Atheros Approves GuideTech for Production Test of PCI Express on
Teradyne FLEX ATE
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- GuideTech, a leading supplier of
precision timing and jitter analysis solutions, announced that its GT4000(TM)
Continuous Timing Interval Analyzer (CTIA) system has passed qualification at
Atheros Communications, Inc. for production test of the company's first
single-chip WLAN 802.11a/b/g device that incorporates a 2.5Gbps PCI Express
serial interface on Teradyne(R) FLEX(TM) ATE platform. This customer validation
of GuideTech for production test of PCI Express marks the launch of the GT4000
as an economically viable solution for testing of multi-gigabit serial
interfaces in high-volume manufacturing. Integration of the GT4000 will also
add onto the current customer base of GuideTech Femto 2000 CTIA systems which
are already installed in production on Teradyne FLEX systems for lower
frequency applications, such as laser drivers and clock PLLs up to 1.6Gbps.
"Atheros was the first to offer a single-chip 802.11 a/b/g WLAN for PC
notebooks, and we are the first to offer a single-chip WiFi device that
supports PCI Express. Likewise, GuideTech is the recognized leading supplier of
high-throughput, integrated CTIA solutions for production ATE," stated David
Hu, Senior member of the Atheros Test Development Team. "With extreme price
pressures in this WiFi market, selecting a cost-effective test strategy is key
to success. So to keep Atheros in the lead, we chose the GuideTech GT4000 for
its seamless FLEX integration and its capability to perform very high
throughput, precision jitter and functional testing on multiple PCI Express
devices in parallel." "Over the past five years, GuideTech's CTIA technology has steadily become the
de facto standard at every major subcontract test company for high-throughput
PLL testing on high volume consumer devices such as graphic chip sets and cell
phone chips in manufacturing," stated Tammy L. McClure, GuideTech VP Marketing,
"And now, Atheros' validation of the GT4000 performance for PCI Express test
and jitter analysis on Atheros' latest WLAN devices confirms, once again, the
critical value of GuideTech's CTIA technology in the ATE world -- this time for
breaking the challenging test cost barriers of today's emerging multi-gigabit
serial interfaces." "Teradyne customers already benefit from the impressive throughput performance
of the GuideTech Femto 2000 on the FLEX platform, for precision timing test in
production of lower-end, yet nonetheless, timing-sensitive devices such as
PLLs, laser drivers and clock delay lines," said Jim McEleney, Teradyne FLEX
Product Manager. "The additional success at Atheros for this higher-end PCI
Express application illustrates that the combination of a GuideTech CTIA
solution integrated with the Teradyne FLEX platform provides one of the most
cost-effective production ATE approaches available on the market today." About Atheros Communications, Inc.
Atheros Communications is a leading developer of semiconductor system solutions
for wireless communications products. Atheros combines its wireless systems
expertise with high-performance radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital
semiconductor design skills to provide highly integrated chipsets that are
manufacturable on low-cost, standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
(CMOS) processes. Atheros technology is being used by a broad base of leading
customers, including personal computer, networking equipment and handset
manufacturers. For more information, visit http://www.atheros.com/ or send
email to .
About Teradyne Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment and
interconnection systems. The company's products deliver competitive advantage
to the world's leading semiconductor, electronics, automotive and network
systems companies. In 2004, Teradyne had sales of $1.8 billion, and currently
employs about 5,900 people worldwide. For more information, visit
http://www.teradyne.com/. Teradyne and FLEX are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Teradyne, Inc.
About GuideTech GuideTech is the leading innovator in high-performance timing measurement
instruments, providing semiconductor manufacturers with the solution they need
to minimize timing-related component failure and to dramatically reduce
production test costs through test-time reduction and extended ATE lifecycles. Based on patented Continuous Time Interval Analyzer (CTIA) technology, the
company's FEMTO and GT4000 families of multi-channel timing test systems and
accompanying Datacom Analysis software substantially improve test throughput
via fast measurement rates, far greater measurement and analysis accuracy, and
the ability to handle asynchronous or non-deterministic signals without
external arming on up to 32 or 64 channels. These capabilities, which are
strongly linked to GuideTech's unique CTIA technology, enable critical,
high-speed, functional, timing and jitter test coverage for PLLs and
multi-gigabit serial interfaces such as PCI Express, in milliseconds, in
parallel, and in production. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, the company is the
first to deliver cost-effective, advanced timing measurement solutions that
easily integrate onto any ATE platform. For more information, please contact
Tammy L. McClure at 408-731-8857 or . Visit the company's Website at
http://www.guidetech.com/. DATASOURCE: GuideTech CONTACT: Tara Bal-Sandhu, +1-510-226-6780, ext. 162, or , for GuideTech Web site: http://www.atheros.com/ Web site: http://www.teradyne.com/ Web site: http://www.guidetech.com/
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