March 15, 2010 -- ASSET InterTech, Inc. has enhanced its validation and testing tools for Intel’s future platforms. ASSET’s ScanWorks platform for embedded instruments will continue to support Intel’s Interconnect Built-in Self Test (IBIST) technology which is embedded in Intel’s processors and chip sets, and ScanWorks will provide a comprehensive validation solution for high-speed I/O on Intel platforms.
The ScanWorks validation tools for Intel IBIST include functionality to perform bit-error-rate testing (BERT) as well as margining tests. In validation applications, these types of tests can be employed to validate that the high-speed serial I/O buses on a circuit board design will perform as expected before the design moves into high-volume manufacturing. ScanWorks’s next-generation tools will support all major high-speed I/O buses, including QPI, PCI Express (PCIe), Direct Memory Interface (DMI), and Double Data Rate 3rd Generation (DDR3).
ASSET has significantly enhanced ScanWorks beyond boundary-scan test with the addition of other embedded instrumentation technologies, including processor-controlled test (PCT) and tools for Intel IBIST (Interconnect Built-In Self Test), an embedded instrumentation technology that Intel and other companies are embedding into next-generation chips and chipsets.
