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ASSET InterTech has established
strategic relationships with prominent electronics companies
in the following areas:
Agilent Technologies
ASSET InterTech and Agilent Technologies have entered into
a contractual strategic agreement whereby Agilent has integrated
ASSET's ScanWorks JTAG environment with boundary-scan test
and programming tools into the Agilent 3070 in-circuit test
(ICT) system. ScanWorks/3070 is now the boundary scan capability
on the 3070 systems. Users of ScanWorks/3070 are able to re-use
JTAG tests and programming operations developed during design
debug throughout the product's entire lifecycle, including
volume manufacturing, functional and environmental test, and
in-the-field troubleshooting or repair. ASSET will continue
to work with other suppliers of ICT equipment to support its
existing or potential customers.
CloverTest Associates
CloverTest Associates is a collaborative group of leading
test specialists based in the USA and Europe. CloverTest provides
design-for-test (DFT) seminars and consultancy services for
chip, board and system test to the global electronics manufacturing
and test industries.
CloverTest can be found at www.clovertest.com.
For more information, send e-mail to info@clovertest.com.
PTC,
Inc.
As a result of the strategic relationship between ASSET and
PTC, ASSET's ScanWorks became the first boundary-scan environment
with an industry standard electronic design browser called
InterComm Expert. Under the terms of the contract between
the two companies, ASSET integrated PTC's design browser into
ScanWorks, giving designers and test engineers the ability
to correlate boundary-scan test information and design data
like schematics and layouts from within the ScanWorks environment.
InterComm's suite of electronic design collaboration solutions
enables enterprise-wide visualization, verification, annotation,
and automated comparison of the electronic design intent created
by leading EDA authoring tools. For more information, visit
PTC,
Inc.
Teradyne
ASSET has a longstanding strategic contract with Teradyne
Corporation whereby ASSET supports Teradyne's Victory boundary
scan technology.
Xilinx Corporation
Xilinx Corporation, a leader in programmable logic devices
and gate arrays, and ASSET InterTech have struck a strategic
relationship whereby ASSET's EDFT Services Division validates
the accuracy of the boundary scan description language (BSDL)
file for all Xilinx devices.
American
Arium
American Arium, a privately held corporation headquartered
in Tustin, CA, is a supplier of hardware and software development
tools for ARM based processors, Intel®-Architecture processors,
processors based on Intel XScale technology, and AMD64 processors.
American Arium tools are used worldwide to debug software
in embedded applications, BIOS, device drivers, and OS kernels.
The company is a member of the ARM Development Community.
The following companies are part of the Partner Provider
program for ASSET's Ensure DFT Services Division. This program
teams EDFT's expertise in test strategies and implementation
techniques with third parties that have extensive experience
in migrating boundary-scan tests from a company's design group
to volume manufacturing.
BreconRidge Manufacturing Solutions Corporation
Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, BreconRidge Manufacturing
Solutions is a global provider of a full range of electronics
manufacturing services, including design, process and test
engineering services, manufacturing, systems integration,
distribution and repair.
BreconRidge's web site is www.breconridge.com.
Solution Sources Programming, Inc.
SSP was founded in 1990 when it began offering ICT services.
As a service organization, SSP specializes in programming
and electronic test. The company is committed to providing
reliable programs, rapid completion of projects and high quality
test services. For more information, visit www.ssprog.com.
Testing House
Founded in 1992 by company President, Byoung An. Corporate
headquarters are located in Fremont California. Since then,
being a part of a global market, we have strategically placed
facilities around the world to satisfy the growing world wide
market. Our Customers come first, and it's our responsibility
to provide unsurpassed service where ever our Customers need
it. We're proud of our commitment to our Customers, and we
promise to work even harder in the future. For more information,
visit www.testinghouse.com.
COMPLEMENTARY
TECHNOLOGIES
The ScanWorks boundary-scan environment works in conjunction
with several other technologies. ASSET InterTech has effective
working relationships with many of the companies that provide
these technologies. Some of these companies are listed below.
Electronic
Design Automation Vendors
Cadence, the leading
supplier of electronic design automation products has incorporated
boundary scan automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) capabilities
into its systems. Many of Cadence's standards-compliant capabilities
are compatible with the ScanWorks boundary-scan environment.
LogicVision, a
supplier of built-in self-test products. ASSET supports LogicVision's
memBIST-XT and JTAGxII products for at-speed board test.
Lucent Technologies and ASSET are working
together to bring Lucent's boundary scan test technology to
the marketplace. The companies have jointly developed two
products, STEM and SystemMerge.
Mentor Graphics supplies electronic hardware
and software design solutions. ASSET ScanWorks provides access
to Mentor's test technologies that have been designed into
integrated circuits.
Synopsis provides electronic design tools
for complex integrated circuits. ASSET ScanWorks provides
access to Synopsis' test technologies that have been designed
into integrated circuits.
Programmable
Device Vendors
Because ScanWorks can be used to load configuration data
and program code into programmable logic devices (PLDs) and
flash memories, ASSET has established close working relationships
with the vendors of these devices. These companies include
the following:
- Altera Corporation
- Atmel
- Cypress Semiconductor
- Lattice Semiconductor
- Xilinx
Vendors
of Boundary-Scan Technology
Lattice Semiconductor -- A leader in programmable
logic devices (PLDs), Lattice Semiconductor has pioneered
the use of boundary scan for the on-board programming of PLDs.
Because ScanWorks is compliant with the IEEE 1532 standard
for the in-system configuration (ISC) of PLDs, many of Lattice's
ISC capabilities are compatible with ScanWorks.
National Semiconductor Corporation -- ScanWorks
supports National's SCAN™ Bridge, a hierarchical and
multidrop addressable boundary-scan port, as well as other
devices that are needed to perform IEEE 1149.1 boundary-scan
test or on-board programming.
Texas Instruments, Inc. -- ScanWorks supports
TI's testability support devices, including the Addressable
Scan Port (ASP), Scan Path Linker, 8890 and 8980 test bus
controllers and other 1149.1 devices.
Functional
Test Companies
Agilent Technologies -- ASSET's ScanWorks
supports various test and programming tools from Agilent,
including the company's graphical test programming environment,
Agilent VEE.
National Instruments -- ScanWorks supports
NI's LabVIEW, LabWindows and Test Stand.
Teradyne -- Teradyne's automatic test pattern
generation software, VICTORY, Virtual Interconnect Test (VIT),
Access Analyzer and Boundary-Scan Intelligent Diagnostics
(BSID) have been integrated with ScanWorks. This integration
allows for a seamless test flow from prototype debug to Teradyne
Z, Spectrum and L-Series ICT systems and on to environmental
test and field test.
Software
Development Tools
Microsoft -- ScanWorks supports custom boundary-scan
test development using Microsoft's Visual C++ Version 6.0
and Microsoft Visual Basic.
Borland -- ScanWorks supports custom boundary-scan
test development using Borland C++ Builder Version 3.0 and
Borland C++ Version 5.02.
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