A conference call will follow at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, October 17, 2001. This call will be broadcast simultaneously over the Internet. Interested investors should access the web-cast at www.teradyne.com and click on "Investor Information" at least five minutes before the call begins.
About Teradyne
Teradyne (NYSE: TER - news) is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and is also a leading supplier of high performance interconnection systems. Teradyne's test products are used by manufacturers of semiconductors, circuit assemblies, voice and broadband telephone networks. Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density connectors are used by manufacturers of communications and computing systems central to building networking infrastructure. The company had sales of $3.0 billion in 2000 and currently employs about 8000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.teradyne.com.

