Teradyne Reaches Deal With Galaxy For Real-time And Offline Test Data Analysis

(RTTNews) - Teradyne, Inc. (TER) and Galaxy Semiconductor Solutions, a provider of test data analysis software, announced they have entered into an OEM agreement to provide an integrated, advanced analysis capability for Teradyne's entire line of semiconductor test equipment.

As per the terms of the agreement, Teradyne will integrate special versions of Galaxy's Examinator and Examinator-Pro software as an option to its Semiconductor Test platforms. Teradyne's worldwide applications engineering team will also use Examinator to provide customers with acceptance testing, characterization and tester correlation studies to accelerate release-to-production and shorten the time-to-market of new semiconductor devices.

Teradyne and Galaxy engineering teams are collaborating on a new real-time viewer (RTV) capability that will provide test engineers with live histograms, box-plots and Pareto charts displayed as devices are tested. This functionality will enable a highly interactive user experience during initial silicon debug and help improve engineering productivity while minimizing the need for tester time.

The RTV is based on the emerging CAST (Collaborative Alliance for Semiconductor Test) standard interface for real-time test events, which is currently in the standardization process at the SEMI organization. RTV will be demonstrated at the Teradyne User's Group Conference in Orlando on May 4-6.