BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing Purchases J750 1024-pin Test System.Business/Technology Editors BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001 Leading Test Services Provider Continues to Invest in New Technology Teradyne announced today that BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing, the largest independent outsourced semiconductor services provider in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , has selected a J750 1024-pin test system for its Austin, TX facility. The 1024-pin INTEGRA J750 test system delivers high levels of parallel test, with up to 1,024 digital channels in a zero footprint system entirely contained within a test head. This latest purchase reinforces BridgePoint's commitment to providing the most advanced outsourced test services to its broad client base throughout North America. Ray Pixley Ray Pixley (1907 Lyndon, Washington – 30 August 1936 Robey Speedway, Indiana) was an American racecar driver. Indy 500 results Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1936 41 25 116. , Vice President of Engineering at BridgePoint said, "The efficiency, throughput, and economics that the J750 provides convinced us that it was the ideal test solution for our customers' telecommunications, automotive and high pin-count microcontroller A single chip that contains the processor (the CPU), non-volatile memory for the program (ROM or flash), volatile memory for input and output (RAM), a clock and an I/O control unit. devices. The 1024-pin J750 reduces the overall cost of test for our customers with its ability to test many devices in parallel in a high volume production environment. Teradyne's technical expertise and worldwide product support, make the J750 the right choice for our test floor and another powerful tool to help our clients get their products to market more quickly." "We are pleased that BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing has again chosen Teradyne to meet its test challenges with their first 1024-pin J750," said Doug Elder, Teradyne's J750 Worldwide Marketing and Support Manager. "The J750's unique test program development architecture provides shorter start-up time that means economic advantage to our customers. The superior throughput of the J750 let's BridgePoint provide the low costs they need to stay competitive while ensuring the high quality test solution their customers demand. With this repeat order, we're happy to introduce the 1024-pin J750 to the Austin fabless community." The J750 Family of Test Systems The J750's high-throughput parallel test capabilities deliver 95% parallel test efficiency for up to 32 devices. The zero footprint system delivers up to 1024 I/O channels contained in a test head, and offers a suite of options - Converter Test Option, Memory Test Option, Redundancy Analysis, Mixed Signal Option, and Analog Pin Measurement Unit - to address a range of testing needs. The system also features IG-XL test software, combining the power and performance of the latest PC technology and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. with the familiarity of standard Windows productivity tools, like Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. and Visual Basic. The J750's 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 BridgePoint Founded in 1998, BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing is the largest independent outsourced semiconductor services provider in North America. A privately held semiconductor engineering and manufacturing company, BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing provides semiconductor test, failure analysis, exotic package assembly and high-end board assembly. Headquarters are located in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit www.bridgept.com. About Teradyne Teradyne (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TER Third version. See bis. ) is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and is also a leading supplier of high performance interconnection systems. Manufacturers of semiconductors, circuit assemblies, and voice and broadband telephone See IP phone, softphone and VoIP. networks use Teradyne's test products. Manufacturers of communications and computing systems central to building networking infrastructure use Teradyne's backplane An interconnecting device that has sockets for printed circuit boards to plug into. Passive and Active Although resistors may be used, a "passive" backplane adds no processing in the circuit. assemblies and high-density connectors. The company had sales of $3.0 billion in 2000 and currently employs about 8000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.teradyne.com. |
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