SANYO Selects Teradyne`s Catalyst as First SOC Test System

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2001--Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) announced today SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. Semiconductor Company, System LSI Division, has purchased the Catalyst Test System for System-on-a-Chip (SOC) device test. SANYO's first SOC test system will be used to test a variety of devices including CD-RW, USB2.0 and LVDS used in PC peripherals. The SANYO SOC test system selection was based on a commitment to economical consumer integrated circuit (IC) production. Teradyne's Catalyst, the world's best selling SOC test system, is the original SOC test system providing industry leading test capabilities with the highest throughput enabling cost efficient device test.

"SANYO's roadmap of devices requires a test system with high digital pin-count, the highest digital test data rate that the Catalyst's Gazelle provides, as well as rich analog functions and options," said Mr. Fumihiro Dasai, General Manager, System LSI Division, SANYO. "Teradyne's Catalyst provides integrated analog and digital instrumentation required to test next-generation devices, while delivering the highest throughput in the SOC test system marketplace," concluded Mr.Dasai.

"We are pleased to provide SANYO with their first SOC test system," commented Tsunehisa Yamashita, General Manager, Japan Division of Teradyne. "SANYO is a leader in manufacturing a broad range of electronics. As their test requirements evolve, Catalyst will continue to provide reliable quality test at the lowest cost and continue SANYO's commitment to economical IC production."

About Catalyst

Catalyst dominates the SOC market with test capabilities for DSL, wireless, microwave and power management applications. With more than 4,000 individual users worldwide, Catalyst's IMAGE(TM) programming system is the most widely used ATE software environment. Catalyst currently offers wireless devices, quad-site testing, providing the best test economics and most complete array of analog instrumentation. When a cell call is placed, or a PC, printer, scanner, pager, or DVD is utilized, Catalyst tested ICs make it happen.

About SANYO Semiconductor Company

The SANYO Semiconductor Company is one of the five principal companies of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. The Company offers semiconductor devices, flat panel displays and system solutions for leading applications in the electronic industry such as mobile communications equipment, PC/PC related products and analog/digital AV equipment. As for manufacturing fabs, there are three wafer fabs and five assembly facilities in Japan and six assembly plants in the Asia-Pacific region. Sales bases for the Company are located in North America, Europe, Asia and Japan. In the fiscal year 2000 (ending March 31, 2001), the Company achieved 407.5 billion yen sales with approximately 15,000 employees including its subsidiaries. Further information is available at http://www.semic.sanyo.co.jp/index_e.htm.

About Teradyne

Teradyne (NYSE:TER) 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 and 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 billion in 2000 and currently employs about 8000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.teradyne.com.

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“SANYO's roadmap of devices requires a test system with high digital pin-count, the highest digital test data rate that the Catalyst's Gazelle provides, as well as rich analog functions and options”