Patent ID: 7823128

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having an electrically, magnetically or optically stored computer program, the computer program having instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer system, provide a test development tool, the computer program comprising: test development program code for accessing first and second pre-established test programs, each of said first and second pre-established test programs having been previously established for programming automated test equipment to test respective first and second pre-existing integrated circuit devices, and said first and second pre-established test programs each having respective first and second sets of subtest code portions; test development program code for evaluating the first and second sets of subtest code portions and determining whether any respective subtest code portions of said first and second sets of subtest code portions have features allowing for combination in a new test program, said test development program code for the evaluating and determining steps providing at least one output result thereof; and test development program code for defining a new test program for programming automated test equipment, the new test program including at least one new subtest code portion for concurrently testing first and second pre-existing integrated circuit devices using the at least one output result of the evaluating and determining steps.