ALTER | HTV puts new chip and wafer test technologies into operation
ALTER | HTV, is setting new standards in semiconductor testing with the commissioning of state-of-the-art test technologies. The investment of more than 1 million euros in the purchase of the Advantest V93K EXA scale chip tester and the fully automated ACCRETECH UF2000 wafer prober underlines ALTER | HTV’s claim to offer its customers the best possible test technologies for end-processed semiconductor chips and on-wafer tests. Semiconductor chips are the core building blocks of digitalisation and can now be found in a vast number of applications, from computers, smartphones, data centres and robotics to vehicles, where they control central functions such as drive, driving behaviour and safety systems.
The European semiconductor industry is in a phase of rapid change. The European Union is striving to reduce its dependence on Asian manufacturers and to strengthen European production of semiconductor components and systems. The need for the most advanced semiconductor chips for use in artificial intelligence and automated, highly connected driving is driving this change.
“In a dynamic semiconductor market with rapidly changing requirements, flexible test solutions are the key to our customers’ success. With the latest generation of test systems, ALTER | HTV offers the highest test performance, variability and flexibility to fulfil current and future requirements,” says Dirk Stenkamp, CEO of TÜV NORD AG.