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Article: The FATE of open architectures.(Editor's Note)(T2000 ATE systems)
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- Test & Measurement World
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Open-architecture ATE got a boost at the International Test Conference (see p. 11) when Advantest announced that it will ship its T2000 ATE systems, which conform to the Semiconductor Test Consortium's OpenStar specification. At the "Future of ATE" (FATE) workshop following the ITC (full disclosure: I served on the workshop's program committee), Intel engineers emphasized the importance to them of standardizing the "precompetitive" features of ATE, such as backplanes and software.
OpenStar proponents contend that standardization will enable test vendors to compete where it counts: in the instruments that plug into open ATE systems. Concomitant with this point is ...