Walnut Creek, CA -- November 3, 1997 -- Teradyne, Inc. announced that its Spectrum(TM) 8800-Series VXI Manufacturing Test Platform has been selected by DSC Communications in Plano, TX as their standard platform for in-circuit and functional board test. The systems will test PCBs used in switching and transmission products in DSC's manufacturing facilities in Plano, TX and Petaluma, CA. Shipments began in June of this year.

Teradyne's Spectrum 8800-Series is the first board test system built around a fully-integrated VXI system architecture for full-spectrum in-circuit and board functional test. Launched in November 1996, Spectrum has generated orders for more than 80 test systems, from customers that include Acculogic, AIL Systems, Allen Bradley, Avex, Digital, DSC Communications, Ford Electronics, Lucent Technologies, Medrad, Nortel, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, Spectrian, Symbol Technologies, Textron Systems, Toshiba, Vanso Electronics, and Wireless Access in North America; Carl Zeiss, Donnelly Electronics, Ericsson Saab Avionics, Lucent, OCD Printing Systems, Siemens, and Swaptronics in Europe; and Landrex and Mitac in Taiwan.

DSC Communications is a global provider of advanced telecommunications products, including digital switching, transmission, access and network management systems. DSC's integrated network solutions support voice, data and video services, such as intelligent networking, wireless, Internet and switched digital video applications. DSC has annual revenues of approximately $1.4 billion and is active in more than 60 countries worldwide.

Teradyne is a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment and connection systems for the electronics and telecommunications industries, with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. The Spectrum 8800-Series systems are produced by the Assembly Test Division in Walnut Creek, California. That division also manufactures other circuit board test and inspection equipment for the commercial market. Teradyne is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol: TER). Sales in the first three quarters of 1997 were approximately $875 million.