SoC testing

SoC (system-on-a-chip) testing is the testing of system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices. Testing them becomes an increasing challenge as these devices become more complex. An SoC design is typically built block by block; efficient testing is also best done block by block. Today, designers can install a specialized, pre-designed, configurable embedded system to test and debug each block. Using such an embedded system, a designer can specify the test speed, fault coverage, diagnostic options, and test length for testing any random logic block.

Read more about it at: > Teradyne makes SoC test equipment. > EE Times has an article by Yervant Zorian, "Embedded Test Complicates SoC Realm." > An article by Jeff Childs explains the benefits of on-chip testing. > Agilent Technologies also offers SoC test equipment.

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Last updated on: Sep 21, 2005

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