Nextest's Maverick Test Systems Make Inroads into University Test Labs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003 Nextest Systems Corporation, a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment (ATE) for cost-sensitive semiconductors, today announced that two technology-based universities have selected the Maverick Maverick family name of two brothers, Bret and Bait; self-centered and untrustworthy gentlemen gamblers. [TV: Terrace, II, 80] See : Gambling system for their test lab programming and development requirements. Temasek Polytechnic Temasek Polytechnic (Abbreviation: TP; Chinese: 淡馬錫理工學院; Malay: Poli-tek-nik Temasek) is the third polytechnic to be set up in Singapore. The polytechnic was established on 6 April 1990. , a public educational institution located in Singapore that offers diploma courses in applied science, business, design and engineering, has selected the Maverick for their test education purposes. The low system-acquisition cost enabled Temasek Polytechnic to purchase multiple systems so that the students have greater access to system-development time. In addition, the University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg, located near Frankfurt, Germany, chose the Maverick for their semiconductor test programming laboratories. The University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg purchased the Maverick through Synatron, Nextest's distributor in Germany. Both educational institutions said they selected the Maverick system because the Nextest software development environment allows students to learn fundamental testing methodologies without being tied to a proprietary programming language. Also, both purchasers liked the Maverick's easy-to-use graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) and the low acquisition cost. Professor Konrad Doll, of the University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg, stated, "The system's flexible, easy-to-use architecture is extremely important because it allows us to better educate our students more timely and efficiently. Maverick's graphical user interface software was superior to anything else we evaluated." "Education-based customers are essential to our business because the systems sold are being used to train the test engineers of the future," said Tim Moriarty, Nextest's VP of Sales. "Having students learn and develop test programs on our systems will provide them with the necessary skill-set that they can apply immediately to the job upon graduation." About Temasek Polytechnic Temasek Polytechnic is a tertiary tertiary (tûr`shēârē), in the Roman Catholic Church, member of a third order. The third orders are chiefly supplements of the friars—Franciscans (the most numerous), Dominicans, and Carmelites. school whose role is to support the continued growth of Singapore by providing employers with educated and capable employees. The central educational philosophy of Temasek Polytechnic is Problem-Based Learning problem-based learning Medical education An instruction strategy in which groups of students are presented with clinical problems without prior study or lectures. See Cooperative learning. which simulates real world learning, equips students with strong process skills and encourages students to become self-directed learners. Industrial partners of Temasek Polytechnic include Ericsson and Nokia. Temasek Polytechnic offers degrees in applied science, business, design, and engineering. About University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg specializes in applied sciences, marketing and management. It offers training in various applied fields including microelectronics microelectronics, branch of electronic technology devoted to the design and development of extremely small electronic devices that consume very little electric power. , automatic control engineering, industrial engineering, logistics, and production engineering. Established in 1994, this university's goal has been to prepare students for employment in the changing world market and foster greater cooperation with the business community. About Nextest Nextest Systems Corporation is the low-cost leader in the design and manufacturing of ATE for non-volatile memory Refers to memory chips that hold their content without power being applied. It may refer to chips that are not changeable, such as ROMs and PROMs, or to chips that can be rewritten many times such as flash memory. , micro-controllers, 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. and System-on-a-chip (SOC) semiconductors. Nextest's products uniquely address the growing demand for increased speeds, reliability, functionality and capacity, while reducing time to market and the cost of test. Nextest has approximately 900 systems installed worldwide. Further information is available at www.nextest.com. |
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