHz (in DDR
mode) -- double those of its predecessor, the T5371 -- enabling it to support
increasingly high-speed devices. Its optional failure analysis functions
include a Fail Bit Compress Engine (which accelerates the transmission of
failure data) and Address Fail Memory (which allows dual-mode operation of
partitioned failure memory). These features enable the T5372 to cut wafer test
times by approximately 30 percent, reducing cost of test.
Able to test up to 128 devices in parallel, 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 also retains compatibility with the
T5371 and can therefore be used with existing customer assets, including test
programs and probe cards, enabling a seamless upgrade.
About Advantest Advantest Corporation is the world's largest supplier of automatic test
equipment to the semiconductor industry. Advantest's SoC, logic, memory,
mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most
advanced semiconductor fabrication lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in
1954, Advantest established its North American subsidiary in 1982 and its
European subsidiary in 1984. More information is available at
http://www.advantest.com/ . DATASOURCE: Advantest Corporation CONTACT: Amy Gold of Advantest America, Inc., +1-212-850-6670, or ; or Ellen Van Etten of MCA, +1-650-968-8900, or , for Advantest Corporation Web site: http://www.advantest.com/
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