Teradyne Releases Test-Program Re-host Solution For Migration From L-Series to Spectrum 9100 and M9 Test Hardware

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2003--Teradyne, Inc.'s (NYSE:TER) Assembly Test Division today announced a new version of TPS Converter Studio(TM) software to reduce the time and costs of migrating test-program sets (TPSs) from the Teradyne L-series test platform to the Teradyne Spectrum 9100-series test platform and M9-series digital test instrument (DTI). The company made the announcement at the Autotestcon Systems Readiness Technology Conference in Anaheim, California.

TPS Converter Studio is the first commercially available L-series to Spectrum 9100-series TPS migration product. TPS Converter Studio brings together best-in-class tools and a structured, guided process in a highly integrated environment to reduce the time, costs, and guesswork out of legacy L-series-based TPS migration.

“TPS Converter Studio not only provides tools that automate the conversion of test-program sets, but also guides users through a structured conversion process that ensures consistency and completeness.”

TPS Converter Studio has also been designated by the U.S. Navy as the preferred application for CASS to RT-CASS digital test code conversion because of its support for the M9-series digital test instrument (DTI), which is the digital portion of both CASS and RT-CASS test systems.

TPS Converter Studio Version 2.0 includes three significant enhancements:

-- The digital code converter now supports translation of all L-series-based digital functions to equivalent M9-series functions.

-- Direct support for analog functions in the standard L-Series DMM, Counter/Timer, and Function Generator instruments completely automates code conversion to the equivalent instruments in the Spectrum 9100-series test system.

-- Integration with Spectrum 9100-series system configuration databases under TestStudio automates pin map generation and UUT pin-to-instrument mapping.

TPS Converter Studio solves the problem of re-hosting legacy L-series test programs on to newer Spectrum 9100 test systems based on the M9 DTI. "Re-hosting a test program is more than just test code translation, and ordinarily it can be an expensive and time-consuming process that approaches the cost of creating a test program from scratch," said David Rolince, product manager. "TPS Converter Studio not only provides tools that automate the conversion of test-program sets, but also guides users through a structured conversion process that ensures consistency and completeness."

Teradyne created TPS Converter Studio to meet the needs of two types of customers: 1) L-series test system users who want to retire their L-series testers and move to the more modern Spectrum 9100-series test platform and 2) RT-CASS customers who need to migrate the digital portions of their CASS programs to the RT-CASS configuration.

TPS Converter Studio software offer three major features that deliver value to the customer:

-- A process-oriented graphical user interface that organizes the program-conversion task into sequential steps and ensures that all migration tasks are completed

-- A code-migration screener that quickly identifies code inconsistencies between source and target test systems and provides suggested corrections

-- A comprehensive test-function library that automates the translation of digital and analog programming code

These key features deliver the following customer benefits: simplified and smooth migration to the new test environment, high-quality test-program sets, and dramatically reduced time and costs.

About TPS Converter Studio Software

-- Completely converts L-series digital tests and diagnostics to M9-series DTI

-- Automates standard L-series analog to Spectrum 9100 program conversion

-- Provides a process-oriented GUI that organizes each conversion task

-- Screens converted programs for potential problems, flags the problem code, and suggests resolutions

-- Integrates tightly with C-programming applications VisualStudio and LabWindows/CVI

-- Automatically builds a TestStudio job ready for Spectrum 9100 integration

-- Runs under Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.

Pricing & Availability

TPS Converter Studio is priced at $47,500 for a new license. The latest release, version 2.0, is available free of charge to customers who have version 1.1 and an up-to-date Software Support Agreement. The software is available immediately. Delivery is two to three weeks ARO.

About Teradyne

Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is the world's largest supplier of Automatic Test Equipment, and a leading supplier of interconnection systems. The company's products deliver competitive advantage to the world's leading semiconductor, electronics, automotive and network systems companies. In 2002, Teradyne had sales of $1.22 billion and currently employs about 6700 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com.