Mentor Tessent 2025 | Comprehensive Semiconductor Test & Silicon Lifecycle Management Platform

Mentor Tessent 2025 is a market-leading, end-to-end software platform for semiconductor test, yield analysis, and in-system monitoring. It provides a unified solution for design-for-test (DFT), manufacturing test, and silicon lifecycle management (SLM) from pre-silicon design to post-silicon deployment.

Core Functionality Overview:

  • Unified DFT & Test Automation: Integrated environment for implementing and verifying advanced test structures, including scan, memory BIST, logic BIST (LBIST), and analog test, streamlining the path from RTL to test patterns.

  • Silicon Lifecycle Management & Analytics: Tools for embedding on-chip monitors (PPM, sensors) and developing in-system test/health management firmware, enabling data-driven yield learning and reliability monitoring.

  • High-Quality Test Generation & Diagnostics: Advanced ATPG for high fault coverage and low pattern count, paired with powerful diagnosis and failure analysis tools for rapid yield ramp and root cause identification.