DCI Acquires Semiconductor Test Sockets Maker Liberty Research Inc.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2000 Dimensions Consulting Inc., a leading maker of load boards, device-under-test cards and probe cards A probe card is an interface between an electronic test system and a semiconductor wafer. Its purpose is to provide an electrical path between the test system and the circuits on the wafer, thereby permitting the testing and validation of the circuits at the wafer level, usually for the semiconductor and automated test equipment industries, has acquired Liberty Research Inc., a specialized manufacturer of semiconductor test and burn-in sockets. With the acquisition finalized, Liberty Research and its employees have become DCI (Display Control Interface) An Intel/Microsoft programming interface for full-motion video and games in Windows. It allowed applications to take advantage of video accelerator features built into the display adapter. employees, responsible for the Liberty Research sockets line. Nick Langston Sr., president of Liberty Research, also in Santa Clara, has been named product line manager for sockets, reporting to DCI President Zaid Ayoub. Speaking about the acquisition, Ayoub said, &uot;Because of our focus on electronics test, the synergy between DCI and Liberty's product lines will allow us to offer more comprehensive solutions to the test and burn-in marketplace.&uot; After studying a list of candidate socket makers, Ayoub said he narrowed his planned acquisition to Liberty Research. &uot;Nick Langston, who is well-known and respected in the electrical test industry, has long been recognized for selling extremely reliable products at competitive prices.&uot; Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. &uot;We look forward to rapidly growing our high-performance socket's part of DCI's business,&uot; said Langston. &uot;The complementary product lines that DCI will offer with the Liberty Research-branded sockets will enable us to provide more comprehensive products and services to our mutual customers,&uot; Langston added. The Liberty Research staff will move to DCI's facilities in Santa Clara, a few miles from Liberty's location. All former Liberty Research sockets will be supported from the new site. DCI will offer Liberty's full range of sockets, including units for CSPs, microBGA packaged-devices, PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. and QFP (Quad FlatPack) A square, surface mount chip package that has leads on all four sides and comes in several varieties. PQFP (Plastic QFP) may refer to all of the following QFP types. All quad flatpacks use gull-wing leads, except for the CQFP, which stick straight out. devices. DCI was started in San Mateo San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. in 1989. After outgrowing its first headquarters, the company moved to Santa Clara. DCI provides printed circuit board design, engineering, manufacturing, assembly and test. The company maintains its cutting-edge industry lead through maintaining a high quality level and substantial investments in advanced PC board manufacturing hardware and software, including Allegro (operating system) Allegro - The code name for the major Mac OS release due in mid-1998. http://devworld.apple.com/mkt/informed/appledirections/mar97/roadmap.html. layout tools. DCI's Web site is located at www.dci-us.com. Note to Editors: Allegro is a registered trademark of Cadence Inc.; microBGA is a registered trademark of Tessera tessera: see mosaic. Inc. |
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