Amkor Technology Selects Teradyne`s Catalyst and INTEGRA J750 Test Systems; Order Valued at Over $25 Million

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000--Teradyne announced today that Amkor Technology, one of the leaders in integrated circuit packaging and assembly test services, has purchased multiple INTEGRA J750 and Catalyst Test Systems. Amkor chose the INTEGRA J750 VLSI Test System for testing telecom, baseband cellular and microcontroller peripheral devices. Multiple Catalyst test systems were chosen for testing communications ICs for cordless and cellular phones, modems as well as DVD and multi-media devices. An INTEGRA J750 system is now in production at Amkor's facility in the Philippines. Several J750s have shipped to Amkor's facility in Korea in Q1 and Q2 of this year. The Catalyst systems shipped to Amkor's Philippines' facility during Q1 and Q2.

Miles Prim, VP of Worldwide Test, said, "We chose the Catalyst and INTEGRA J750 platforms because they provide our customers the most economical, production efficient test solutions for their communications and multi-media devices. We are pleased with Teradyne's understanding of the fabless contractor market and their support of Amkor's growing business requirements. Because Amkor has installed and operates more than 500 testers worldwide, we rely on our suppliers for state of the art testing solutions and partnerships in applications support."

Doug Elder, Marketing Manager for Teradyne's Integra Test Division, said, "We offer our fabless and subcon customers an economical and versatile test solution, ideal for a wide range of VLSI devices. As Amkor expands their business, the J750's high parallel test capabilities and easy to use test development software will help manage their customers' dynamic device ramp-ups. We recognize the important contributions that Amkor has made to the assembly test services industry, and we're pleased to be a part of their strategy for this important growth area."

Jeff Schneider, Teradyne's Catalyst Marketing Manager, said, "The Catalyst platform offers the broadest range of analog and digital instrumentation for system-on-a-chip (SOC) and mixed-signal test applications. This flexibility lets our subcon customers serve a wide market, and is proving to be an excellent match for the mix of devices that Amkor is testing today and will be testing in the future."

About Catalyst

Catalyst is the leading system-on-a-chip test platform with more than 500 systems deployed worldwide. In use today testing graphics, DVD, set-top box, DSL, Internet, disk drive, wireless communication, DSP processors, modems, and logic devices, Catalyst tests the broadest range of SOC devices at the lowest cost to test. New instrumentation introduced in 1999 includes WAVE6000(TM) amps for wireless, 1 GHz ultra low jitter clock for cellular and SONET (long-haul communications), and state-of-the-art 10-bit VHF source and digitizer for 100/1000baseT networking devices.

About the INTEGRA J750

The INTEGRA J750 delivers up to 1,024 digital channels in a zero footprint system entirely contained within a test head. Its high-throughput parallel testing capabilities help deliver 95% parallel test efficiency for up to 32 devices. The system offers a suite of options to address the variation of testing needs in the low-end and mid-range semiconductor markets, including the Converter Test Option, Memory Test Option, Redundancy Analysis, and Mixed Signal Option.

The system also features IG-XL test software, the semiconductor ATE industry's first test development suite combining the power and performance of the latest PC technology and Windows NT operating system with the familiarity of standard Windows productivity tools, like Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic. Its small footprint and high parallel test throughput provide the most economical approach to testing complex VLSI devices with embedded memory and analog cells.

About Amkor Technology

Amkor Technology, Inc., is the world's largest independent provider of semiconductor packaging and test services. The company offers a complete set of semiconductor services including deep submicron wafer fabrication, wafer probe testing, IC packaging assembly and design, final testing burn-in characterization and reliability testing. More information on Amkor Technology, Inc. is available from the company's SEC filings and on Amkor's web site, http://www.amkor.com. Amkor Technology, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol AMKR.

About Teradyne

Teradyne is the world's leading automated testing company for the electronics, communications, and software industries. Its products and services address the test requirements of a broad range of semiconductors, electronic assemblies, telephone access networks and software applications. Teradyne is also a leading supplier of backplane and interconnect systems for the electronics and communications industries. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Teradyne had 1999 sales of $1.8 billion and currently employs about 7900 people worldwide. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TER. Teradyne's World Wide Web address is http://www.teradyne.com.