测试费用一直是电子产业的一大关心话题.由于电子设计自动化降低了设计费用,增大了系统和子系统的复杂性,因此,测试费用对利润的影响越来越明显.10月21日～26日召开的27届国际测试会议(ITC)的主题就是如何降低测试费用.ITC主席Advantest America公司Amy Gold指出:“测试工程师和测试经理承受着巨大的压力,要在较低的总费用下测试性能较高的产品,以便充分挖掘大规模计算和电信市场的潜力.”她 Cost of testing has always been a major concern in the electronics industry, and the impact of testing expenses on profits has become more apparent as electronic design automation has reduced design costs and increased the complexity of systems and subsystems. The theme of the 27th International TestCentre (ITC) in Japan is how to reduce testing costs. “Amy Gold, Advantest America, ITC chairman, said:” Test engineers and test managers are under tremendous pressure to test performance at a lower total cost Higher product in order to fully tap the potential of large-scale computing and telecommunications markets. "She