Neumonda Rhinoe Tester

Testing is one of the most expensive and complicated steps in the manufacturing of semiconductor memory.

This is where the Rhinoe Tester from Neumonda Technology comes in. This test board was specially developed for application and system-specific testing of DRAM components and modules. With a size of 40x60cm, it is considerably smaller and weighs only around ten kilos compared to the approximately ten tons a conventional tester weighs. This makes the purchase and operation cheaper, as the power consumption is around a hundred times lower.

A board consists of 6 individual tiles with an FBGA and a Raspberry Pi on one side and up to 32 sockets or alternatively slots for 4 DRAM modules on the other.

The DRAMs are inserted into the sockets and run through the various tests such as burn-in, temperature and guard banding tests. The DRAMs remain firmly connected to the board during all test steps so that the ball pins are not damaged.

This is a completely new approach that does not exist anywhere else.