Advantest Corporation (株式会社アドバンテスト, Kabushiki-gaisha Adobantesuto^?) (TYO: 6857 , NYSE: ATE) is a large Japanese supplier of automatic test equipment. They dominate the market for the testing of DRAM chips and are gaining market share in the system-on-a-chip (SOC) market. Based in Tokyo, the company had a gross turnover of 239 billion Yen in 2004 and is listed on the Tokyo and New York Stock Exchanges. Image File history File links Advantest_logo. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange (東京証券取引所 Tōkyō Shōken Torihikijo, abbreviated TSE) is the worlds second-largest stock exchange market. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is by far the largest stock exchange in the world (by dollar volume) and second largest by number of listings. ... Automatic test equipment is any automated device that is used to test printed circuit boards, integrated circuits, or any other related electronic components or modules. ... Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is a type of random access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor. ... System-on-a-chip (SoC or SOC) is an idea of integrating all components of a computer system into a single chip. ... System-on-a-chip (SoC or SOC) is an idea of integrating all components of a computer system into a single chip. ... Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange (東京証券取引所 Tōkyō Shōken Torihikijo, abbreviated TSE) is the worlds second-largest stock exchange market. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is by far the largest stock exchange in the world (by dollar volume) and second largest by number of listings. ...

Competition

Advantest's principal competitors in the ATE business are:

• Teradyne
• Agilent Technologies (formerly a division of Hewlett-Packard)
• Credence Systems Corporation (including its NPTest acquisition which was formerly Schlumberger Limited, formerly Fairchild Semiconductor)
• LTX

Overview Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and interconnection systems. ... Agilent Technologies NYSE: A is the actual descendant of the instrument company founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in 1939. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... Credence Systems Corporation is a manufacturer of test equipment for the global semiconductor industry. ... Schlumberger Limited is the worlds largest multinational oilfield services corporation, incorporated in the Netherlands Antilles. ... Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the first commercially available integrated circuit (although at almost the same time as one from Texas Instruments), and would go on to become one of the major players in the evolution of Silicon Valley in the 1960s. ... LTX (NASD: LTXX) is an Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) vendor, founded in 1976 and headquartered in Westwood, MA (Greater Boston). ...

External links

• ((English)) Advantest Corporation