Automated test solutions will be essential to meet semiconductor market demand.
This episode of Manufacturing the Future is brought to you by Elevate Semiconductor.
Many economists and futurists have stated that semiconductors will be in the 21st century what oil was in the 20th. As a critical enabling economic input, semiconductors, particularly processors and memory, will largely determine the future of companies and nations. As supply chains are shifting from global to regional, this decade is seeing an unprecedented reshoring of semiconductor manufacturing to the United States.
The industry is also rapidly evolving with ever higher component density and new materials, with gallium replacing silicon in many applications. Manufacturing the chips is only one part of the problem. Fast, cost-effective testing must not become the bottleneck in semiconductor production. The solution is automation.
To discuss this critical issue is Patrick Sullivan, Founder and Chief Technology Officer with Elevate Semiconductor. As a designer with over 30 years of experience with automated test hardware applications, Sullivan is an expert in the field with previous positions held at Brooktree, Edge Semiconductor, Semtech, Planet ATE and Intersil.
To learn more about the latest developments in IC testing technology, visit Elevate Semiconductor.
For more information on the challenges of the ATE industry and how companies like Elevate are working to solve them, check out the accompanying article Acing the Test: The Chips Behind the Chips.
