About Advantest
Advantest makes automatic test equipment for semiconductors, including test systems for system-on-chip devices, memory and solid-state drives. It also supplies test handlers, which move chips into position for testing, and electron-beam measurement tools used in chip fabrication. Testing is a separate step from making chips, and Advantest competes mainly with Teradyne in that niche. The company began in 1954 as Takeda Riken Industry and adopted the Advantest name in 1985. It is headquartered in Tokyo and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
Advantest was founded in 1954 and is based in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. It is listed under Custom Silicon. Its shares trade as 6857.T on TSE.
Compute Technologies
- Semiconductor Test Equipment
What Advantest works on
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
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