| BOSTON--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--March 27, 2000-- Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:
TER) announced the Spectrum™ 8950-Series ADSL
Manufacturing Test Platform received the 1999 SMT Vision
Award. The industry award is presented by the trade
publication Surface Mount Technology (SMT). Teradyne
received the award in recognition of product innovation
and excellence in the "Testing" category.
"The SMT Vision Award in the most prestigious
industry award. The goal in presenting the Vision Award
is to recognize industry leaders that have the innovation
and vision to push technology forward," said Gregory
Reed, Editor, SMT.
Multiple Award Winning Spectrum™ 8950-Series
ADSL Test Platform
The Teradyne product receiving the Vision 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 North Reading,
Massachusetts 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. |
