Title: Development of a 1GHz High Speed Logic Test System
Speaker: Rick Chrusciel
         Senior Logic Product Specialist
         Advantest-America Inc.
Abstract for the invited presentation at North Atlantic Test Workshop

In 1996, Advantest Corporation started an R&D development project for a 1024
pin test system.  To address memory and inter-device communication standards
on the horizon, such as Rambus, this test system was to have the ability to
provide functional test capabilities at pattern rates of up to 1GHz.  This
project resulted in the T6682 test system, which, when delivered in late 1998,
was the world's first 1024 pin system, running at 1GHz.

The T6682 required a large number of custom ASIC, logic, and linear devices to
be designed and developed.  The system also has several technology
innovations, such as Fly-By pin connection, Immersion Cooled Electronics
(ICE(), a 1.6GHz High Speed Clock, and a 256A High Current Power Supply
System.  The development of all of these items, concurrently, is to date,
perhaps the largest and most costly single ATE project undertaken.

This presentation shall outline the development of the T6682 and outline some
of the technical innovation required to complete a project of this magnitude.