Market Overview

The pool of current and potential StarTest™'s customers is extensive large. All kinds of electronic OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) companies, CM (Contract Manufacturer) or EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Service) companies in such fields as:

The market for Boundary-Scan (JTAG) test equipment is in the nascent stages right now. Just as ICT emerged and grew to become the dominant testing technology for PCB over the last 30 years, Boundary-Scan testing will most likely replace ICT to become the preferred technology of board production and verification over the next 10 or 20 years.

The market for Boundary-Scan benchtop test equipment is beginning to show signs of significant growth since 2000 by expanding 30% from the previous years in terms of sales revenues. This is the result of several economic and technical factors that are impelling customers to lower costs, expand test coverage and increase manufacturing throughput for a wide range of computer and telecommunications products.

This market is forecast to increase substantially over the next several years. There are powerful and compelling arguments for the growth of Boundary-Scan (JTAG) market. Some of the key drivers for this growth include: