| OVERVIEW
The pace of innovation, including
breakthroughs in JTAG boundary scan (IEEE 1149.1) technology,
has accelerated in recent years. (The IEEE 1149.1 standard
for boundary scan test and programming operations is often
referred to as JTAG for the Joint Test Action Group, the body
that developed the first draft of the standard.)
Because of the fast pace of innovation, electronic engineers
now design more functionality into less space. But smaller
components and new methods for soldering components to circuit
boards have decreased the physical access engineers once had
to devices, boards and systems. With less physical access,
certain types of tests and in-system or on-board programming
became more difficult, costly and time-consuming.
ASSET's
ScanWorks JTAG test (IEEE 1149.1) system helps solve these
problems. Our people helped develop the IEEE 1149.1 boundary
scan standard in 1985 and have played key roles in the subsequent
evolution of the IEEE 1149.1 JTAG specification. As our business
has grown, we have developed strong relationships with many
highly satisfied customers. To
learn how some of our customers use our JTAG technology, click
here.
We are committed to helping design
and test engineers improve the quality of their systems by
solving limited access problems through the use of JTAG (IEEE
1149.1) technology.
HISTORY
Our company began as a business
unit of Texas Instruments, Inc., dedicated to the development
of IEEE 1149.1 tools. In 1995, the team that had designed,
developed and marketed the ASSET system for the previous six
years founded ASSET InterTech, Inc., acquiring TI's ASSET
product family of JTAG tools and its related business.
FUTURE
We at ASSET are committed to evolving
the boundary-scan standard and increasing customer satisfaction
with the ScanWorks JTAG system. One of the ways we will do
this is by expanding our strategic relationships to offer
customers continually broader end-to-end solutions. An outside
Board of Directors, composed of experts who have grown profitable
high-tech companies, guides us in these efforts.
For information on
the consulting and programming services offered by ASSET,
please click here.
Management
and Board of Directors
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