PALO ALTO, CA -- Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced the Versatest Series Model V5500, a final test solution for multichip package devices (MCP) and discrete flash memory. The tester-per-site architecture and optional Programmable Interface Matrix are said to optimize single-insertion testing of MCPs with multiple memory types (Flash, DRAM and SRAM).
Has 16,384 pins per testhead, to fully utilize x320 handlers at up to 320 NAND devices in parallel. Enables parallel testing of high-pin-count NOR and MCPs at up to 256 devices in parallel.
BOSTON -- Teradyne Inc. is laying off 400 employees, or approx. 7% of its workforce, with the cuts falling on the semiconductor test unit. The division produced nearly half of Teradyne’s net bookings in the first quarter, according to a release published by the Boston Business Journal.
The company did not immediately specify what locations would be affected. In June it sold its PCB manufacturing unit in North Reading, MA, to a division of Solectron.
Teradyne expects to complete the current layoffs by the end of the year, and said it would record severance charges of approximately $12.7 million and $4 million, respectively, for the third and fourth quarters.BUFFALO, NY – NanoDynamics has opened an online Sample Store (nanodynamics.com/Home/samplestore) to minimize the hassle of evaluating or qualifying its products. Customers can order metal powder samples over the Internet and have them delivered anywhere.
The store will initially offer nanosilver and copper powder lines, with future plans to include nanosized nickel powders, nanoceramic powders and dispersions, carbon nanotubes and nanoclays.