Testing of Modern Semiconductor Memory Structures

1. Both memory testing and university education focus on preventing poorly functioning units from entering industry. The only difference is in the rate of success. 2. In contrast to what many believe, no single memory test exists that is able to detect all possible circuit defects. 3. It is impossible to test asynchronous VLSI circuits using the methods employed for synchronous designs. 4. Moore’s law has been a best friend to circuit designers but always the worst enemy of test designers. 5. By using reconfigurable computing as a Trojan horse, software unreliability is infiltrating the hardware domain. 6. In science, the true achievers never fathom their true success. 7. Creating computer architectures is like making music: everybody can make sounds but only few can organize them like Mozart and Beethoven. 8. The day that computers begin to understand and even make jokes will be th