Abstract: An appartus for testing bare semiconductor chips, especially for burn-in testing, includes a chip holding socket which comprises a substrate portion having at least one pair of opposing grooves formed along respective edges thereof. A pair of resilient elongate members are inserted into the grooves, and act to hold a respective bare chip in the holding socket. Preferably, a plurality of such holding sockets are mounted and electrically connected to a main test board, by which test signals are provided to test the bare semiconductor chips. A method for manufacturing such a testing apparatus is also disclosed herein.