Achieving functional safety levels mandated by the ISO 26262 standard requires periodic testing of a vehicle’s electronics. This testing can be applied at three distinct time periods, each with its ...

As process technologies continue to shrink and memory size and design complexity grow, it has become increasingly difficult to achieve high manufacturing yield. Embedded memories are the most dense ...

The first article in this series explains the nature of the memory test challenge in the industry today. The second article in this three-part series on memory test described several non-intrusive ...

The variety of different test methodologies combined with today�s mixture of memory devices creates a complex test profile. The manufacturing test floor hums with activity; a range of memory devices ...

DRAM manufacturers continue to demand cost-effective solutions for screening and process improvement amid growing concerns over defects and process variability, but meeting that demand is becoming ...

The semiconductor capital equipment market is on fire, and the memory chip test equipment sector is no different. But it is getting much more difficult on the memory side. Memory test vendors are ...

Sensory memories are stored for a few seconds at most. They come from the five senses: hearing, vision, touch, smell, and taste. They are stored only for as long as the sense is being stimulated. They ...

Implicit memory is sometimes referred to as unconscious memory or automatic memory. Implicit memory uses past experiences to remember things without thinking about them. The performance of implicit ...