Semiconductor Test Consortium
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The Semiconductor Test Consortium (STC) is a collaborative venture founded with the aim of driving the development of ATE
standards throughout the entire test process, enabling ATE peripheral interface standards and encouraging closer working relationships between the semiconductor
industry and the ATE development community. It was founded in 2003 to develop a common test architecture that is completely open
, documented and supported via solutions available from all ATE vendors.
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...
standards throughout the entire test process, enabling ATE peripheral interface standards and encouraging closer working relationships between 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...
industry and the ATE development community. It was founded in 2003 to develop a common test architecture that is completely open
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
, documented and supported via solutions available from all ATE vendors.