ABOV Semiconductor Purchases J750 for Microcontroller Testing

NORTH READING, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER) announced that ABOV Semiconductor, a fabless microcontroller semiconductor company, selected the J750 test system for characterization and production test of its portfolio of 8-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers. The first system has been installed at ABOV’s Ochang research and development site in South Korea.

“In addition, the J750 offers the headroom to handle our future testing needs by giving us the ability to scale up to their Ex instrumentation when the timing is right.”

After evaluating alternative solutions in the marketplace, ABOV selected the J750 because it offers the best economic value and most complete digital performance and analog measurement coverage for their wide range of microcontroller products. ABOV also valued the broad adoption of the J750 in the marketplace as thousands of systems are installed and widely available at subcons and Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facilities.

“The broad market acceptance of the J750 and its ability to meet all the wafer sort and final test insertion measurement requirements across ABOV’s microcontroller product lines was extremely attractive,” said Junghoon Kim, director of Production Division, ABOV Semiconductor. “In addition, the J750 offers the headroom to handle our future testing needs by giving us the ability to scale up to their Ex instrumentation when the timing is right.”

“The J750 platform is the ideal choice in the marketplace for microcontroller test,” said Kyle Klatka, Consumer Digital Market Segment manager, Teradyne. “We are pleased that ABOV selected the J750 as it continues to offer the most compelling cost of test economics for price-sensitive, consumer digital applications and is readily available at dozens of subcons.”

For more information on the J750, please visit: http://www.teradyne.com/J750.

About ABOV

ABOV Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a fabless semiconductor company which produces and sells microcontroller units (MCU), was established on January 11, 2006 and has been listed at KOSDAQ since June 5, 2009. ABOV’s headquarters and research center are located in Ochang Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. Additional locations include a business office and research center in Seoul along with offices in Shinzhen, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

A spin-off from Magnachip Semiconductor, ABOV has developed and produced more than 100 types of MCU and sold more than a billion in products. ABOV currently holds 63 patents (39 domestic & 24 overseas) and is striving to become the number one MCU supplier in the world by innovating within high technology to meet customers demands in new and existing markets.

About Teradyne

Celebrating it’s 50th anniversary in 2010, 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 2009, Teradyne had sales of $819 million and currently employs about 2,900 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com. Teradyne (R) is a registered trademark of Teradyne, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All product names are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc. (including its subsidiaries).

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