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Haim Shani, CEO of NICE, is also joining the OptimalTest Board of Directors
Tel Aviv, Israel, March 18, 2008 – OptimalTest, the leader in providing
innovative and integrated enterprise-wide test management solutions, announced
that semiconductor industry visionary and leader Kenneth Levy and NICE Systems
(NASDAQ: NICE) CEO Haim Shani have joined the company’s Board of Directors. The
addition of these two new board members will aid OptimalTest in penetrating new
markets and securing strategic partnerships.
Kenneth Levy, who has been involved with the semiconductor industry for more
than 35 years, is the founder, retired CEO and Chairman and currently Chairman
Emeritus of KLA-Tencor Corporation, the world's leading supplier of process
control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related
microelectronics industries, with an annual turnover of more than $2 billion.
Levy has been active as a Board Member of a number of technology companies. He
presently serves on the Board of Extreme Networks, and previously served on the
Boards of Juniper Networks, Ultratech Stepper, PowerDsine and Saifun
Semiconductors. He is considered a leader and visionary in the international
semiconductor industry. In recognition of his many contributions to the
industry, Levy has received numerous awards, including the "SEMMY Life Time
Achievement Award,” and the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute
Award. He also has been inducted into Silicon Valley’s “Hall of Fame,” has
received the Harvard Business School Association "Silicon Valley Entrepreneur
of the Year" and was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering
"for the development and commercialization of automated inspection systems for
the semiconductor industry."
“I am very pleased to join the OptimalTest Board as Chairman,” said Kenneth
Levy. “The company is led by a high quality, experienced management team and
has a superior product concept which addresses a major problem in semiconductor
testing. I look forward to sharing my 40 years of business experience with OT's
management, and helping them in their goal of building a very successful
Israeli hi-tech company.”
Haim Shani, the CEO of NICE, is also joining the board of OptimalTest. NICE is
a leading global provider of Insight from Interactions advanced solutions and
value-added services, powered by advanced analytics of unstructured multimedia
content - from telephony, web, radio and video communications – to drive
performance. Shani will aid OptimalTest in their development of a long-term
business infrastructure while enabling the company to benefit from his
extensive management experience launching Israeli companies in international
markets.
Shani has served as the CEO of NICE since 2001, and before that, held a series
of senior management positions at Applied Materials where he led the company’s
Process Diagnostic and Control (PDC) business group. Prior to joining Applied
Materials, Shani held various management positions at Orbotech Ltd., including
Corporate Vice President of Marketing and Business Development and President of
Orbotech’s subsidiaries in Asia Pacific and Europe. Prior to joining Orbotech,
Shani held various management positions at Scitex Corporation and IBM.
"I am pleased to join the OptimalTest board,” said Haim Shani. “I look forward
to sharing my many years of experience in building Global Israeli high-tech
companies with the talented OT management team. Their vision of revolutionizing
the (testing process) of the Semiconductor Industry is exciting, and a clear
demonstration of the innovation one can find in this country.”
OptimalTest CEO Dan Glotter noted that the addition of Kenneth Levy and Haim
Shani to the OptimalTest Board of Directors is a vote of confidence which
serves to validate the company’s products, management and employees. “There is
no doubt that the addition of such visionary industry leaders to the board of
directors will enable OptimalTest to maintain its leadership position in the
advanced test management solutions market for the semiconductor industry,” said
Glotter.
About OptimalTest
Established in 2005, OptimalTest provides integrated, comprehensive, universal
automated test management software solutions for the entire test process for
semiconductors. OptimalTest is committed to helping test and semiconductor
professionals master test management through its solutions software so they can
achieve unprecedented ROI on their technology assets and lower test cost of
ownership. A privately held company, OptimalTest’s founders are a seasoned
management team with experience at the world’s best-known semiconductor and
computer companies. OptimalTest is a growing global company and has world-wide
operations in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States. Optimal Test has
secured $28 million in funding from prominent venture capital firms Evergreen
Venture Partners, Pitango Venture Capital and Carmel Ventures and has signed
contracts worth millions of dollars with the leading Semiconductor
manufacturer. For more information, go to www.optimaltest.com.
For more information contact (USA):
Barbara Palmer
Palmer Communications (New York)
914.725.8057
bpalmer@palmercommunications.com
For more information contact (Israel):
Niva Tadmor
Tadmor Initiatives
972 77 6040612
niva@tadmor-pr.com
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Evergreen Venture Partners led the round of funding which included existing
investors Pitango and Carmel Ventures. In addition, the company announced the
signing of a multi-year contract with a leading semiconductor manufacturer
worth millions of dollars per year. OptimalTest, founded and managed by Dan
Glotter and Nir Erez, develops software systems for semiconductor testing
management.
Tel Aviv, Israel, December 09th, 2007 – OptimalTest, the leader in providing
innovative and integrated enterprise-wide test management solutions, closed $16
million (US) in the company’s second round of funding. This round was led by
Evergreen Venture Partners and included existing investors Pitango and Carmel
Ventures.
Venture capital firms Pitango and Carmel Ventures invested $11 million in the
company’s first round in 2005.
OptimalTest develops advanced test management solutions for the semiconductor
industry. The company´s products are based on a unique software engine (OT TMS)
that integrates, optimizes and controls the entire test process, in real-time
production and off-line, including hundreds of test modules (Tester + Prober /
Handler). OptimalTest enables chip manufacturers to significantly improve
performance in utilization, yield, quality, reliability and test time to lower
test cost-of-ownership by up to 50%.
The company’s founders have extensive experience in semiconductor manufacturing
and software development. Dan Glotter, before co-founding OptimalTest, held
various management positions at Intel from 1994-2004. While at Intel, he
established one of the companies manufacturing facilities. Nir Erez is an
entrepreneur with expertise in commercial software development. Most recently,
he is an owner and founder of Eyron Group, a privately held group of software
companies.
In recent years, testing costs increased significantly and now account for 20%
of product costs. The size of the testing market in the semiconductor industry
is $100 billion and growing by $12 billion per annum.
In addition, the company, which was founded in 2005 and employs 60 engineers and
developers, recently announced the signing of a multi-year contract valued in
the millions of dollars per annum with a leading international semiconductor
manufacturer.
As part of the contract, OptimalTest will supply its TMS integrated software
solution, which will initially be implemented in the company’s manufacturing
facility in Taiwan, with deployment later expanded to all of the customer’s
manufacturing facilities around the world. Upon completion of the deployment,
OptimalTest will manage hundreds of test modules at the customer’s facilities.
OptimalTest is currently conducting advanced sales negotiations with four
additional leading semiconductor manufacturers.
Adi Gan, General Partner at Evergreen, who led the investment in OptimalTest,
stated: “The solution OptimalTest developed is generating interest in the
semiconductor industry not only due to its uniqueness but also due to the
technological complexity involved in the production of chips. This is a result
of the minimization process and the market pressures to maintain product
pricing levels. We estimate that the company has tremendous growth potential,
mainly due to the real need of the market to find an end-to-end solution; the
technological innovation of the company’s software product; the quality of the
company’s engineers and management; and its business model, which allows it to
sign multi-year agreements, each worth millions of dollars a year.“
According to Dan Glotter, CEO and co-founder of OptimalTest, the money raised
will be used to establish support facilities at new customer locations around
the world, to expand the professional workforce, and to continue investing in
research and development on current and future product offerings. “We have
proven that OptimalTest’s software solutions assist our customers in their
testing processes. In order to address the demand for our products, we are
expanding rapidly and are planning on recruiting more than 40 engineers and
software developers during 2008,” added Glotter.
Aaron Mankovski from Pitango and Harel Beit-On from Carmel Ventures said: “We
invested in OptimalTest two and a half years ago due to the outstanding and
innovative technology that the company is bringing to the market, and in light
of the exceptional management team leading the company to growth while meeting
targeted objectives. We are pleased to continue and support the company, and to
enable it to grow and lead the market in which it operates.”
About OptimalTest
Established in 2005, OptimalTest provides integrated, comprehensive, universal
test management solutions software for the entire test process. OptimalTest is
committed to helping test and semiconductor professionals master test
management through its solutions software so they can achieve unprecedented ROI
on their technology assets and lower test cost of ownership. A privately held
company, OptimalTest’s founders are a seasoned management team with experience
at the world’s best-known semiconductor and computer companies. OptimalTest is
a growing global company and has world-wide operations in Asia-Pacific, Europe
and the United States. For more information, go to
www.optimaltest.com.
For more information contact (USA):
Barbara Palmer
Palmer Communications (New York)
914.725.8057
bpalmer@palmercommunications.com
For more information contact (Israel):
Niva Tadmor
Tadmor Initiatives
972 77 6040612
niva@tadmor-pr.com
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Worldwide rollout of test management software represents substantial contract
USA, California. October 22nd, 2007 --- OptimalTest, the leader in
providing innovative and integrated enterprise-wide test management solutions,
has sold its Test Management Solution software to a major European
semiconductor Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM) in a multimillion dollar
(U.S. Dollars) annual licensing deal.
The first implementation of OptimalTest’s Test Management Solutions (OT-TMS)
will be conducted in Taiwan, with a rollout to all of the company’s sites
worldwide over the next few years. According to the terms of the agreement,
OT-TMS will manage and optimize hundreds of the European company’s test cells
across various global locations.
Dan Glotter, CEO and co-founder of OptimalTest, says, “We are very gratified
that this major, forward-looking semiconductor company has acknowledged the
benefits of our advanced product suite. OT-TMS is a breakthrough solution for
both its comprehensive scope and its richness and depth, quite unlike any other
existing test management software. Because of its broad coverage and robust
solution, it can deliver unprecedented returns on investment in test
infrastructure. Our European customer trusted us to implement OT-TMS in its
entirety, and is already reaping the benefits.”
OptimalTest’s Test Management Solutions (OT-TMS) is a suite of modular products
that are available as stand-alone building blocks or as a comprehensive system.
TMS helps companies realize higher yields, better quality and reliability, test
time reduction, better equipment utilization and improved overall COO. The TMS
product set includes:
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OT-MGR, the heart of OT-TMS, manages the test cells and test program repository
and includes OT-RULES, a sophisticated rule generator and extensive rules
library.
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OT-BOX, the industry’s first real-time universal test module controller, is
totally product and device independent and controls all testers, probers,
handlers and test programs.
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OT-POST, which executes advanced off-line rule sets to reevaluate testing
results and disposition them accordingly. It uses a rich array of reliability
rules and delivers the highest test quality through cross-SPC health control
comparison of products , test fleet and processes.
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OT-OPS, for centralized test operations, which executes and controls testing at
wafer sort and final test and optimizes setups, utilization and test capacity
while managing retest, probe cards, contactors and overall testing quality.
OT-Ops also includes OT-REPORTs, a unique and advanced expert-system-based
report generator.
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OT-SIM, which simulates rules and algorithms and leverages the power of
simulation by applying rules to historical test data before implementation. It
delivers understanding of rule benefits and delivers proof of concept for “What
if” scenarios.
About OptimalTest
Established in 2005, OptimalTest provides integrated, comprehensive, universal
test management solutions software for the entire test process. OptimalTest is
committed to helping test and semiconductor professionals master test
management through its solutions software so they can achieve unprecedented ROI
on their technology assets and lower test cost of ownership. A privately held
company, OptimalTest’s founders are a seasoned management team with experience
at the world’s best-known semiconductor and computer companies. OptimalTest is
a growing global company and has world-wide operations in Asia/Pacific, Europe
and the United States. For more information, go to
www.optimaltest.com
For more information contact:
Barbara Palmer
Palmer Communications (New York)
914.725.8057
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Comprehensive, scalable, universal test solution enables significant improvements
in ROI and contributes to low test cost of ownership
OptimalTest announces its new suite of software products, Test Management
Solutions (TMS), the semiconductor industry's first comprehensive, scalable and
universal software tool for test management of the entire integrated circuit
(IC) testing process, from pre-production to post-production.
Debuting at this year's International Test Conference in Santa Clara,
California, OptimalTest's Test Management Solutions (OT-TMS) is a totally
integrated, automated software solution. OT-TMS delivers significant
improvements in ROI for existing, installed test technology assets. Because
OT-TMS is customizable, it can add considerable valuable and differentiation to
a semiconductor company's devices and process, no matter whether the company is
an IDM, foundry, fabless or assembly/test house.
OT-TMS addresses the critical test challenges of test time reduction (TTR),
utilization, yield, quality and reliability. By enabling measurable,
significant improvements in each of these five key areas, OT-TMS lowers overall
test cost of ownership.
Seamless Connectivity with the Business Enterprise, Modularly or Entirely
Available as a comprehensive suite of test management solutions or modularly,
as building blocks, OT-TMS delivers seamless connectivity among the five OT-TMS
modules as well as with a company's business enterprise systems. The five
OT-TMS modules are:
OT-Mgr. The heart of OT-TMS, OT-Mgr provides integrated and coherent management
of the multidisciplinary facets of test operations, enabling advanced
generation of testing algorithms. OT-Mgr incorporates OT-Rules, the industry's
first testing scenario language with easily customizable predefined rule
templates.
OT-Sim. A new industry capability that enables the simulation of testing rules
on actual test results prior to implementation in production, OT-Sim helps
quantify benefits, schedule monitors and execute what-if scenarios for maximum
efficiency and ROI.
OT-Box. OT-Box is the industry's first real-time, universal station controller
for all testers, probers, handlers and test programs. OT-box is totally
process- and device-independent, supporting all levels of test parallelism. As
part of OT-TMS, it executes rules that have been created and simulated, and
implements them for wafer sort and final test in real-time or off-line.
OT-Post. OT-Post reevaluates all test results to better control the quality and
health of all facets of your testing operations. OT-Post performs cross-quality
evaluations of the entire testing fleet and all device test-time and yield,
offering extreme data integrity. It also augments device reliability through
PAT and other advanced outlier detection techniques.
OT-Ops. Integrating a set of centralized test operation solutions that enable
operational excellence, OT-Ops supports the need for productive and efficient
test management while pinpointing inefficiencies to enable prompt responses.
Dan Glotter, co-founder and CEO of OptimalTest, says, "We are very pleased to
introduce our new Test Management Solutions (TMS) software product to the
industry and are excited by the advances in test management that it makes
possible. We believe it will make real differences in the quality of devices
and set new standards for management of IC production, from design through
post-production. As the former testing manager of an IC fabrication facility, I
have first-hand experience of the industry challenges, and I think OT-TMS will
be greeted as a welcome solution."
Nir Erez, co-founder and COO, adds, "We are very gratified by the cooperation of
over a dozen major semiconductor companies who shared their test data with us
as we developed OT-TMS. Beta testing OT-TMS resulted in some amazing results
and enthusiastic feedback, so we look forward to making a real contribution to
test management with OT-TMS."
Applies Principles of Adaptive Testing for Optimal Results
OT-TMS is based on principles from the new field of adaptive testing. To perform
adaptive testing, it is mandatory to have both full test module control in
real-time and the ability to create and calculate multiple algorithms for each
die in real-time. (See accompanying backgrounder on adaptive testing.)
OT-TMS is applicable to all kinds of devices -- SoC, Logic, Memory, Mixed
Signal, RF, CMOS Sensors, Stacking CSPs, Mutli Core - from wafer sort to final
test.
Issues of quality, reliability and cost are more critical than ever and require
more sophisticated test management because of the explosion of
semiconductor-driven applications in consumer electronics, mobile
communications, the automotive industry, and medical devices.
OT-TMS is available immediately; pricing depends on module configuration and
other variables and is available by request. For more information, contact
info@optimaltest.com.
About OptimalTest
Established in 2005, OptimalTest provides integrated, comprehensive, universal
test management solutions for the entire test process. OptimalTest is committed
to helping test and semiconductor professionals master test management through
its solutions software so they can achieve unprecedented ROI on their
technology assets and lower test cost of ownership. A privately held company,
OptimalTest's founders are a seasoned management team with experience at the
world's best-known computer and semiconductor companies. Based in Israel, it is
a growing global company and has employees in Asia/Pacific, Europe and the
United States. For more information, go to www.optimaltest.com.
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...company also launches industry-first test management software solution at ITC
OptimalTest, which designs and builds integrated test management software, is
debuting its new suite of products, Test Management Solutions (TMS), at the
International Test Conference (ITC) during Test Week this year. (See
accompanying new product release about OT-TMS.) OptimalTest is also supporting
ITC as its Diamond Corporate Supporter. This year marks the 37th annual
International Test Conference, which is taking place at the Santa Clara
Convention Center.
In addition to exhibiting at ITC (Booth No. 518), OptimalTest chose ITC as the
venue for its software product debut. Dan Glotter, CEO and co-founder of
OptimalTest and a long-time member of the semiconductor test community, says,
"To celebrate the introduction our Test Management Solutions (TMS) software, we
decided to continue again this year as the Diamond Supporter of ITC. ITC is the
perfect environment and target community for our announcement of OT-TMS and
we're proud to introduce it here. For over 35 years, the world's international
test professionals have convened at ITC, and by being a corporate supporter,
we're also supporting the members of the global semiconductor test research,
development and manufacturing community."
At its booth, OptimalTest has scheduled live presentations at regular intervals
(see attached schedule) not only on its new product's features and benefits but
also on industry test management challenges. OptimalTest's guest speakers
addressing industry test management challenges are: Bill Price, NXP; Bob Madge,
LSI; John Bearden, Consultant; Mike Rodgers, formerly with Intel; Reed Linde,
formerly of Intel; Ken Butler, Texas Instruments and Phil Nigh, IBM
In addition, OptimalTest is raffling five Slingboxes for conference attendees
who complete an OptimalTest questionnaire. The Slingbox is the latest high-tech
gadget, which makes it easy to view your favorite TV shows from virtually any
internet-connected PC or mobile phone.
To take a virtual tour of OptimalTest's ITC booth, go to www.optimaltest.com
for a 3D visit.
About OptimalTest
Established in 2005, OptimalTest provides integrated, comprehensive, universal
test management solutions software for the entire test process. OptimalTest is
committed to helping test and semiconductor professionals master test
management through its solutions software so they can achieve unprecedented ROI
on their technology assets and lower test cost of ownership. A privately held
company, OptimalTest's founders are a seasoned management team with experience
at the world's best-known semiconductor and computer companies. Based in
Israel, it is a growing global company and has employees in Asia/Pacific,
Europe and the United States. For more information, go to
www.optimaltest.com
OptimalTest Presentation Schedule at ITC
Tuesday, Oct 24
10:30-10:50 OptimalTest introduction - Multimedia presentation
11:00-11:25 Industry Perspective on Test Management - Bill Price, NXP (formerly Philips)
11:30-11:45 Mastering test management
11:50-12:15 Industry Perspective on Test Management - Bob Madge, LSI
12:30-12:50 A new generation of testing management - OT-Mgr - live demo
12:50 SlingBox prize draw #1
13:00-13:25 Industry's first testing scenario language - OT Rules - Live demo
13:25-13:50 Breakthrough in testing analysis - OT-Sim - Live demo
13:50-14:00 Change management and version control - OT-Publisher- Live demo
14:00-14:25 Industry Perspective on Test Management - John Bearden, ex. IBM
14:30-15:00 The first real-time universal station controller - OT-Box - Live
demo
15:00-15:15 Excelling in post-production testing - OT-Post - Live demo
15:20-15:45 State of the art reporting - OT-Reports - Live demo
15:45-16:10 Industry Perspective on Test Management Mike Rodgers, ex. Intel
16:15 SlingBox prize draw #2
Wednesday Oct 25
09:30-09:50 Mastering test management
10:00-10:25 Industry Perspective on Test Management - John Bearden, ex. IBM
10:30-10:55 A new generation of testing management - OT-Mgr - live demo
10:55-11:25 Industry's first testing scenario language - OT Rules -Live demo
11:25-11:50 Breakthrough in testing analysis - OT-Sim- Live demo
11:50-12:00 Change management and version control - OT-Publisher- Live demo
12:15-12:40 Industry Perspective on Test Management - Bill Price, NXP (formerly Philips)
12:50 SlingBox prize draw #3
13:00-13:30 The first real-time universal station controller - OT-Box - Live
demo
13:30-13:50 Industry Perspective on Test Management - Reed Linde, ex. Intel (Flash)
14:00-14:15 Excelling in post-production testing -OT-Post - Live demo
14:20-14:45 State of the art reporting - OT-Reports - Live demo
15:00-15:25 Intro to OptimalTest - Multimedia presentation
15:30-15:55 Industry Perspective on Test Management - Ken Butler, TI
16:00-16:20 Mastering test management
16:20 SlingBox prize draw #4
Thursday Oct 26
09:30-09:50 Mastering test management
10:00-10:25 Industry Perspective on Test Management - John Bearden, ex. IBM
10:30-10:50 A new generation of testing management - OT-Mgr - live demo
10:50-11:10 Industry's first testing scenario language - OT Rules - Live
demo
11:10-11:30 Breakthrough in testing analysis - OT-Sim- Live demo
11:30-11:40 Change management and version control - OT-Publisher- Live
demo
11:45-12:15 The first real-time universal station controller - OT-Box - Live
demo
12:15-12:35 Industry Perspective on Test Management - Phil Nigh, IBM
12:50 SlingBox prize draw #5
Editors, for more information, contact:
Shlomit Tevet
OptimalTest
(011) 972 8 930 8847
shlomit.tevet@optimaltest.com
or
Barbara Palmer
Palmer Communications
914 725 8057
bpalmer@palmercommunications.com
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Each year, Test & Measurement World’s editors present the
Best in Test awards to products they think are particularly innovative or
useful. Here, we present the Optimal Test - one of the 2007 Best in Test
winners.
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Batya Feldman 26/07/2005 14:20
This is the company's first financing round. It will develop solutions for Fab
processes for chip makers.
Start-up OptimalTest recently completed a $14 million financing round from
Pitango Venture Capital and
Carmel Ventures. The round was particularly large compared with rounds
by companies still being set up and raising money for the first time.
OptimalTest CEO Dan Glotter and Nir Erez founded the company a few months ago.
Glotter was previously testing manager at Intel Israel's Kiryat Gat. Erez was a
partner in Eyron, and was
founder and CEO of ActionBase,
an Eyron spin-off.
OptimalTest plans to develop automation solutions for Fab processes, especially
in the testing and control stages. Its products are intended for chip and
semiconductor makers.
Erez told "Globes" that the reason OptimalTest raised such a large amount of
money was the high cost of development and reaching the company's intended
markets. "Without expanding on the technology, development and market
penetration costs in this industry are very high. This is a very significant
and painful area for chip makers, who bear heavy testing costs. Our solution
will cut these costs. The company is also the great hope in the technology
field, and the hope of realizing this hope in terms of technology is
expensive."
Erez said he thought that Pitango and Carmel Ventures decided to make a large
investment because of the promise of OptimalTest's product.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news -
www.globes.co.il - on July 26, 2005
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Angie Kellen, 11/07/2005
Addition of Two Innovative European Test Companies Strengthens Global Reach of
International Consortium
SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 11, 2005 - The Semiconductor Test Consortium,
Inc. (STC), the leading promoter of the global adoption of the Open
Semiconductor Test Architecture (OPENSTAR) standard, today announced that two
of Europe's most promising test-solution software companies have joined the
consortium. Signaling increased global membership and the breadth of benefits
the OPENSTAR standard lends to the entire semiconductor chain, the STC roster
has soared to 55 member companies with the addition of OptimalTest, an
Israel-based company that develops and implements innovative test capabilities
that significantly reduce the cost of test, augment device reliability and
increase testing quality, and Dublin, Ireland's PX Instrument Technology
(PXIT), which develops and manufactures test and measurement systems for
high-speed data communications. The consortium additionally announced it has
elected Dan Glotter, OptimalTest's CEO, to the STC board.
STC Secretary and Administrator Fred Bode explained, "The STC is pleased to have
OptimalTest and PXIT join our already impressive, growing list of consortium
members, as it enhances the global reach of the organization and further
confirms that the OPENSTAR standard can benefit the test-software segment of
the semiconductor industry. Moreover, today's announcement underlines the
ongoing success and expansion of the consortium, with 14 new member companies
this year so far. The STC looks forward to future contributions from
OptimalTest and PXIT, and to providing strong support for all our members as
they continue to deliver low-cost solutions to the test community."
''OptimalTest understands that widespread, global industry adoption is needed to
create an industry standard that is able to effectively deliver solutions that
reduce the cost of test,'' added Dan Glotter, CEO of OptimalTest. ''We are
honored, as a company, to join an effort that so clearly benefits both the
vendors and users of the semiconductor testing arena. I am also personally very
pleased to have been given the chance to be a part of a board that is so
crucial to the future of cost-effective test solutions.''
The OPENSTAR platform is designed to enable open-architecture test solutions
that offer true hardware and software interoperability with unparalleled
technical and economic benefits. With its STC-outlined standard specifications,
the architecture is accessible to all test-product vendors, enabling them to
offer best-in-class, fully OPENSTAR-certified test solutions. In addition, the
highly scalable and flexible OPENSTAR platform provides inherent extendibility
in performance to meet emerging test requirements.
About the Semiconductor Test Consortium
The Semiconductor Test Consortium was founded in 2003 to develop a common test
architecture that is completely open, documented and supported via solutions
available from all ATE vendors. Open to all companies throughout the
semiconductor supply chain with a vested interest in the test sector, the
consortium is focused on the following goals: driving the direction of
OPENSTAR; publishing the architecture and providing training programs and
workshops to ensure it is truly open; and defining and managing validation
procedures to ensure full vendor interoperability. Today, 38 semiconductor,
equipment and instrumentation companies worldwide and 16 universities in
Europe, Japan, China and the United States support the STC. More information
can be found at www.semitest.org
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OPENSTAR is a registered trademark of the Semiconductor
Test Consortium.
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