New J973EP Real Time Enabling Brings E-Commerce to VLSI Test

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000-- or balance both types of test. The J973EP expands the performance curve on accuracy, precision device power and differential bus testing with Real Time Enabling.

Pricing and Availability

The J973EP North American pricing starts at less than $1 million. Production shipments of the J973EP start in March 2001.

About Teradyne

Teradyne is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment (ATE) and associated software for the electronics and telecommunications industries with 1999 sales exceeding $1.8 billion and more than 8,500 employees worldwide.

Teradyne products are used to test semiconductors, circuit assemblies, telephone lines, networks, computerized telephone systems and software.

Teradyne is also a leading supplier of backplane assemblies and high-density connectors used in high-performance electronic systems in communications and computing. More than 70 percent of the company's business is driven by Internet growth. Teradyne's Web address is www.teradyne.com.

Note to editors: See related news release, Technology Breakthroughs Expand Performance on New J973EP.