Magnum Grande tests 720 devices at once

Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 9/1/2006

Nextest Systems’ Magnum Grande provides up to 7680 I/O pins deployed over 960 sites. The 12-chassis system, which targets flash memory test, brings with it a 25% test cost reduction over last year’s 320-site configuration, the company reports. The system uses the same floor space, operating software, test programs, and spare parts as its predecessor.

Each Magnum system is built from a set of “site assemblies,” each of which contains all of the data-generation, error-processing, timing, and DC resources required to test a variety of devices, including both NAND and NOR flash memories. Each site assembly also includes an embedded 1.2-GHz PC for local control of the test process.

Base price: less than $400 per pin. Nextest Systems, www.nextest.com.