American Microsystems, Inc. Signs Volume Purchase Agreement with Teradyne; AMI Purchases Several INTEGRA J750 Test Systems.Business/Technology Editors BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000 Teradyne announced today that American Microsystems, Inc., experts in digital and mixed-signal ASICS ASICS Anima Sana in Corpore Sano (Japanese shoe manufacturer; Latin: a sound mind in a sound body) , selected the INTEGRA J750 test system. A system is now installed at their Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello (IPA: [po kə tɛ lo]) is the county seat and largest city of Bannock CountyGR6 facility. Another system will ship in Q42000 to their Manila, Philippines facility. Rick Jimenez, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Planning and Test Operations, said, "The J750 offers the best performance and value for our money. Its superior test economics and technology roadmap closely matches our device requirements now and in the future. Teradyne's strength as a global supplier also played a significant role in our selection of the system. We are pleased to be working with Teradyne." Doug Elder, Marketing Manager at Teradyne's Integra Test Division, said, "I am confident that AMI will experience the same test success that all our customers achieve with the J750. The company will benefit immediately from the significant savings in test costs as a result of the system's integrated architecture and high levels of parallel test capabilities. The J750 continues to be a production-proven test solution, delivering the best test economics at over 95% parallel test efficiency than any other ATE product on the market today." About the INTEGRA J750 The INTEGRA J750 delivers up to 1,024 digital channels in a zero footprint system entirely contained within a test head. Its high-throughput parallel testing capabilities help deliver 95% parallel test efficiency for up to 32 devices. The system offers a suite of options to address the variation of testing needs in the low-end and mid-range semiconductor markets, including the Converter Test Option, Memory Test Option, Scan Test Option, Redundancy Analysis, and Mixed Signal Option. The system also features IG-XL test software, the semiconductor ATE industry's first test development suite combining the power and performance of the latest PC technology and Windows NT operating system with the familiarity of standard Windows productivity tools, like Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic. Its small footprint and high parallel test throughput provide the most economical approach to testing complex VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. devices with embedded memory and analog cells. About American Microsystems, Inc. American Microsystems, Inc., with worldwide headquarters in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. , pioneered the development of application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) in 1966. Over the last 34 years, AMI has remained a leading semiconductor supplier committed to providing the best total solutions that employ the latest digital and analog capabilities. AMI offers a broad range of digital and mixed-signal ASICs, FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. and ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. translation services, frequency synthesis standard products, and CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. foundry services with unprecedented design-to-production time spans. AMI is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 and QS 9000 certified. Currently a private company, AMI has announced its intention to conduct an initial public offering in 2001. About Teradyne Teradyne is the world's leading automated testing company for the electronics, communications, and software industries. Its products and services address the test requirements of a broad range of semiconductors, electronic assemblies, telephone access networks and software applications. Teradyne is also a leading supplier of backplane and interconnect systems for the electronics and communications industries. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Teradyne had 1999 sales of $1.8 billion and currently employs about 8500 people worldwide. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol TER Third version. See bis. . Teradyne's World Wide Web address is www.teradyne.com. |
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