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ASSET InterTech is the world leader in Manufacturing Test and Hardware Debug Solutions for processor-based boards.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Bob Greenfield, G&A PR 972/254-2887 bob.greenfield@verizon.net
Alan Sguigna , ASSET 972/664-3105 asguigna@asset-intertech.com
Billy Fenton, International Test Technologies +353 749 188 100 billy_fenton@intertesttech.com
Richardson, TX, USA, and County Donegal, Ireland (date 29th August 2005) – ASSET InterTech (www.asset-intertech.com), a leader in boundary-scan (IEEE 1149.1/JTAG) test and in-system programming ( ISP), and International Test Technologies (www.intertesttech.com), a leader in microprocessor emulation-based board test and debug, announced today that they have jointly developed support for Intel® Interconnect Built-In Self Test (Intel® IBIST) embedded test technology on International Test Technologies’ MicroMaster functional test platform. By combining at-speed processor-based functional tests and Intel IBIST specific tests, electronics manufacturers can increase efficiencies and reduce test costs.
The ASSET ScanWorks® boundary scan system is the only JTAG platform that supports Intel IBIST. ASSET and International Test Technologies have had a strategic relationship since September of 2004 when the two companies announced joint development and marketing activities.
Intel IBIST is an embedded technology for testing chip-to-chip interconnects and validating high-speed bus designs. Intel IBIST uses a circuit board’s boundary-scan infrastructure as the hardware and software communication methodology for accessing and controlling embedded on-chip Intel IBIST capabilities. Intel has embedded Intel IBIST capabilities into many high-speed interfaces on its server chipsets and processors to lower overall cost of test and more effectively validate high-speed buses such as PCI Express (PCIe), Fully Buffered DIMM (FBD) and others.
ASSET’s easy yet powerful ScanWorks boundary-scan test and ISP environment is currently used by leading electronics companies such as Cisco, Lucent Technologies, Agilent, BAE Systems, Alcatel, Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson, Raytheon, SBS, Solectron, Rockwell Collins, EMC and others.
“Integrating ScanWorks Intel IBIST support on the MicroMaster platform continues ASSET’s leadership position as the only boundary-scan supplier with tools to accelerate the deployment of Intel’s next-generation test technology,” said Tim Caffee, ASSET’s Director of Business Development. “And now with the capabilities of MicroMaster’s microprocessor-based functional test, high-volume manufacturers have a platform for test suites that achieves high test coverage and ensures product quality.”
Billy Fenton, CEO of International Test Technologies, pointed out that next-generation Intel-based circuit boards will require both CPU emulation functional test and Intel IBIST to achieve high test coverage. “Circuit boards these days have very few, if any, test points designed into them. This and the presence of high-frequency buses dictate non-intrusive, structural and at-speed functional test methods. Integrating ScanWorks Intel IBIST support on the MicroMaster addresses these needs.”
ScanWorks for Intel IBIST on the MicroMaster platform is available now from ASSET InterTech through its worldwide direct sales force and network of resellers. Licenses are sold as an add-on option to standard ScanWorks test stations or for new customers, ScanWorks for Intel IBIST Development Station. Typical pricing for new customers is $20,000. Limited-term, standard and network licenses are available, ensuring flexible pricing options and low cost of ownership.
ASSET InterTech, Inc. develops, markets, sells, and supports boundary-scan testability and in-system programming (ISP) products worldwide. ASSET’s affordable ScanWorks® environment is easy yet powerful. It allows users to quickly and easily test semiconductors, circuit boards or entire systems during every phase of a product's life, including design, manufacturing/repair and field maintenance. The ISP capabilities of ScanWorks can be used to load software or data into programmable devices after they have been connected to a printed circuit board. The ScanWorks product family works in conjunction with a standard of the International Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) society known as the IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) boundary-scan test specification. ASSET InterTech is located outside of Dallas, TX, at 2201 North Central Expressway, Suite 105, Richardson, TX 75080.
For product information, call toll free 888-694-6250, send faxes to 972-437-2826, direct e-mail to sales@asset-intertech.com or visit the company’s Web site at www.asset-intertech.com.
International Test Technologies is the world leader in design and manufacture of functional test and hardware diagnostic solutions for electronics industries. Their highly successful MicroMaster product range traces faults during the development and manufacture of any electronic circuit boards equipped with a processor. MicroMaster supports a very wide range of processors, including the Intel® Pentium® processor family, Intel® XScale™ Architecture processors, AMD® Athlon/Duron, Freescale™/IBM® PowerPC®, ARM® 7/9 and TI OMAP™ processor families. Typical applications for the MicroMaster include Telecommunications, Networking and Internet Appliances, Games Consoles, PC Manufacture and Repair, Office Automation, the Avionics and Automotive industries. International Test Technologies headquarters are in Ireland (Larkin House, Oldtown Road, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland) and their US Office is based in San Francisco. For product information, call +353 (0) 749 188 100 (or 415-753-5376 in the USA), email sales@intertesttech.com, or visit the company’s website at www.intertesttech.com.
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