Test & Measurement
Advantest Partners with OpenLight to Develop Silicon Photonics Test Solutions for High-Volume Manufacturing
Advantest and OpenLight announced a partnership to develop solutions for scalable, high-volume silicon photonics testing. As AI and high-performance computing workloads increase, data centers are adopting silicon photonics and co-packaged optics technology. The companies will collaborate t
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Teradyne Appoints Alpa Sood as India Country Manager in Bengaluru as Expansion Aligns with India Semiconductor Mission
Teradyne has appointed Alpa Sood as India Country Manager, based in Bengaluru. She joined the automated test equipment (ATE) and semiconductor test solutions leader in June 2026, succeeding Paresh Bharkhada as Country Manager. Sood’s appointment comes as Teradyne expands its footprin
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Emerson Makes High-Performance RF Testing More Accessible with New NI PXI Core VSTs
Emerson has expanded its NI PXI Vector Signal Transceiver (VST) lineup with two new instruments
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Keysight Introduces Electrical-Optical-Electrical Simulation in ADS 2026 for Data Center and Ethernet Design
Keysight Technologies, announced an Electrical-Optical-Electrical (EOE) simulation solution in ADS 2026. The solution enables engineers to simulate complete electrical-to-optical-to-electrical signal chains within a single design environment. It addresses the growing need for modeling inter
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The Unsung Hero of AI Chips: How ATE is Revolutionizing Semiconductor Testing in the Intelligent Era
Innovation fuels semiconductor manufacturing, yet testing and quality assurance remain its unsung hero. While new features of advanced chip capture attention, device reliability and consistent performance under all operating conditions ultimately determine real-world success. Extreme automation a
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Teradyne Acquires TestInsight to Accelerate Time to Market for AI and Data Center Devices
Teradyne acquired TestInsight, a provider of semiconductor test development, validation, and conversion software. The acquisition expands Teradyne’s position in design-to-test software. TestInsight’s tools and team will support the development of test solutions on Teradyne
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Spectrum Instrumentation Introduces DDS Option for 65xx Series Arbitrary Waveform Generators
Spectrum Instrumentation has introduced a new Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) option for its 65xx series Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWGs). This option provides a method for generating sinusoidal signals, finely tuneable reference sources, combined sine waves, waveform trains, frequency sweeps,
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Keysight Technologies Showcases Infiniium XR8 and other High Performance Oscilloscopes
Keysight Technologies, the global leader and number one vendor of highly reliable, high-performance test and measurement equipment for electronics and semiconductor design, showcased its latest innovations at the IESA Vision Summit 2026 targeting pre-silicon and post-silicon companies, industry l
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Rohde & Schwarz and Realtek Deliver First Validated Test Solution for Bluetooth LE High Data Throughput as Industry Grapples with Testing Gaps in Fast-Growing IoT Market
Rohde & Schwarz and Realtek Semiconductors have validated the industry’s first test solution for Bluetooth LE High Data Throughput (HDT), an upcoming feature on the Bluetooth SIG roadmap that increases maximum data rates from 2 Mbps to up to 7.5 Mbps (with SIG projections indicating pot
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XJTAG Releases XJLink-PF20 JTAG Controller and XJExpress SPI Flash Programmers
XJTAG has launched the XJLink-PF20, the latest addition to the XJLink-PF series. Following the XJLink-PF40 released earlier this year, the XJLink-PF20 provides a 4-TAP two-port configuration for functional and JTAG boundary scan testing using the XJTAG testing suite.
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Keysight Launches N99xxD FieldFox Handheld Analyzer with 120 MHz Gap-Free IQ Streaming and 10 GbE Transfer for 5G, 6G and Satellite Signal Analysis
Keysight Technologies has introduced the N99xxD-Series FieldFox Handheld Analyzer, the latest generation of its FieldFox family of portable RF instruments. The D-Series supports 120 MHz gap-free IQ streaming through built-in SFP+ ports with 10 GbE high-speed data transfer. The
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Rohde & Schwarz Unveils High-Frequency R&S ZNB3000 Models up to 54 GHz for AI and RF Testing
Rohde & Schwarz has introduced new frequency models for its R&S ZNB3000 vector network analyzer, extending coverage to 32 GHz, 43.5 GHz, and 54 GHz. Launched in February 2025, the R&S ZNB3000 is designed for high-speed and precise RF testing and will be showcased at European Microwave
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