Agilent Technologies Announces New Entry into the Low-Cost Automated Test Equipment Market; Agilent 93000 Compact Test Head Meets Needs of High-Volume, Low-Cost Consumer Electronics Manufacturers.SHANGHAI, China -- Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced a new entry into the low-end automated test equipment (ATE) market with the introduction of the 93000 Compact Test Head (CTH CTH Commonwealth CTH Chalmers Tekniska Högskola (Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden) CTH Contract to Hire CTH Cardiothoracic CTH Cystathionase CTH Confederación de Trabajadores de Honduras ) targeted at digital and mixed-signal consumer device test. Agilent designed this latest addition to its 93000 scalable platform to meet manufacturers' growing need for low-cost solutions for testing complex, high-performance systems-on-chips (SOCs) now used in high-volume, low-cost consumer electronics. The 93000 CTH further protects manufacturers' ATE investment by its flexibility: Its compact size allows it to be used efficiently across the supply chain and in a host of environments, including engineering, wafer sort and final test. It meets the test needs of a range of SOC applications such as embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. memory, high-speed communication interfaces, and high-quality audio/video found in LCDTV controllers, DVDs, optical disk drives and portable media players. "Cost, performance and product lifetime are the most important factors consumer electronics device manufacturers face when purchasing ATE," said Pascal Ronde n. 1. (Print.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look. , vice president of Agilent's Semiconductor Test business. "The 93000 CTH is unlike other low-end testers that are limited in scalability and compatibility within their product lines, and that do not have a clear strategy to address their inefficiencies across the supply chain. Leveraging the 93000 platform architecture, the 93000 CTH is a low-cost, high-performing, scalable solution compatible with the full spectrum of 93000 solutions." The 93000 CTH delivers the 93000 platform's high test quality and incorporates the same features found in the well-established 93000 platform, such as its scalable architecture, Pin Scale digital, advanced analog and RF modules, SmarTest software, device under test (DUT DUT Dutch (language) DUT Device Under Test DUT Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie (French University Graduation in Technology) DUT Dalian University of Technology (also seen as DLUT) ) boards and docking. The "zero footprint" 93000 CTH takes up little floor space because of its advanced levels of integration, and up to four compact test heads can share a single cooling unit. Features of the 93000 CTH include: 18 flexible hardware slots, 16 of which can be assigned for use with digital, analog or RF cards; a new PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Express-based transfer link, providing fast upload and download of tester data; and enhanced DC test capabilities, giving the CTH even higher throughput performance. Additional information about the Agilent 93000 CTH is available at www.agilent.com/see/cth. U.S. Pricing and Availability The Agilent 93000 CTH is available now with pricing starting at less than $300,000. About the Agilent 93000 The Agilent 93000 provides a scalable platform architecture for testing systems-on-chips (SOCs) and systems-in-packages (SIPs) and high-speed memory devices. With more than 1,200 systems sold worldwide, the Agilent 93000 is the system of choice for subcontract sub·con·tract n. A contract that assigns some of the obligations of a prior contract to another party. intr. & tr.v. sub·con·tract·ed, sub·con·tract·ing, sub·con·tracts manufacturers, integrated device manufacturers See IDM. and fabless companies Fabless Company The Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) defines fabless as follows: Fabless (without fab) refers to the business methodology of outsourcing the manufacturing of silicon wafers, which hundreds of semiconductor companies have adopted. . The Agilent 93000 meets the industry's demanding performance and cost challenges, whether for at-speed engineering characterization or high-volume production. The test system provides massive multi-site capabilities, enables data rates up to 10 Gbps and supports a full range of digital, mixed-signal and RF applications. The flexibility and performance of the Agilent 93000 provide faster time-to-market, better yields and lower overall cost-of-test. More information on the Agilent 93000 is available at www.agilent.com/see/soctest. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2005. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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