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DFT in the 3rd dimension (or, “how do we go up from here?”)

Sometimes a post just begs to be written. Subconsciously, little reminders crop up in your input stream (a.k.a. eyes and ears) that prod you into doing something. Last week, like a Hitchcock blonde, it seemed like every time I turned around, something referring to 3-D technology popped out at me. I think it started when I began searching for material on JTAG implementations for MCMs…

Protocol-Aware ATE – Next Big Thing?

I don’t know about you all, but some days it seems like I’m a pinball amongst a vicious set of bumpers and flappers. This blog, as a reflection of my DFT life, will sometimes seem like one free association after another. This week is a good example. I just recently blogged about a random article I found about testing design intent, and through a related exchange with a reader, who mentioned Protocol-Aware ATE, a term with which I was unfamiliar.