Agere Recognizes Teradyne with 2003 Strategic Supplier Award

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2003--Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) announced Agere Systems (NYSE:AGR.A, AGR.B) has presented a '2003 Strategic Supplier Award' to Teradyne. Supplying Agere with an extensive installed base of Catalyst and Tiger test systems, Teradyne delivers comprehensive multi-site test for sophisticated SOC devices used in storage disk drives and other data communication applications. The award selection was also based on Teradyne's unparalleled strength in global customer service that supports Agere's worldwide locations including Allentown, Bangkok, and Singapore.

Thomas Linton, Agere Systems Chief Procurement Officer, said: "Teradyne provided Agere with test system performance and support this year that truly differentiated them among test equipment suppliers. The Strategic Supplier Award is our way of publicly recognizing Teradyne with an elite group of companies that contribute to Agere's efforts to offer our customers the best total experience."

“We're honored to receive a 'Strategic Supplier Award' from Agere, a leader in the mass storage device market”

"We're honored to receive a 'Strategic Supplier Award' from Agere, a leader in the mass storage device market," said Mark Jagiela, President, Semiconductor Test Division, Teradyne. "Continually building on our relationship over many years, Agere and Teradyne have worked closely together in aligning product roadmaps to ensure that optimal test technology is available for the newest generation of devices."

About Tiger

The Catalyst Tiger is the first ATE Platform to combine next generation LVDS and SerDes production test capability in a true SOC system. Extending the Catalyst Family, Tiger shares the same high throughput zero-time DSP architecture, IMAGE(TM) software and state-of-the-art analog instruments and extends the Catalyst Family to 1024 digital pins. Powered by breakthrough Silicon Germanium (SiGe) technology, Tiger's TwinMode Pin Electronics set a new digital performance standard with full I/O data rates to 1.6 Gbps and configurability for single ended or differential testing, while retaining the timing flexibility at top speed demanded by chipset, graphics and network processing applications. The flexibility of Tiger allows customers to configure their system to provide complete test coverage while achieving maximum production throughput for a broad range of devices.

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 6300 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com. Teradyne is a trademark of Teradyne, Inc. in the US and other countries.

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