The old adage “time is money” is highly applicable to the production testing of semiconductor devices. Every second that a wafer or chip is under test means that the next part cannot yet be tested.

Long before HD and digital television, before cable and flat screens, Channel 6 looked a whole lot different. A slide, called a test pattern, was the first-ever image broadcast on KOTV on October 15th ...

Success in the electronics business hinges on producing high-quality products and using the most cost-effective methods to do so. As the number of devices on integrated circuits continues to double ...