Automated Test Equipment (ATE) is used to find defects in Devices Under Tests (DUT) and helps to ensure the quality of devices. The adoption of ATE plays a very important role in saving manufacturing costs and helps to eliminate faulty devices from entering into the market.

ATE is important in automatically diagnosing and testing faults in semiconductor wafers, integrated circuits, chips, printed circuit boards, and other electronic components. It is extensively used in the semiconductor industry in order to test electronic systems and electronic semiconductor components for defects throughout the manufacturing process to ensure good quality production in lesser time.

The global semiconductor automated test equipment market is anticipated to witness growth due to increase in demand for System-on-Chip (SoC) products in consumer electronics applications such as smartphones tablets, and laptops, among others.

The report includes geographic segmentation for ATE into four major regions: The Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World. The Americas covers countries such as United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. The report talks about Porter�s five force analysis of the automated test equipment market along with the value chain analysis. It includes the most recent happenings in the market and describes the driving and restraining factors for the ATE industry.

The major players in the automated test equipment market include: Teradyne Inc. (U.S.), Advantest Corporation (Japan), and LTX-Credence (U.S.).

Scope of the report

This research report categorizes the automated test equipment market based on various components, types, applications, and geography; it also covers the forecast revenue from 2013 to 2020.

On the basis of components:

The component classification of the ATE market comprises Industrial PC, Mass Interconnect, Handler, and Probers.

On the basis of types:

Different types in which the automated test equipment market is segmented in the report include memory chip, mixed signal, digital, and others.

On the basis of application areas:

The major application areas of the automated test equipment are consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace and defense, and medical.

On the basis of geography:

The geographic analysis covers the Americas, Europe,Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World (RoW).

The report also identifies the drivers, restraints, opportunities, current market trends, winning imperatives, and burning issues for the ATE market. Apart from the market segmentation, it also includes qualitative analysis such as Porter�s five force analysis and value chain analysis.

Automated Test Equipment (ATE) serves various business segments to achieve their operational excellence. The demand for ATE has increased considerably from the consumer electronics industry due to increase in demand of consumer electronics goods such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and home entertainment systems, among others. The global semiconductor automated test equipment market is projected to witness a growth driven by the demand for System-on-Chip (SoC) products in smartphones, tablets, and other consumer electronic products.

Geographically, the automated test equipment market is majorly covered by the Americas, APAC, Europe, and RoW. The APAC market accounts for the highest market and is followed by the Americas and Europe respectively. Taiwan holds the highest share in the APAC region due to the wide presence of the semiconductor manufacturing industry.

The key drivers of the Automated Test Equipment market (ATE) ecosystem are: Reduction in manufacturing time by the adoption of ATE, increasing throughput, and increasing applications of consumer goods. The key market restraints can be classified as:High cost associated with the tester and testing component, competitive scenario amongst ATE manufacturers, and requirement of new ATE with the changing technology. The advancement in the automotive sector and commercialization of the IOT would be the opportunities for the market.

This report focuses on giving a detailed view of the complete ATE industry with regards to the application sector, with detailed market segmentations, combined with qualitative analysis of each and every aspect of the classification on the basis of applications, sub-applications, and geography. All the numbers, at every level of detail, are forecasted till 2020, to give a glimpse of the potential revenue based on this market.

The major players in the automated test equipment market include: Teradyne Inc. (U.S.), Advantest Corporation (Japan), and LTX-Credence (U.S.).

The total value of automated test equipment market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.80% from 2014 to 2020, and reach $4.13 Billion by 2020.