BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS À- February 9, 2000 À- Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) announced the Spectrum™ 8950-Series ADSL Manufacturing Test Platform will receive –The Best in Test Award.” The industry award is presented by the trade publication Test & Measurement World. Editors from the publication select 10 products as the best test products announced between November 1, 1998 and October 31, 1999. Subscribers of the magazine vote to nominate the –Test Product of the Year”. –The Best in Test” and –Test Product of the Year” awards will be presented at NEPCON West in Anaheim, CA (February 29-March 2).

–Test & Measurement World is proud to present the –The Best in Test” award because the recipients of the award represent products that truly stand out in the test industry. The editors view the awards as the best of the best test products recently introduced,” said Jonathan Titus, VP/Editorial Director, Test & Measurement World.

Spectrum™ 8950-Series ADSL Manufacturing Test Platform

The Teradyne product receiving –The Best in Test” award is the Spectrum 8950-Series. The Spectrum Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line test system integrates in-circuit, functional, and system-level tests within a single-stage manufacturing test platform for ADSL-based products serving the telecommunications industry.

About Teradyne

Teradyne is the world's leading automated testing company for the electronics, communications, and software industries. Its products and services address the test requirements of a broad range of semiconductors, electronic assemblies, telephone access networks and software applications. Teradyne supports its customers via a global service and applications engineering network, with technical centers located throughout the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.

The Assembly Test Division, located in Boston and Walnut Creek, California, serves circuit-board test customers with comprehensive capabilities in test and inspection. These test instruments and systems are used in commercial environments and in military/aerospace applications where reliability, time-to-market, and in-line process test are key to success. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Teradyne reported sales of approximately $1.8 billion in 1999 and currently has about 7500 employees worldwide. Teradyne's World Wide Web address is www.teradyne.com.