Advantest Corporation is the world’s largest provider of automatic test equipment (ATE) to the semiconductor industry. ATE is used during semiconductor manufacturing to verify that a chip functions to specification, ensuring it works in the end-use application – be it consumer electronics, telecommunications, medical instrumentation or computers and digital TVs, to name a few. Advantest has for over five decades led the way in developing new and innovative test and handling solutions for the global electronics industry.
Advantest has earned a global reputation for blazing new trails in technology innovation. Having established, over its 50-year history, a track record of helping customers turn innovations into practical, market-ready products, in 2003, Advantest became the first ATE supplier to introduce a system-on-chip (SoC) tester platform based on the Open Semiconductor Test Architecture, or OPENSTAR , specification. OPENSTAR is an open test ® architecture that that provides a modular, open platform for accommodating future applications and solutions. This extends the lifetime of the test system and significantly lowers the cost of ownership.
For decades a standard-setter for ATE design and performance, Advantest is also the only true total-solutions provider among ATE companies. Unlike other ATE companies, which have only recently acquired handler product lines or other capabilities, Advantest has always been in the business of offering total solutions. Advantest not only manufactures both testers and handlers, but also designs them to ensure maximum signal integrity, speed, and accuracy.