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Toshio Maruyama

Advantest Promotes Company Veteran Maruyama to President

Tokyo-Toshio Maruyama has been promoted to Advantest president from senior managing director, replacing Hiroshi Oura, who becomes chairman and representative director.

Advantest's three earlier presidents were chosen from Fujitsu, which acquired Advantest in 1976.

In 1982, Maruyama was assigned to the U.S. to help establish Advantest's North American business. From 1990-1993, he served as president of Advantest America R&D Inc.

Maruyama's background includes hardware design, software development and sales and marketing of semiconductor test systems. [advantest.com]

Advantest's new M4541A offers simultaneous testing of up to four devices.

Advantest Intros New ASIC, SOC Test Handler

Tokyo-Advantest has introduced a new test handler targeted at devices such as ASICs, MCUs and SOCs. The handler will support a variety of socket arrays.

A new device handling mechanism and what the company terms "ultra-efficient" motion control provide simultaneous testing of up to four devices and a maximum throughput of 6,000 uph. [advantest.com]

Teradyne Ships 750th J750 to Philips Semi

Munich-Teradyne has shipped its 750th Integra J750 test system to Philips Semiconductors in Hamburg, Germany.

Philips will employ the 1024/512 pin system for testing microcontrollers for smartcard applications. [teradyne.com]

Schaffner's Handheld Tester Offers Comprehensive ESD Measurement

Edison, N.J.-Schaffner EMC Inc. has introduced an ESD tester claimed to offer all the features of a comprehensive ESD test system in a lightweight, handheld design for $7,650.

The NSG 435 features user-programmable discharge voltage from 200V to 16.5kV, built-in IEC 1000-4.2 test settings and battery operation. The unit can be used for stand-alone operation or integrated with a computer. [schaffner.com]

NSG 435 ESD tester	The homepage of Aries' website.

Aries Expands Data on RF Test Socket Website

Frenchtown, N.J.-Aries Electronics has announced a major expansion of the RF test socket segment of its website.

The expanded website now features a full listing of design footprints for both manual and automatic applications, which engineers can view to see if the footprints match their needs. [arieselec.com]