MoSys

MoSys, Inc., a Silicon Valley provider of high-density system-on-chip (SoC) memory intellectual property (IP), has selected Adventests's T5781 Engineering Station (T5781ES), for design and debug of its next generation embedded memory technologies. MoSys' products incorporate its patented technologies -- 1T-SRAM (based on a dynamic bit cell, which uses a single transistor and capacitor and achieves a considerable size advantage) and 1T-FLASH IP (a cost-effective, higher-performance alternative to conventional embedded non-volatile memory) -- which are widely used in advanced SoCs found in mobile devices, home entertainment, networking and storage applications. MoSys selected Advantest's T5781ES for its compact size, its unique FutureSuite(R) software tools and its ability to characterize new device technologies at speeds up to 500MHz.

The T5781ES is the laboratory complement to Advantest's T5781 high-speed, high-throughput memory test system for Flash and MCPs, devices which combine multiple memory types -- such as NAND, NOR and DRAM -- in a single package. The T5781ES integrates all of the functions and performance of the T5781 into a very compact footprint that offers low cost test program development and device evaluation and analysis. The system's FutureSuite software maximizes the functionality and engineering tools of the per-site architecture, delivering multi-language program development and device evaluation and analysis from design through production.

"The adoption of Advantest's T5781ES will enable MoSys to greatly enhance our test and characterization capability for our high-speed memory IP, allowing us to provide our customers with the extremely high performance and high quality memory IP that they require to ensure the success of their SoCs. Advantest's reputation for cost-effective, quality test capabilities precedes it, and we are confident that the selection of the T5781ES will enable MoSys to continue to offer its global customers products that are both industry-leading and highly reliable," commented Hem Hingarh, VP of Engineering of MoSys, Inc. "Furthermore, FutureSuite's powerful device characterization tools will allow MoSys to evaluate and examine deep engineering aspects of our newest technologies and improve our time to market," he continued.

"We are very proud that MoSys has chosen Advantest to serve as a test partner to their next-generation technology," said Greg Self, executive vice president at Advantest America, Inc. "We are excited for the opportunity to work with this esteemed company and to provide them with the benchmark testing capabilities and time to market advantages that will help them drive their business forward."