BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing Selects the INTEGRA J750 Test System from Teradyne

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000--Teradyne announced today that BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing, a pioneer in outsourced semiconductor testing and turnkey manufacturing, purchased an INTEGRA J750 test system for its Austin, TX facility. The system will test a wide variety of IC devices, more economically and faster than previous testers.

Ray Pixley, Vice President of Engineering at BridgePoint said, "Many of our customers have determined that the J750 was the most economical and versatile test solution, ideal for testing a wide range of their devices. It reduces the overall cost of test with its ability to test many devices in parallel in a high volume production environment. This flexibility is proving to be popular in the semiconductor industry and is an excellent match for the variety of devices our customers are testing today and will be testing in the future."

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, Scan 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 BridgePoint

BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing is a privately held semiconductor engineering and manufacturing company providing semiconductor test, failure analysis, exotic package assembly and high-end board assembly.

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 8000 people worldwide. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TER. Teradyne's World Wide Web address is www.teradyne.com.