GRL is the first Test lab to test Intel's new Thunderbolt technology for the entire

Agilent Technology (Agilent Technologies Inc.) has announced that Granite River Labs (GRL) Taipei Laboratory uses Agilent's high-speed electronic test solution to provide thunderbolt, The DisplayPort and Dual-mode DisplayPort Compliance and certification testing services make GRL the first Test lab to test Intel's new Thunderbolt technology.

Thunderbolt is the revolutionary I/O transfer technology developed by Intel, which can transmit data of up to 10Gbps in bidirectional synchronously through two channels. At present, the electronics industry has a number of leading manufacturers of host products have been equipped with Thunderbolt high-speed flow, other device manufacturers have also begun to use Thunderbolt technology. As a result, from the second half of this year, all terminal devices and hosts equipped with Thunderbolt are required to pass certification tests performed by authorized testing agencies.

With the increasingly complex design of electronic devices, test agencies and design engineers must rely on the right tools to test electronic design to ensure that it meets industry standards. GRL is a DisplayPort and Serial ATA authorized testing Center with extensive and complete testing experience that provides testing services for a wide range of electronic technologies, such as HDMI, MHL, PCI Express Gen3, USB 3.0, DDR, and 10G Ethernet. GRL is currently working with Thunderbolt early adopters to develop related services.

GRL Chief engineer Mike Engbretson said: "We are delighted that our Taipei lab can use the Agilent Thunderbolt test solution for advanced certification testing." Agilent provides a complete Thunderbolt solid-layer test solution for 10.3125gb/s TBT link execution transmitter, receiver, and return loss test, while also performing DisplayPort 1.2 (rate up to 2.7gb/s) and Dual-mode DisplayPort signal source testing, such as downstream display test. 」

"We are happy to work with GRL to promote the development of technologies such as Thunderbolt, DisplayPort and Dual-mode DisplayPort," said Zhang Zhiming, general manager of the  Agilent Technology electronic Measurement Business group. We are confident that Agilent's complete test solution will help customers ensure product quality and reach the target of Time-to-market. 」

Engineers and test agencies are required to use Agilent Infiniium 90000 x series 33-ghz oscilloscope, J-bert n4903b efficient tandem BERT, e5071c 20GHz ENA, 81160A pulse/ The code type generator and the n5990a test automation software platform, carries on the high efficiency test to the Thunderbolt flow row 10Gbps high speed transmission data.

The Agilent Thunderbolt test solution uses the Agilent Infiniium oscilloscope, which delivers the world's largest capture memory and the world's first integrated Infiniiscan plus soft-hardware trigger system. The Agilent Infiniium series is designed to provide engineers with excellent signal integration, in-depth application analysis, and more subtle design insights.