Patent ID: 7826996

Claim:
A system for using a first memory card to test a second memory card, the system comprising: a test fixture having a first interface connectable to the first memory card and a second interface connectable to the second memory card, such that at least some inputs from the first interface are connected to corresponding outputs of the second interface, and at least some outputs from the first interface are connected to corresponding inputs of the second interface such that the first memory card can perform write and read operations to the second memory card and the second memory card can perform write and read operations to the first memory card; and a test controller operable to send configuration data to the first interface to cause a memory-testing function to be performed by the first memory card when suitable first and second memory cards are connected to the fixture, wherein the memory-testing function is configured such that the first memory card sends a plurality of write memory operations and a plurality of read memory operations from the first memory card to the second memory card and the first memory card tests whether the memory operations completed successfully.