Flexible Test Strategies Keeping Pace with Semiconductor Evolution

Automated test equipment (ATE) is positioned to support the industry’s long-term growth, ensuring scalability and reliability.

The semiconductor industry is transforming, driven by advancements in AI, advanced packaging, heterogeneous integration, and edge computing. As semiconductor design and manufacturing grow in complexity to meet these needs, flexible test strategies emerge as the linchpin for balancing yield, cost, and quality.

The automated test equipment (ATE) sector plays a critical role in not only ensuring these complex, high-performance chips meet stringent quality standards but also preparing the industry to navigate a steady stream of future challenges.

Innovative test strategies are essential in this effort, encompassing comprehensive options that optimize the cost of quality from wafer to final test and system-level testing.

With flexible solutions – for example, the ability to shift tests left or right to other insertions – manufacturers can determine the ideal test approach based on all factors such as cost, test time, and more. 

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