LSI Testing: A Core Technology to a Successful LSI Industry

Abstract

Despite its ever-growing importance in all innovation fields, such as automotive and IoT applications, the LSI industry is fragile due to its a weak technology-business chain. In addition, its products, namely LSI chips, are vulnerable to six risks (defective chip escape, radiation, aging, malicious attack, counterfeiting). LSI testing is the technology that is indispensable to mitigate these risks. This paper highlights the intent of LSI testing as well as its impact on the LSI industry.