Advantest Extends SiConic® Ecosystem to DFT Engineering, Accelerating Production-Ready Test Development

Advantest Extends SiConic® Ecosystem to DFT Engineering, Accelerating Production-Ready Test Development

SiConic DFT Engineering

TOKYO, July 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857), a leading provider of semiconductor test solutions, today announced the expansion of its SiConic® ecosystem into a new Design-for-Test (DFT) Engineering environment. Comprising comprehensive bench-level DFT execution and debug functionality, this new environment enables DFT engineers to develop, validate and optimize test content in a production-aligned workflow before deployment to manufacturing.

Advanced-node systems-on-chip (SoCs), AI accelerators and chiplet-based architectures are driving larger pattern volumes and more sophisticated DFT methodologies, contributing to growing semiconductor device complexity. As a result, engineering teams face growing pressure to deliver production-ready test content faster while maintaining confidence in downstream manufacturing test performance.

Built on the SiConic platform, the DFT Engineering environment combines the new SiConic D200 digital instrument with SiConic Explorer, SiConic Script, and SiConic Link to provide a unified workflow for DFT pattern execution, debug, automation and validation on the bench. Engineers can generate, execute, iterate and validate DFT content using the same file formats, semantics and execution behavior employed on Advantest's V93000 automated test platform.

Traditionally, DFT engineers have relied on custom-built bench environments with limited correlation to production test systems or have depended on access to production ATE resources for validation. These approaches slow development cycles, create organizational bottlenecks and increase risk during transfer to manufacturing.

By providing a V93000-compatible environment on the bench, SiConic enables DFT engineers to work independently while maintaining alignment with downstream production test workflows. The result is faster iteration, improved collaboration between DFT and test engineering teams, reduced dependence on ATE availability and greater confidence when transferring content to production.

"As complex digital architectures push the boundaries of scale, DFT development has grown far too complex to be treated as an afterthought at the end of the design cycle," said Advantest Chief Technology Officer and Test System Business Group Leader Juergen Serrer. "By extending the actual ATE environment to the bench, SiConic enables DFT teams to validate DFT architecture and timing independently. As needed, design and test engineers can collaborate with DFT engineers to jointly accelerate production ramp in SiConic's unified environment."