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INSPECTION, MEASUREMENT, AND TEST

19.36 FINAL MANUFACTURING

Special needs for design verification/characterization
Production needs
See Sec. 19.4.

Tester Evaluation Criteria: Business Criteria
History of the ATE vendor in the industry

Financial performance of the company
References
Past performance and recent trends
Cost of ownership
Capital expense
Request official quotes (list price) for various typical configurations
for range of target devices, product families
for engineering, wafer sort, final package test.
off-line workstation HW and SW
Software license costs and terms
Terms—duration, global, node-locked, or floating
Warranty
Cost of Application Support and Test Development/Program Conversion Services
Maintenance costs (HW and SW support contracts, spares, training)
Training costs (test development, maintenance, operator)
Facility costs (power, floor support, special cooling, air)
Volume Purchase Agreements and Discount Rates (for testers, maintenance, and training)
SCM availability of platform (for IC manufacturers subscribing to the SCM model) and loading
Contract terms and conditions (T&C’s that include payment terms, cancellation penalties, guar-
anteed deliveries)
COT per good device (see the COT section in this chapter)
Track record of system in the industry
Length of time on the market and maturity of system
Installed base
SCM installed base

Production capacity
Number of systems that can be shipped each month
Standard delivery/supplier response time
Ability to quickly respond to upside requests

Existence of and access to technical expertise
Number of resources, expertise, and experience level (application and maintenance)
Location of resources relative to the IC Manufacturer’s business sites

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