Teradyne,
Inc. (NYSE:TER) announced that Energy
Micro, a fabless company in Norway that intends to make the world’s
most energy-friendly microcontrollers, is the 100th FLEX™
test platform customer. Teradyne’s FLEX
platform, which is approaching 2000 units shipped, was introduced in
2002. The platform offers multiple systems that allow customers to
optimize for performance, configuration capacity and capital cost. It
spans test requirements from conventional DFT and structural test to
standard analog and mixed-signal to the latest high-integration
System-On-a-Chip (SOC) and System-In-Package (SIP) for consumer,
automotive, mass storage, wireless and data communications applications.
Energy Micro purchased a microFLEX™
test system with BBAC and digital instrumentation to test ultra low
power microcontrollers for battery-operated industrial and consumer
appliances. The FLEX platform was chosen because of its availability at
subcons, as well as its broad suite of instrumentation, which offers
performance headroom for future devices.
“We are pleased to share this milestone with Teradyne,” said Geir Førre,
CEO of Energy Micro. “We selected the microFLEX system because of its
broad suite of instrumentation and highly efficient multisite test
architecture. As a new player in the market, we needed the high
parallelism and fast test times that the microFLEX offers to
economically test our microcontrollers.”
“Energy Micro is a new and innovative player in the microcontroller
market and its selection of the microFLEX demonstrates the expansive
reach the FLEX test platform has in the market,” said Regan Mills,
manager of Teradyne’s Consumer and Wireless business unit. “We are
confident that our product roadmap will allow the FLEX family to
continue to offer the best economics, for both current and new
customers, through high-efficiency, multisite test for the next
generation of devices.”
About Energy Micro
Energy Micro (www.energymicro.com)
helps reducing the energy consumption in embedded products through
development, marketing, and sales of the world's most energy friendly
microcontrollers. Based on modern low power and high performance
microprocessor architectures, the company focuses on innovative
technology and works closely with leading partners and customers
worldwide. Energy Micro was founded in 2007 by experienced semiconductor
professionals with previous expertise from successful semiconductor
companies. More information can be found on the home page.
About Teradyne
Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment
used to test complex electronics used in the consumer electronics,
automotive, computing, telecommunications, and aerospace and defense
industries. In 2008, Teradyne had sales of $1.1 billion and currently
employs about 3,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com.
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other countries. All product names are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc.
(including its subsidiaries).
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Teradyne
Jessica Faulkner, 978-370-1437
Public Relations
jessica.faulkner@teradyne.com
