Teradyne Launches Magnum E2 Memory Test System for Advanced DRAM and NAND
The new tester supports LPDDR6, DDR6, GDDR7 and NAND flash, combining high-speed NRZ and PAM3 testing with near-device test architecture for production and engineering use.
Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ: TER), a leading provider of automated test equipment and advanced robotics, announced Magnum E2, a next-generation high-speed memory test system for advanced DRAM and flash interfaces, including LPDDR6, DDR6, GDDR7, and NAND flash. Built on Teradyne's proven Near-DUT Test (NDT) architecture, the foundation of the widely deployed Magnum EPIC platform, Magnum E2 supports both production and engineering configurations, covering qualification through high-volume manufacturing on a common hardware and software platform.
As AI accelerates the pace of technological change in memory devices, Magnum E2 ensures that the high-speed memory at the heart of AI data centers meets the performance and reliability standards required for frontier AI compute. DRAM and flash devices are moving to higher speeds with wide I/O and PAM3 signaling to support faster training and lower latency inference. These transitions demand a tester with greater pin count, higher parallelism, and NRZ and PAM3 support while preserving signal integrity – a challenge Magnum E2 is purpose-built to address.
"The memory inside an AI accelerator is as critical to system performance as the compute die itself, and the test requirements have never been more demanding," said Ben Han, president of the Memory Test division at Teradyne. "As the industry moves to advanced DRAM and high-speed NAND flash for enterprise SSDs, our customers cannot afford a test platform that forces a choice between signal integrity and throughput. Magnum E2 was built to eliminate this trade-off and give leading memory manufacturers a platform they can qualify today and grow with for the future."
Key Features and Benefits
- Higher Yield at Speed: digital instruments are placed close to the device under test to preserve signal integrity, protecting AC margin where conventional architectures lose it.
- Future-Ready Protocol Coverage: Support for high-speed NRZ, PAM3, and PAM4 signaling with flexible, programmable APG architecture on common hardware accommodates current and emerging DRAM and NAND standards without requiring tester replacement.
- Memory and Logic Test on a Single Platform: Built-in logic test capability supports the convergence of memory and logic testing, enabling customers to consolidate test insertions and reduce overall program complexity.
As AI drives successive generations of memory innovation from the AI data center to the edge, the ability to test at higher speeds, with flexible interface signaling at higher parallelism, and across a broader protocol range is a necessity for memory manufacturers. Magnum E2 gives Teradyne's customers the platform to meet that challenge today and evolve with confidence as the industry moves forward.
