Credence To Demonstrate The Only High-Performance Microcontroller Focused Tester At SEMICON/West 96.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 1996--Credence Systems Corp. (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 :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. ), a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the semiconductor industry, today announced it will offer demonstrations of its SC Micro(TM) tester during SEMICON/West 96 (Booth No. 5401, Hall 4). Credence's SC Micro is a new test system designed to provide the lowest cost of test for high volume production testing of today's complex microcontrollers. This new system delivers many new features in a smaller footprint and at a lower cost. New multisite testing capabilities allow testing of up to 16 devices in parallel, greatly reducing overall test time of digital and digital mixed-signal devices with embedded RAM and EPROM EPROM in full erasable programmable read-only memory Form of computer memory that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off and that can be erased and reused. . The SC Micro establishes a new value standard in price/performance by offering 50 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. performance at a 20 MHz price. "Committed to the zero footprint design, Credence's enhanced SC Micro has a new, more compact footprint. Credence once again sets the value standard," said James T. Healy, president of Credence. "By continually developing products that add important test capabilities for global IC manufacturers, Credence redefines test and maintains its leadership position." The SC Micro features a new innovative software tool, the Opcode Analyzer(TM), that eliminates the tedious task of interpreting binary vector The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. data. Using the Opcode Analyzer, the product engineer or designer can debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. disassembled microcode A set of elementary instructions in a complex instruction set computer (CISC). The microcode resides in a separate high-speed memory and functions as a translation layer between the machine instructions and the circuit level of the computer. and develop customized code libraries unique to each microcontroller family. Tester pattern information is displayed, edited, and created in microcontroller instruction and data format. "The SC Micro fully supports parallel device testing at probe and final test. In a single insertion, the SC Micro can test all digital, DAC's and ADC's, as well as EPROMs," stated Gary Smith Gary Smith may refer to:
"The ability to do full performance test at probe, can mean a very significant savings in test time, especially when testing embedded EPROMs. The SC Micro small footprint and high performance at a very low cost is a great combination for cost sensitive microcontroller manufacturers." Credence Systems Credence Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: CMOS), is a manufacturer of test and analytical equipment for the global semiconductor industry. Founded in 1978, it is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol CMOS. Corp. is a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment (ATE) that serves a broad spectrum of the worldwide semiconductor industry's testing needs. Credence offers a wide range of products with test capabilities for digital, mixed-signal, and memory semiconductors. The company utilizes its proprietary CMOS technologies to redefine test with products that are designed to solve its customers' business problems through technology while meeting the increasingly demanding performance requirements of today's ATE market. The company is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., with manufacturing in Beaverton, Oregon and Santa Clara, Calif. Credence is listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CMOS and can be found on the World Wide Web at http:/www.careermosaic.com/cm/credence/. -0- Note to Editors: Credence, Credence Systems, and SC Micro are trademarks of Credence Systems Corp. All products or company names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Credence Systems Corp. Connie Graybeal, 510/623-4774 connie_graybeal@credence.com or The Loomis Group Inc. Bruce Bedortha, 415/882-9494 bruce@loomisgroup.com |
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