Top Stories

Adaptive Test Gains Ground
Demand for improved quality at a reasonable cost is driving big changes in test processes.

Does HW Vs. SW Choice Affect Quality And Reliability?
Tradeoffs become more important as designs become more complex, more critical, and more long-lived.

Chips Good Enough To Bet Your Life On
Experts at the Table: Strategies for improving automotive semiconductors.

Blogs

Editor in Chief Ed Sperling observes that carmakers are beginning to think more realistically about electronics, in Selective Redundancy In Cars.

Synopsys’ Rahul Deokar explains why process variability, physical effects, and the impact of interconnect are critical in timing analysis, in The Challenge Of Balancing Performance And Accuracy For Advanced Node Timing Signoff.

FormFactor’s Peter Andrews suggests ways to add automation to a test setup without compromising low-noise performance, in High Throughput Noise Measurements.

YieldHub’s Marie Ryan offers reasons to purchase a yield analysis system instead of building it yourself, in Benefits Of Outsourcing Yield Management Software.

Sponsor White Papers

Lower Process Nodes Drive Timing Signoff Software Evolution
How major advances in timing signoff technologies address the new challenges.

Industry 4.0 And The Rise Of QPaaS
How quality protection as a service (QPaaS) relies on advanced analytics and machine learning to continuously monitor components’ functionality.

Case Study: Monitoring Humidity To Reduce Reticle Haze Effects
ReticleSense wireless devices reduce reticle haze and support faster equipment qualifications.

Combining Machine Learning With Advanced Outlier Detection To Improve Quality And Lower Cost
A novel remote inference capability places machine learning models at the assembly and test house, without any sensitive data leaving the assembly and test house.