ASE Test Selects Teradyne's Tiger for Improved Test Economics; Improved Economics Driven by Improved Test Performance.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2002 Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TER Third version. See bis. ) announced today that the world's largest independent provider of semiconductor testing services, ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. Test Limited in Kaoshiung, Taiwan, has purchased multiple Tiger test systems. ASE Test will use Teradyne's Tiger to expand test solutions for a range of devices manufactured by their diverse customer base. Selection of the multiple test systems was based on the fast "time to market" capabilities of the high-performance Tiger. Tiger's unique combination of 3rd Generation SOC Architecture and TwinMode(TM) differential digital capability offers economical at-speed testing for emerging devices which include multiple high-speed data standards including USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2, 1 GHz DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory , HyperTransport(TM), and other LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) A transmission method for sending digital information. LVDS sends data over data high and data low lines rather than data and ground. and SerDes technologies. "To be a leader in semiconductor test, we must continue to provide our customers with the latest testing technologies, like Gigabit differential bus testing, while maintaining our reputation as a high volume, low cost provider," said Mr. IL Lin, vice president, Engineering, ASE Test Limited. "The Tiger system gives us that unique advantage in this very competitive market." "ASET ASET Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists (Canada) ASET Automated Security Enhancement Tool ASET Australian Society for Educational Technology ASET Application Specific Engine Technology has developed a reputation of leading the market in testing capability," said John Cheng, marketing manager, Teradyne, "and we are pleased that they have chosen the Tiger to strengthen their position in the semiconductor testing market." About Tiger The Catalyst Tiger is the first ATE Platform to combine next generation LVDS and SerDes production test capability in a true SOC system. Extending the Catalyst Family, Tiger shares the same high throughput zero-time DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive architecture, IMAGE(TM) software and state-of-the-art analog instruments and extends the Catalyst Family to 1024 digital pins. Powered by breakthrough Silicon Germanium (SiGe) technology, Tiger's TwinMode Pin Electronics set a new digital performance standard with full I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output data rates to 1.6 Gbps and configurability for single ended or differential testing, while retaining the timing flexibility at top speed demanded by chipset and network processing applications. The flexibility of Tiger allows customers to configure their system to provide complete test coverage while achieving maximum production throughput for a broad range of devices. About ASE Test Limited ASE Test Limited is the world's largest independent provider of semiconductor testing services. ASE Test provides customers with a complete range of semiconductor testing, including front-end engineering testing, wafer probing, final production testing of packaged semiconductors and other test-related services. ASE Test has been quoted on NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on since 1996 under the symbol (ASTSF). About Teradyne Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and is also a leading supplier of high performance interconnection systems. Teradyne's test products are used by manufacturers of semiconductors, circuit assemblies, voice and broadband telephone networks. Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density connectors are used by manufacturers of communications and computing systems central to building networking infrastructure. The company had sales of $1.4 billion in 2001 and currently employs about 8000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.teradyne.com. IMAGE and TwinMode are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc. HyperTransport is a trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. |
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