LTX
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LTX is a semiconductor Automatic Test Equipment
(ATE) vendor, founded in 1976 and headquartered in Norwood, MA (Greater Boston
area). Annual sales for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2007, were approximately $147.6MM, and, as of that date, the company had 436 direct employees.
The present focus of the company is the design and development of ATE for the semiconductor
marketplace, but it distinguished itself in the early days as a provider of functional and parametric testers for discrete component RF products. Even today, LTX retains that heritage by offering Fusion, a test platform capable of testing a mixed signal (analog & digital) device.
. Although never verified, corporate lore holds that the name LTX was an abbreviation for the clarion call of its founders: "Leave Teradyne by Christmas (Xmas)" or possibly "Left Teradyne at Christmas." Still others insist that LTX stands for "Linear Test eXcellence", "Linear Test eXperts", or is simply an abbreviation of the word "Electronics". LTX grew rapidly in its first decade, with customers and offices throughout the world and as many as 2,000 employees by 1985.
Acquisition of Trillium in the 1980s established LTX in the digital test market.
On June 22, 2008 LTX signed a merger agreement with one of its principal competitors: Credence Systems Corporation . LTX CEO and President David Tacelli will become CEO of merged company.
On August 29, 2008 LTX and Credence Systems Corporation complete merger to form LTX-Credence Corporation
.
Automatic test equipment
Automatic or Automated Test Equipment is any apparatus that performs tests on a device, known as the Device Under Test , using automation to quickly perform measurements and evaluate the test results...
(ATE) vendor, founded in 1976 and headquartered in Norwood, MA (Greater Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
area). Annual sales for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2007, were approximately $147.6MM, and, as of that date, the company had 436 direct employees.
The present focus of the company is the design and development of ATE for the semiconductor
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
marketplace, but it distinguished itself in the early days as a provider of functional and parametric testers for discrete component RF products. Even today, LTX retains that heritage by offering Fusion, a test platform capable of testing a mixed signal (analog & digital) device.
History
LTX was founded by Graham Miller, Roger Blethen, et al. All of the founders left nearby competitor, TeradyneTeradyne
Teradyne , a US company, is a supplier of automatic test equipment . The company's divisions Semiconductor Test and Systems Test Group, are organized by the products they develop and deliver.-History:...
. Although never verified, corporate lore holds that the name LTX was an abbreviation for the clarion call of its founders: "Leave Teradyne by Christmas (Xmas)" or possibly "Left Teradyne at Christmas." Still others insist that LTX stands for "Linear Test eXcellence", "Linear Test eXperts", or is simply an abbreviation of the word "Electronics". LTX grew rapidly in its first decade, with customers and offices throughout the world and as many as 2,000 employees by 1985.
Acquisition of Trillium in the 1980s established LTX in the digital test market.
On June 22, 2008 LTX signed a merger agreement with one of its principal competitors: Credence Systems Corporation . LTX CEO and President David Tacelli will become CEO of merged company.
On August 29, 2008 LTX and Credence Systems Corporation complete merger to form LTX-Credence Corporation
LTX-Credence Corporation
LTX-Credence Corporation is the result of a merger of LTX and Credence Systems Corporation in 2008. LTX-Credence manufactures Automatic Test Equipment for the semiconductor industry.-Competitors:LTX-Credence's principal competitors are:...
.
Competitors
LTX's principal competitors are:- AdvantestAdvantestis a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment for the semiconductor industry, and a manufacturer of measuring instruments used in the design, production and maintenance of electronic systems including fiber optic and wireless communications equipment and digital consumer products...
- TeradyneTeradyneTeradyne , a US company, is a supplier of automatic test equipment . The company's divisions Semiconductor Test and Systems Test Group, are organized by the products they develop and deliver.-History:...
- VerigyVerigyVerigy Ltd is an Advantest Group company in the semiconductor automatic test equipment business. It was spun off from Agilent Technologies in 2006...
- formerly a division of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
, then Agilent TechnologiesAgilent TechnologiesAgilent Technologies , or Agilent, is a company that designs and manufactures electronic and bio-analytical measurement instruments and equipment for measurement and evaluation...