"We chose KLA-Tencor because of its industry leadership in e-diagnostics and ability to rapidly adapt its technology to our test systems," says Brian Amero, Teradyne eDiagnostics Product Manager.
The pilot incorporates KLA-Tencor's e-diagnostics technology into Teradyne's latest semiconductor test products to provide interactive online customer support. In the future, Teradyne global customers will be able to connect to technical experts remotely through a secure online connection in real time. Once the connection is established, Teradyne engineers can immediately perform development and maintenance tasks. Customers' benefits include increased test system availability and faster production ramps through more efficient transfer of test programs from development to production sites.
About Teradyne
Teradyne (NYSE: TER) is the world's largest supplier of automatic test systems and high performance interconnect systems for the electronics, telecommunications and Internet industries. Teradyne products are used to test semiconductors, printed circuit board assemblies telephone lines and broadband networks. Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density, high-bandwidth connectors are used in the communications and computing systems central to the Internet infrastructure. In 2000, the company had sales of $3.0 billion and there are currently more than 9600 employees. Teradyne's World Wide Web address is www.teradyne.com.
About KLA-Tencor
KLA-Tencor is the world leader in yield management and process control solutions for semiconductor manufacturing and related industries. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., the company has sales and service offices around the world. An S&P 500 company, KLA-Tencor is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol KLAC.
“We chose KLA-Tencor because of its industry leadership in e-diagnostics and ability to rapidly adapt its technology to our test systems”

