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Trek is a graph based functional test synthesis tool targeted at developing functional vectors for complex IC designs and aiding the understanding, defining, and analysis of verification requirements.

Design for testability (DFT) works to make a circuit more testable to ensure that it was manufactured correctly. Alfred Crouch explains the purpose of DFT in his book, Design-For-Test for Digital ICs ...

Functional verification can cost as much as design, but new capabilities are piling onto an already stressed verification methodology, leaving solutions fragmented and incomplete. In a perfect world, ...

Teradyne subsidiary LitePoint is expanding its wireless-device test capability with its acquisition last week of ZTEC Instruments. The acquisition highlights the limitations of design-verification and ...

Autoantibody assays may have significant differences due to the heterogeneity of autoantibodies, including epitope specificity, isotype, and affinity/avidity. This makes it challenging for clinical ...