Friday, October 3, 2003
Intel Corp plans to center its future test methodologies around an ATE architecture based on an open standard, an executive confirmed at a panel discussion. The executive said the vision of open standard is on its track since its inception a year and a half ago with the creation of the Semiconductor Test Consortium (STC).
Intel would soon be in production with a tester based on the open standard. "We're in the early start of an aggressive ramp," the executive said. While he didn't specifically identify the supplier, people familiar with the matter know it is going to be Advantest Corp's T2000 tester designed using STC's Openstar platform.
Advantest, a founding member of the STC and the only major ATE vendor currently a formal member of the consortium, publicly launched the T2000 here earlier this week, saying that it would soon be shipping a T2000 for production testing at a microprocessor supplier.
Having an industry wide standard for tester architecture would foster creativity, not stifle it as some argued, the executive said. Open standard allows ATE vendors to concentrate their efforts and IP on individual instruments and modules, rather than trying to one-up one another with various platforms.
Intel along with Motorola are the only two chipmakers involved in the consortium as formal members. Many other companies in the semiconductor industry doesn't care which way ATE goes, as long as the test solutions are available on time to their product launch.
By: DocMemory
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