With broadband communications now widely used in households and business throughout the globe, continued expectations for higher quality, and larger capacity applications for video, audio, and other on-line content is on the rise. This demand is prompting the transition from DDR2-SDRAM to DDR3-SDRAM as the main memory for computers.

DDR3's increased performance, coupled with lower power requirements, promise to measurably enhance the capabilities of equipment such as PCs, notebooks and servers.

Accompanying the shift from DDR2-SDRAM to the faster DDR3-SDRAM, is the corresponding requirement from device manufactures for higher-speed and more accurate test capabilities, coupled with a renewed insistence on lowered test costs for mass production of these new devices. Advantest's T5503 is the memory test system that realizes lower costs and gives device manufacturers the upper hand in volume production.

Up to 3.2Gbps of test speed and 128 device parallel test
For package test of the new-generation high-speed memory DDR3-SDRAM, the T5503 achieves the fastest test speeds in the industry of 3.2Gbps, while delivering parallel test of up to 128 devices (twice as many as its predecessor). This contributes to a major reduction in test costs for high volume production lines and makes it an ideal solution for DDR3-SDRAM, as well as for GDDR3 and GDDR4.

In addition, the T5503 provides an enriched multi-strobe function to measure the phase difference between the reference clock signal and data output signals at each cycle, -- a significant benefit as the operating frequencies become higher. This function helps to measure the characteristics of memory devices at high speeds with a high level of accuracy.

Space savings and power savings of 40% or more
By adopting the latest CMOS technology, a high degree of integration has been achieved in the semiconductor circuits mounted on the tester. While doubling parallel test capacity over previous systems, reductions of approximately 40% have been achieved in both floor space and power consumption. This enables an energy- and space-saving production line environment.

Using FutureSuite®, with multi-language support
Advantest's proprietary FutureSuite software with multi-language support enhances the system's operating system. In addition, the conventional ATL language, the MCI (Macro Control Interface) language allows programming in C.