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Advantest Ships V93000 Port Scale RF Tester to Spreadtrum CommunicationsAug 01, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Advantest Corporation has installed its 500th V93000 Port Scale RF test system, with the landmark unit going into the engineering development laboratory of Spreadtrum Communications, a fabless semiconductor company developing mobile ICs for the wireless communications market. According to a release, Spreadtrum has begun using the versatile tester, which is equipped with both a Pin Scale 1600 digital card and a MB-AV8+ analog card, to develop semiconductor products for mobile phone applications, including RF-based system-on-chip and 3G baseband devices. "Advantest's V93000 platform is helping us to perform high-end testing on very cost-sensitive devices," said Eric Zhu, manufacturing director at Spreadtrum. "In addition, Advantest's 24x7 customer engineering support services underscore their steadfast commitment to our mutual success." Spreadtrum is a supplier of semiconductor solutions for China's 3G TD-SCDMA mobile telecommunications standard. The company also produces communication ICs for the 2.5G and EDGE mobile phone markets. Advantest is a provider of automatic test equipment for the semiconductor industry and a manufacturer of measuring instruments. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |