The collaboration enhances Spansion’s Flash memory solutions on a software and systems design level, said Robert France, vice president, corporate systems engineering, Spansion. The two companies have worked in partnerships for many years in Asia, Europe, and the Americas, added Bruce Rodgers, vice president of sales, Americas/Asia, Data I/O.

(June 28, 2006) SAN JOSE, CA &#151 Nextest Systems Corporation, an automatic test equipment (ATE) manufacturer, topped the list in an annual double-blind survey conducted by VLSI Research, Inc. The survey&#151The 2006 VLSI Research 10 BEST Suppliers of Test Equipment&#151offers 13 categories for customers to rank suppliers in the semiconductor test field. This year’s top ten included Advantest; Teradyne, Inc.; Credence Systems Corp.; Verigy/Agilent; FEI Company; SPEA; and LTX Corp.