The 500th J750 customer is Global Testing Corporation, a provider of assembly test services to the subcontractor market. Today, Teradyne accepted a multiple system order from Global Testing. Several J750 systems are now in production at their facilities in Taiwan and California. Jon Hwu, CEO of Global Test, said, "To meet the needs of our diverse customer base, we purchased the J750 based on its multisite test capabilities and small footprint design allowing for more efficient use of our production floor space. The J750 also offered us the most economical approach to testing microcontroller devices with embedded flash and low-end mixed signal devices at 100MHz performance. We also appreciate Teradyne's experience and global support for fabless semiconductor and subcon customers, we have always received excellent service from the Teradyne support organization."
Marc Levine, Vice President and General Manager at ITD, said, "J750 sales in the fabless/subcontractor market is currently the fastest growing segment of our business. The market acceptance of the INTEGRA J750 strengthens Teradyne's broad line of semiconductor test equipment and reinforces our commitment to support the contract manufacturers and fabless semiconductor companies. Where efficiency and low cost of test are important to this market segment, the INTEGRA J750 continues to demonstrate high device throughput and immediate productivity to meet the diverse testing requirements of our customers. More importantly, we offer a flexible test solution at an industry leading cost per pin price point."
Teradyne has the broadest product line of automatic test equipment (ATE) and instrumentation suites for semiconductor development and production. Teradyne's products are especially suited for the fabless, foundry and subcontractor test market employing leading economical and highly efficient parallel test solutions. At subcontract facilities, approximately 1000 Teradyne semiconductor test systems are installed worldwide.
About the INTEGRA J750
The INTEGRA J750 delivers up to 1,024 digital channels into 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 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 provides the most economical approach to testing complex VLSI devices with embedded memory and analog cells.
About Global Testing Corporation
Global Testing Corporation's headquarters is in Hsin Chu, Taiwan with a subsidiary in Silicon Valley, California. The company was founded in April of 1998, is Taiwan ISO9002 certified and has been certified by major IDM and foundry companies. The company's primary business is engineering test development, mass production test, and assembly in the subcon market. The company provides prototype test development both in the US & Taiwan. Their web site address is http://www.gttw.com.tw.
About Teradyne
Teradyne is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and related software for the electronics and telecommunications industries and a leading supplier of high-performance backplane assemblies and connectors. Teradyne supports its products through an extensive service and applications engineering network, with technical centers located throughout the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Teradyne reported sales of approximately $1.8 billion in 1999 and currently has about 8,500 employees worldwide. Teradyne's World Wide Web address is www.teradyne.com. Go directly to the ITD site at http://www.teradyne.com/prods/itd/

