Agere adopts Teradyne systems for SoC testing

Agere Systems Inc. has adopted Teradyne Inc.'s Tiger test systems for the multi-site production testing of its SoC devices.

Agere Systems offers a portfolio of storage components which include integrated SoCs, read channels, preamplifier ICs, and motor controllers for HDDs. Teradyne's Tiger system will provide Agere with the throughput and test coverage expected to improve manufacturing efficiency and maintain the quality in its SoC devices.

"Teradyne Tiger's mixed-signal architecture enables Agere to overcome the issues associated with multi-site SoC testing through its device throughput," said Sandeep Kumar, director of test engineering for Agere's Storage division. "Teradyne's Tiger system offers the technology and performance to test next-generation SoC."