Hands-off testing key to ICs and solar

摘要

If you wanted to learn about automated test equipment (ATE) but only had a couple of days in which to do so, how would you spend your time? Certainly, there's a lot of material online, but for sheer information-overload, you can't beat attending major trade shows. This year's SEMICON West Business and Technology Conference and Expo boasts about 700 exhibitors and has been established the longest of the four shows running simultaneously July 12-14 at San Francisco's Moscone Center. The largest of the other three, InterSolar North America, anticipates hosting an additional 550 exhibitors. Co-located with InterSolar are SOLAR 2016, the American Solar Energy Society's conference; and the Electrical Energy Storage (ees) North America show, which last year hosted 74 exhibitors.