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ASSET’s new eBook explains how to recover the costs sunk into circuit boards that will not boot

June 06, 2013

A new eBook from ASSET InterTech , will help circuit board manufacturers who want to recover their investment in assembled boards that won’t boot – so called dead boards – and still maintain the tight production deadlines that constantly reduce the time they can spend on board debug.

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ASSET ScanWorks is among the first tools to support the new on-chip Intel Silicon View Technology

June 03, 2013

With the introduction today of Intel® Silicon View Technology (Intel® SVT), ASSET® InterTech’s ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments becomes the only platform in the industry that fully supports all three aspects of the new validation, debug and test capabilities which Intel is embedding into its processors and chipsets.

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How to do functional tests on I2C and SPI monitors with JTAG is explored in new eBook from ASSET InterTech

May 08, 2013

A new eBook from ASSET explains how the structural test methodology based on the IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan standard, known as JTAG, can apply functional tests to I2C and SPI system monitors during prototype board bring-up and later during circuit board production.

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New PXI controller for ASSET’s ScanWorks platform supports four test technologies

April 23, 2013

With the new PXI-based controller for ASSET® InterTech’s ScanWorks® platform for debug, validation and test, engineers can test circuit boards with four different toolsets, each based on a different test technology.

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ASSET enhances IJTAG embedded instrumentation tool for debugging systems-on-a-chip (SoC) and testing circuit boards

March 27, 2013

Improvements to the graphical viewer and significantly faster performance are among the enhancements to ASSET® InterTech’s ScanWorks® IJTAG Test tool, with which engineers are able to access, control and automate the operations of test and measurement instruments embedded in chips.

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New e-Book explores CPU cache-as-RAM for board bring-up of non-booting prototype circuit boards

February 26, 2013

A new e-book from ASSET® InterTech takes a close look at how run-control tools can employ a processor’s on-chip cache memory instead of on-board RAM memory to boot non-booting prototype circuit boards.

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New e-book explores how manufacturing process variances affect throughput on high-speed serdes

February 12, 2013

High-speed serdes (serializer/deserializer) links on printed circuit boards (PCB) sometimes don’t achieve their expected throughput rates because of process variances in manufacturing. A new e-book from ASSET® explains the defects caused by process variances and how they can be detected with minimum effects on the manufacturing line.

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ASSET white paper explores solutions for diminishing test coverage from in-circuit test (ICT) systems

December 19, 2012

A new white paper from ASSET® InterTech explains why test coverage from intrusive, probe-based in-circuit testers with their bed-of-nails fixtures is diminishing. The paper also describes software-based non-intrusive methodologies that test from the inside out and eliminate the need to physically probe chips and circuit boards during prototype board bring-up, volume manufacturing and troubleshooting in the field.

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ASSET ScanWorks’ two FPGA-based instruments for testing on-board memory named Best in Test finalists

December 13, 2012

Two new instruments for ASSET® InterTech’s ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments have been named finalists by Test & Measurement World in its 2013 Best in Test awards program. ASSET’s instrumentation intellectual property (IP) supports the new IEEE P1687 Internal JTAG (IJTAG) standard for embedded instruments.

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New white paper reveals shrinking eye diagrams and signal integrity problems on high-speed buses

November 27, 2012

A new white paper from ASSET® InterTech points out how increasing bus speeds on circuit boards could create havoc for signal integrity on those buses, in turn degrading the bus’ throughput performance. Each new generation of a high-speed bus typically runs at a higher signal frequency, but this decreases the margin for error on the bus, making it more sensitive to disruptions from jitter, inter-symbol interference (ISI), crosstalk and other factors.

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ASSET integrates ScanWorks with Teradyne's PXI Express instruments for robust JTAG and boundary-scan test and device programming on large-scale testers

September 10, 2012

ASSET® InterTech and Teradyne have extended the integration of the JTAG and boundary-scan test capabilities of ASSET’s ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments into Teradyne’s PXI Express-based High Speed Subsystem (HSSub).

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New tutorial explains how IJTAG standard streamlines chip validation and characterization

August 23, 2012

A new introductory tutorial from ASSET® InterTech (www.asset-intertech.com), the leading supplier of tools for embedded instrumentation, explains how the new IEEE P1687 Internal JTAG (IJTAG) standard simplifies and automates the way chip designers manage embedded instruments which perform chip validation and characterization.

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ASSET ScanWorks high-speed I/O validation tools are first for Intel Atom micro server designs

August 15, 2012

Designers of micro server circuit boards based on the Intel® Atom™ processor now have for the first time a tool capable of non-intrusively validating the signal integrity on high-speed input/output (HSIO) and memory buses. The ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments from ASSET® InterTech is the first design validation tool for Intel Atom designs that does not rely on placing a physical probe on a bus to monitor its signal integrity.

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ASSET's two new embedded instruments test memory from a board-tester-in-a-chip

August 07, 2012

ASSET® InterTech has added two new memory test instruments to its ScanWorks® embedded instrumentation library for its FPGA-controlled test (FCT) circuit board test tool, giving electronics manufacturers a cost-effective non-intrusive means of increasing test coverage.

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ASSET's two new ScanWorks controller kits tap into high-speed PCI Express bus

May 17, 2012

Two new controller kits for the ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments from ASSET® InterTech can accelerate test throughput by plugging into the high-speed PCI Express® (PCIe) bus in the personal computer where ScanWorks is running. ASSET is the leading supplier of tools for embedded instrumentation.

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ASSET's board bring-up solution first to validate, test and debug designs using the Intel microarchitecture codenamed Haswell

April 12, 2012

With new tools for the ASSET® ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments, design engineers can for the first time structurally verify, functionally test, analyze performance margins and debug boards based on the Intel® microarchitecture codenamed Haswell within one unified software environment.

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ASSET ScanWorks FCT named to EDN magazine's Hot 100 Products list

November 29, 2011

ASSET® InterTech's ScanWorks® FPGA-controlled test (FCT) has been named to the Hot 100 Products list by the editors of EDN magazine, an authoritative publication and web site serving the electronics industry.

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Four products within the ASSET ScanWorks platform for embedded instruments are named Best in Test finalists

November 15, 2011

Four new products for ASSET® InterTech's ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments have been named finalists by Test & Measurement World magazine for its 2012 Best in Test awards.

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ASSET's new Ethernet controller for ScanWorks tests four circuit boards at once

November 01, 2011

The new Remote Instrumentation Controller 4000 (RIC-4000) for ASSET®'s ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments can connect over an Ethernet network and apply boundary scan (JTAG) tests on as many as four circuit boards at once. The units under test (UUT) and ScanWorks could be in the same room on the same local network or they might be across the globe, connected over the Internet.

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ASSET's new FPGA-controlled test (FCT) inserts and operates a board-tester-in-a-chip

September 20, 2011

With new tools for the ASSET® ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments engineers can simply select instruments they need, set their parameters and insert them into a field programmable gate array (FPGA) to function as a circuit board tester. Once inserted, ScanWorks FCT operates the board-tester-in-a-chip from a drag-and-drop user interface to perform validation, test and debug.

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ASSET ScanWorks is first to offer validation tools for new Intel® microarchitecture codenamed Haswell

September 13, 2011

When circuit board designs for desktop and mobile applications roll out with Intel® Core™ processors based on the new Intel microarchitecture codenamed Haswell, ASSET®'s ScanWorks® platform for embedded instrumentation will be the only tool able to access Intel's embedded instruments and perform advanced validation on all of a board's high-speed buses.

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ASSET integrates ScanWorks with Teradyne Di-Series instruments for robust boundary-scan test

September 13, 2011

ASSET® InterTech (www.asset-intertech.com), the leading supplier of tools for embedded instrumentation, and Teradyne (www.teradyne.com), the leading supplier of automatic test equipment (ATE), have collaborated to integrate the boundary-scan test capabilities of ASSET's ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments into Teradyne's Di-Series of high-performance digital test instrument hardware.

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ASSET's new modeling methodology extends non-intrusive JTAG/boundary-scan test coverage

September 08, 2011

A new model-based test methodology for ASSET® InterTech's ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments extends non-intrusive boundary-scan (JTAG) test coverage to devices that previously could not be tested or programmed with boundary scan.

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ASSET joins PCI-SIG so add-in cards can validate their access to Intel's embedded instrumentation

June 09, 2011

ASSET® InterTech (www.asset-intertech.com), the leading supplier of tools for embedded instrumentation, has joined the PCI-SIG® and plans to participate in the group's upcoming interoperability workshops. As a result, manufacturers of PCI Express (PCIe) add-in cards (AIC) will be able to validate that their cards interoperate with ASSET's ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments.

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First embedded debugger for Intel x86 platforms can diagnose systems remotely

March 30, 2011

A new embedded debugger from ASSET® InterTech is the first debugger that can be embedded into Intel® x86 platforms for remote or local diagnostics.

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ASSET launches validation tools for mobile and desktop systems designed for future 22nm based Intel Core processors

March 01, 2011

ScanWorks is the first third-party validation platform for designs targeting future 22nm based Intel® Core™ processors.

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ASSET ScanWorks is first test tool for Intel's new 2nd generation Core i3, i5 and i7 processors

February 15, 2011

ScanWorks performs structural and functional tests on circuit boards with mobile or desktop Intel® Core™ (Sandy Bridge) processors.

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ASSET ScanWorks named Best in Test finalist for high-speed memory bus validation toolkit

December 07, 2010

The ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments from ASSET® InterTech has been honored by Test and Measurement World magazine by being named a finalist in the 2011 Best in Test awards. ASSET (www.asset-intertech.com) is the leading supplier of open tools for embedded instrumentation.

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Frost & Sullivan recognizes ASSET for its competitive strategy innovation for ScanWorks platform

November 30, 2010

The ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments from ASSET® InterTech has received a 2010 Global Competitive Strategy Innovation of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan, a global research and consulting firm.

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ASSET's ScanWorks is first development tool for the emerging IJTAG embedded instrumentation standard

November 02, 2010

ScanWorks® IJTAG enables portable validations, test and debug routines for chips, circuit boards and systems

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ASSET partners with Flextronics to accelerate adoption of new IEEE P1687 embedded instrumentation standard

November 02, 2010

ASSET® InterTech (www.asset-intertech.com), the leading supplier of open tools for embedded instrumentation, has partnered with Flextronics, a leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider, to accelerate the adoption of the new IEEE P1687 Internal JTAG (IJTAG) standard.

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New ASSET ScanWorks toolkit allows memory suppliers to validate DDR3 memory for Intel platforms

September 14, 2010

Tools for Intel® embedded instrumentation technology made available to memory suppliers through ASSET®/Intel® collaboration

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ASSET enhances boundary-scan test capabilities on ScanWorks Platform for Embedded Instruments

August 31, 2010

Tests generated faster with advanced development and debug tools

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ASSET and IPextreme collaborate to enable ScanWorks as an IEEE 1149.7 test solution

July 14, 2010

Once integrated with IPextreme's IP, ASSET's ScanWorks will perform IEEE 1149.7 chip and board tests

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ASSET is first to support new Intel Xeon processors 5600/7500 series and Itanium 9300 processors with validation and test tools

May 18, 2010

ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments features industry's only third-party tools for Intel®'s Interconnect Built-In Self Test (IBIST)

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ScanWorks enhanced with comprehensive validation tools for high-speed I/O on future Intel® Platforms

March 11, 2010

ASSET's ScanWorks platform for embedded instrumentation remains the only toolset for Intel®'s Interconnect Built-In Self Test (IBIST)

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ScanWorks platform for embedded instruments named finalist for EDN's Innovation Award.

February 24, 2010

Second honor in two years demonstrates ASSET's leadership in test and measurement innovation

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ASSET notches two more Best in Test finalist awards from Test & Measurement World magazine

January 06, 2010

ScanWorks® embedded and ScanWorks® validation and test support for Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series are recognized as technical breakthroughs

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Strategic relationship with SiliconAid extends ASSET's ScanWorks® platform into chip test and verification

November 03, 2009

Chip debugger will be integrated into ScanWorks®; ASSET to resell IEEE P1687 insertion and verification tools

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ASSET's ScanWorks supports PLX Technology's PCI Express switch family's visionPAK diagnostic toolset

November 03, 2009

ASSET InterTech and PLX Technology, Inc. today announced that ASSET's ScanWorks® platform for embedded instrumentation is supporting the exclusive PLX® visionPAK" packet generator/system analyzer toolset.

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ASSET's new interposer opens test access to Intel Xeon processors 5500 series and Core i7 processors

September 22, 2009

CPU's debug port can be accessed for validation, test and debug on Intel-based circuit boards

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Cray selects ASSET's ScanWorks platform for embedded diagnostics in next-generation supercomputers

August 19, 2009

Contract calls for two companies to collaborate on embedded test logic

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Dehne, longtime National Instruments executive, joins ASSET's Board of Directors

June 17, 2009

Tim Dehne has joined the board of directors of ASSET® InterTech, Inc. Over a career stretching more than 21 years at NI, Mr. Dehne led global marketing, and research and development at the company that had $824 million in revenues in 2008.

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ASSET ScanWorks platform is first to support both validation and test for new Intel Xeon processor 5500 series

May 06, 2009

Nehalem microarchitecture with QuickPath Interconnect can be validated and tested with ScanWorks® Intel® IBIST® and processor-controlled test

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ASSET InterTech's Woppman named one of only four finalists for "Innovator of the Year"

February 02, 2009

ASSET InterTech's Woppman named one of only four finalists for "Innovator of the Year"

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ASSET Remote Instrumentation Controller named Best In Test Finalist for 2009

January 27, 2009

First JTAG controller capable of applying tests over the Internet earns ASSET fourth 'finalist' honor in six years

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ASSET's ScanWorks for Embedded Boundary Scan offers in-system JTAG test and diagnostics

January 20, 2009

Embedding ScanWorks in high-availability systems optimizes remote test application and programming

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ASSET Joins Mentor OpenDoor Program to ensure JTAG interoperability

May 13, 2008

ASSET InterTech has joined the Mentor Graphics OpenDoor Program in order to ensure toolset interoperability for embedded instrumentation applications.

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ASSET aligns company, technology and products with embedded instrumentation

May 12, 2008

Responding to the increasing momentum in the electronics industry toward embedded instrumentation, ASSET® InterTech, Inc. announced it is positioning the company, its products and its technologies to provide open tools for embedded instrumentation in design validation, test and debug applications.

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