TRADE NEWS: SiS Selects Agilent Technologies 93000 SOC Tester for 1.6 Gb/s HyperTransport Device Testing.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2003 Agilent System Offers SiS Test Speeds of up to 2.5 Gb/s for Testing of Current and Future High-Speed Technologies Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced that Silicon Integrated Systems Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS, Traditional Chinese: 矽統科技) is a company that manufactures, among other things, motherboard chipsets. The company was founded in 1987 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan. Corp. (SiS), a leading supplier of core logic and graphics chipsets, has purchased the Agilent 93000 SOC Series NP-models for testing of its HyperTransport devices used in high-performance PCs, workstations and servers. The Agilent 93000 SOC NP-models feature test speeds of up to an industry-leading 2.5 Gb/s, thus providing SiS with the capability of fast and thorough testing of upcoming high-speed technologies such as PCI Express A high-speed peripheral interconnect from Intel introduced in 2002. Note that although sometimes abbreviated "PCX," PCI Express is not the same as "PCI-X" (see PCI-SIG and PCI-X for comparison). As a result of the confusion, "PCI-E" or "PCIe" is the accepted abbreviation. and Serial ATA See SATA. Serial ATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment . SiS has successfully tested SiS755, the first 1.6 Gb/s chipset with HyperTransport on the Agilent 93000 NP-model. "Time to market is one of our key concerns, as missing only one product cycle can put us out of the fast-moving PC market," said Michael T.H. Chen, senior vice president of SiS' Integrated Product and Connectivity Product Division. "The Agilent 93000 NP-model is a single scalable platform that maximizes our long-term capital investment by adding new capabilities over time instead of having to buy new testers frequently before the existing ones are written off." "The 93000 enables SiS to introduce leading-edge technology to the market without an added investment in a new ATE platform," said Tom Newsom, vice president and general manager of Agilent's SOC Business Unit. "Traditionally, Agilent provides the longest system lifetimes in the automated testing (testing) automated testing - Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation. equipment industry, which allows our customers to get a healthy return on their investments -- even during the hard times." Integrated functions like the scope tool and built-in source sync option allow for fast debugging and therefore faster time to market. The 93000's unique per-pin-architecture ensures low test times in production as all pins can be processed in parallel at the same time. About HyperTransport Technology HyperTransport technology is a high-speed, high-performance, point-to-point link for integrated circuits, and is designed to meet the bandwidth needs of tomorrow's computing and communications platforms. HyperTransport technology helps reduce the number of buses while providing a high-performance link for PCs, workstations, and servers, as well as numerous embedded applications and highly scalable multiprocessing systems. About the Agilent 93000 SOC Series The Agilent 93000 SOC Series is the industry's fastest growing, lowest cost single, scalable platform with over 400 installed systems. The Agilent 93000 SOC Series is designed to meet both the demanding performance and cost challenges of SOC testing. Models are configured to span the widest range of applications that may require ultra-high-speed digital data rates, up to 10 Gb/s, and the broadest range of mixed-signal and RF capabilities. With this range of capabilities, the 93000 SOC Series is the first choice for SCMs and the first choice for high-volume manufacturing. For more information visit: www.agilent.com/see/semitestnews. About SiS Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS), a leading core logic and graphics supplier, was founded in 1987 in the Hsin-chu Science-based Industrial Park in Taiwan. Combining a broad logic technology base (CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , core logic, 3D graphics, connectivity) with advanced fab capabilities (0.18u/0.15u/0.13u), the company is well positioned to be a leader in system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices. The company has been listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSEC) Established in 1961, the only centralized securities market in Taiwan. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). 2363) since August 1997. For more information, please visit www.sis.com. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics and life sciences. The company's 36,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $6 billion in fiscal year 2002. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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