Data I/O Corp., a leading provider of semiconductor programming and security provisioning systems, received the 2025 Global Technology Award in the Programming category for its new LumenX2 programming platform and the LumenX2-M4 manual programmer. The company announced the win on Tuesday following an award ceremony held at productronica in Munich, Germany.
The award recognizes advancements brought by LumenX2, which expands the capabilities of Data I/O’s established LumenX platform. The upgraded system delivers higher pin counts and increased power, enabling broader device support across a growing range of microcontrollers, memory devices and security ICs. LumenX2 is available both as the standalone LumenX2-M4 manual programmer and as an integrated module within Data I/O’s PSV automated programming systems.
The company said the new platform is designed to offer a single, scalable programming architecture that supports device programming throughout the product lifecycle—from design and new product introduction (NPI) to large-scale, high-volume production. This scalability is intended to help electronics manufacturers reduce operational complexity while maintaining consistency across diverse production environments.
“Winning the 2025 Global Technology Award for LumenX2 is an important validation of how critical next-generation programming technology has become for our industry,” said William Wentworth, Data I/O’s president and chief executive. He added that rapidly evolving semiconductor architectures and increasing device complexity are pushing manufacturers to adopt programming systems that can support their current needs while anticipating future requirements. “With LumenX2, we’re helping our customers improve quality, reduce cost and compete in a fast-moving global market,” he said.
The LumenX2-M4 manual programmer is aimed at accelerating new product introduction processes by enabling a smooth transition of validated programming jobs into automated production as volumes rise. It supports a wide portfolio of devices—including eMMC, UFS, SPI NOR flash, Secure Elements and microcontrollers—and is equipped with VerifyBoost technology, delivering verify speeds of up to 750 megabytes per second. A tool-less changeover mechanism is designed to minimize downtime, while shared adapter architecture helps reduce tooling investment and allows throughput scaling as production requirements grow.
Data I/O said the LumenX2 platform reinforces its position as a provider of high-performance and cost-efficient programming solutions for global electronics manufacturers.
