Friday, December 3, 2010

Abstract for TAIPAN

Data rates, chip features, and channel counts continue to increase and as a consequence the number of physical tests required to validate IP is increasing as well. In order to tackle the increasing amount of testing, TAIPAN(Test Automation In Python Anew), a test automation solution capable of repeating a large amount of measurements with a diverse set of both legacy and state of the art equipment is used to perform much of this testing. This presentation presents TAIPAN as the automation solution currently used by the NMG High Speed Signal Integrity team in order meet its testing challenges. As a consequence we are able to collaborate with Design, Test, and Validation to accomplish performance testing of products such as P4080, P5202, P1022 … In this test system Design is able to provide a document containing a concise description of the required test suites, Test translates these documents into tcl scripts that are run either on the tester on in the lab, and finally HSSI uses TAIPAN to tie the communication between DUT and test equipment. TAIPAIN uses these tcl scripts to drive the validation of the product.

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