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Technology Stocks : Rambus (RMBS) - Eagle or Penguin
RMBS 88.13+1.0%Nov 21 9:30 AM EST

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To: StormRider who wrote (42977)5/25/2000 5:34:00 PM
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Advantest ships high-throughput Rambus DRAM test systems
Semiconductor Business News
(05/25/00, 03:22:52 PM EDT)

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Starting this month, Advantest Corp. will begin shipping its T5592 memory test system for high-speed Rambus DRAMs. RDRAMs provide superior bandwidth and are regarded as the new main memory for desktop PCs, workstations and consumer applications.

Introduced at Semicon Japan in December, Advantest's T5592 doubles the current number of devices that can be tested in parallel while offering the highest performance available of any memory tester, the company said. The T5592 increases throughput by testing 64 devices simultaneously, which greatly reduces the cost of testing RDRAMs. The 1.066-GHz performance of the T5592 will provide headroom for testing future RDRAMs.

By the end of May, Advantest will have shipped four T5592 test systems to Japan, the United States, and Europe. Advantest plans to ship 30 units during the first half of the fiscal year and continues to work toward aggressively increasing future shipments.

"The fact that Advantest, a memory tester market leader, is ramping their shipments of 64 site RDRAM testers is significant because it will help further drive down the cost of manufacturing
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