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News Release from: Semiconductor Test Consortium
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 April 2007
Semiconductor test conference for Napa
Valley
The second Global STC conference is open to all STC members as well as other semiconductor, equipment and instrumentation companies.
The Semiconductor Test Consortium (STC) will host the second Global STC conference, formerly called the Global OpenStar conference, from 14th to 16th May, 2007, at the Napa Valley Marriott Hotel in Napa, California Open to all STC members as well as other semiconductor, equipment and instrumentation companies, the annual test-focused event is expected to draw more than the 126 international attendees from 59 companies it drew last year
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The conference will enable this ecosystem of vendors, third-party developers, standards groups and universities to collaborate on how to deliver technical and economic benefits to the global semiconductor industry through development of industry-wide standards.
The 14th May opening-day agenda will focus on the "Industry Trends: A Global Perspective", which will include a keynote address given by Dan Hutcheson, CEO of VLSI Research, an ITRS roadmap presentation, a cost-of-ownership case study and industry panel discussion comprised of leading analysts.
The 15th May agenda will highlight presentations from five prominent semiconductor manufacturers including Infineon, Intel, Renesas, Texas Instruments and Toshiba, and leading ATE companies including Advantest, LTX, Teradyne and Verigy, centred on the "Test Challenges, Expectations and Solutions" theme.
On 16th May, the closing day of the conference, the "Enabling the Ecosystem" topic will be addressed by STC technical working groups and additional selected presenters, including IBM.
"During a time when the global, consumer driven nature of the semiconductor industry is placing overwhelming demands on the test industry, it is no surprise that we have received such a tremendous amount of support and requests to host the second annual Global STC Conference", explains Keith Imai, GSC Chairman.
"We are encouraged by the list of outstanding speakers scheduled for the event, in addition to the exceptional interest to advance the open architecture framework and test solutions in and around the ATE infrastructure to meet the ever-changing demands of the semiconductor industry".
The STC will hold the next general meeting on 26th June in Reutlingen, Germany, which will be hosted by Robert Bosch .
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