Patent ID: 7590954

Claim:
A method of developing a test solution for one or more integrated circuits (ICs) implementing a communication standard, comprising: receiving a design specification for at least a portion of said one or more ICs from a development organization; receiving a communication standard for said one or more ICs; designing a draft test solution for said one or more ICs in at least substantial conformance with said communication standard and design specification; receiving at least one prototype of said one or more ICs from said development organization; evaluating said draft test solution based on at least one interaction between said at least one prototype and said draft test solution; selectively modifying said draft test solution based on said at least one Interaction to produce a proposed test solution; receiving, from one or more entities including a manufacturing organization, at least one of each of said one or more ICs at least a portion of which is manufactured substantially in conformance with said design specification; evaluating said proposed test solution based on at least another interaction between said manufactured one or more ICs and said proposed test solution; and selectively modifying said proposed test solution based on said at least another interaction to produce a production test solution.