ATE gear sales improving.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , CA -- Makers of automatic test equipment for PCBs are likely to obtain a major share of their revenues from functional testing (testing) functional testing - (Or "black-box testing", "closed-box testing") The application of test data derived from the specified functional requirements without regard to the final program structure. and the boundary scan See scan technology. boundary scan - The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the segment in the next five years. Frost & Sullivan (www.frost.com) in February projected ATE sales would reach $1.55 billion in 2011, up from $970.1 million in 2004, up 60% over that span. Safety and standards set by the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. are likely to drive the functional test market as more revenues are also likely to come from the cheaper and reusable options that boundary scan offers, Frost said. A large portion of manufacturing facilities are being moved to Asia Pacific (especially China) and Eastern Europe, even as North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. and European companies continue to produce the major share of test equipment. This has led to a situation where the major chunk of test gear need not be of top quality sold at a high price, Frost said. To grow these markets, ATE manufacturers must come up with novel inspection methods and new equipment. In addition, due to the rising number of "design and build applications" from contract manufacturers, ATE vendors are considering alliances with them to capture greater market share. |
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