Teradyne Focuses on Value Driven Test Performance at ITC; Performance to Test Leading Edge Devices, Because Technology Never Stops

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2001--Teradyne (NYSE: TER) will highlight several new test solutions at the International Test Conference (Booth #1305) held here October 30 to November 1, 2001. Teradyne's value driven test solutions for new technologies unveiled at the show include the announcement of Design-for-Test (DFT) partnerships with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools enabling built-in failure diagnosis capability for Teradyne's Automatic Test Equipment (ATE). Teradyne will also introduce the 3.2 Gbps SerDes Port Qualifier, the latest addition to the suite of Teradyne products and techniques aimed at meeting the performance needs of the growing SerDes and SONet markets.

Teradyne's customer support continues to differentiate itself with eConnectNET, Teradyne's new eDiagnostic capability that provides secure remote access to offsite Teradyne test systems and enables customers to instantly see a wide variety of options and instruments. Following are the advanced test solutions that will be featured via eConnectNET at the International Test Conference 2001:

-	Catalyst Tiger BBAC, the instrument of choice for testing the full range of low frequency, high performance analog testing of broadband devices.
-	Catalyst Tiger TwinMode(TM) Differential Pin Electronics tests HyperTransport(TM), the newest high-speed, low voltage differential signal interface for Chipsets, Graphics, and Core Logic devices.
-	Catalyst Tiger 3.2Gbps SerDes Port Qualification methodology can test more than 66 SerDes ports simultaneously at high speeds making it the only solution available in today's market that meets the needs of exponentially increasing SerDes data rates.
-	Catalyst Quadsite Bluetooth has the dual requirements of meeting RF performance and low price-point. Teradyne's Catalyst with MicroWAVE6000 is flexible, fast, and can be fully configured with complete analog instrumentation from DC to microwave, making it the leading tester for Bluetooth in the world.
-	Catalyst 802.11a WLAN, a recognized wireless test solutions leader, meets the growing market for Wireless Local Area Networking device test. 802.11a WLAN uses wideband modulations at frequencies up to 5.8GHz and is a WLAN standard that is bandwidth competitive with 110BaseT.

"The momentum of technology never stops," said Mark Jagiela, Teradyne Vice President and General Manager, Semiconductor Test Business Group. "Semiconductor manufacturers are bringing new products to market faster at increasingly competitive prices. Teradyne's value driven test performance coupled with our worldwide test applications and service support network enable customers to achieve the fastest time to market. (Editor's Note: See press release "SanDisk Purchases Multiple J750 Test Systems from Teradyne") Our customers strive to continuously reduce the cost-of-test with the highest throughput flexibility. This goal can only be achieved with leading test technology. (Editor's Note: See press release "SANYO Selects Teradyne's Catalyst as First SOC Test System") Teradyne's numerous tester options and tools employ leading edge technology to provide economical and highly efficient parallel test solutions making us the proven leader in ATE."

Design-for-Test (DFT)

At ITC 2001, Teradyne is announcing two significant partnerships aimed at helping our customers get the maximum economic and quality gain from DFT Techniques. Teradyne and Mentor Graphics Corporation aim to provide new capabilities to speed time-to-market, reduce test costs and improve yields of semiconductors by bridging the gap between IC design and manufacturing test with a range of new tools and links between Mentor's DFT products and Teradyne ATE. In the Teradyne booth, a preview demonstration of the first linked tool under development will be shown. It is an integrated failure diagnosis tool linking Mentor's FastScan Diagnostics tool to Teradyne testers, resulting in a dramatic reduction in cycle time to isolate DFT-detected defects. (Editor's Note: See press release "Teradyne and Mentor Graphics Partner to Bridge the Design-to-Manufacturing Test Gap")

In addition, Teradyne is announcing a partnership with Synopsys, Inc. targeted at making the full benefits of DFT to achieve lower cost, higher yield, and faster time to market more easily accessible to semiconductor suppliers. Teradyne-Synopsys cooperation is focused on creating new efficiencies in system-on-chip (SoC) development and production. At the Teradyne booth, a preview demonstration of the first new capability to be developed under Teradyne-Synopsys cooperation, a rapid failure diagnostic tool that integrates Synopsys TetraMAX ATPG, and Teradyne ATE will be shown. (Editor's Note: See press release "Teradyne and Synopsys Collaborate to Deliver Full Benefits of Design-for-Testability Techniques")

VX Test Simulation with Silicon Signals(TM) Software

Teradyne will demonstrate Silicon Signals, a new feature of VX test Simulation software, that uniquely brings together test simulation data and actual ATE results. Silicon Signals software lets customers import test data from the test system and real silicon and then compare it with the simulated test data generated by VX. Using VX's DataScope feature, the data sets can be merged and compared to identify silicon characterization or manufacturing problems early in the process.

Performance Test - Economically

New test instruments like the 3.2Gbps SerDes Port Qualifier (SPQ) for the growing SerDes and SONet markets is just one example of test performance for leading edge devices. (Editor's Note: See press release "Teradyne Introduces 3.2Gbps SerDes Port Qualifier for Catalyst Tiger") The new SPQ instrument for Teradyne's Tiger test platform is the first integrated automated test instrument capable of testing 3.2Gbps SerDes ports at production efficiencies. SPQ is designed to test up to 66 differential SerDes ports in parallel and provides extensive test coverage with high throughput.

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. Manufacturers of semiconductors, circuit assemblies, and voice and broadband telephone networks use Teradyne's test products. Manufacturers of communications and computing systems central to building networking infrastructure use Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density connectors. The company had sales of $3.0 billion in 2000 and currently employs about 8000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.teradyne.com.

TwinMode(TM) Differential Pin Electronics and Silicon Signals (Patent Pending) are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc.

HyperTransport is a trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium.

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