
SoCs challenge production test methods
Ironically, as the success of the system-on-chip has driven down direct silicon costs
as a component of system cost, it has accentuated the very factor engineers are struggling
to control: test cost. On one side, SoCs are becoming increasingly difficult-if not impossible-to test,
and on the other side, test costs are in the spotlight as never before.

Serial storage SoCs demanding to test
Scan-based transition-fault test can do job
Open architecture ATE tackles test woes
Vectorless test: best bet for high-speed I/O

Traveling at the speed of memory
Source-synchronous clocks pose challenges
Architecture-based vs. flow-based approach to DFT