| Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov.
11, 2003--Teradyne, Inc.'s (NYSE:TER) Assembly
Test Division today introduced a new programming environment
for its family of XStation(TM) automated X-Ray inspection
(AXI) systems. Announced and demonstrated at the Productronica
trade fair in Munich, the PC-based XFrame(TM) software
significantly reduces program-generation time and improves
the consistency and quality of AXI inspection programs.
"XFrame cuts program-generation time to hours,"
said Paul Groome, product manager, Assembly Test Division.
"With our previous-generation software packages
for AXI programming, it took days to get a program onto
an AXI system. Users had to access many different tools
and manuals in order to understand the set-up of algorithms
to achieve the highest fault detection. The new XFrame
programming environment automates all this work, so
an initial program can be developed and ready for debug
in less than a half hour."
Providing a key benefit to the industry, XFrame allows
all programming to be performed off-line, enabling maximum
utilization of investment in equipment. Unlike other
AXI programming software, XFrame provides complete flexibility
by giving the customer the ability to set thresholds
rather than hard-coding them into the software. XFrame
deploys a new graphical user interface and ensures data
quality using an industry-standard Oracle database.
XFrame software will begin shipping in Q1 2004. Pricing
for an XFrame programming package starts at $26,125.
Product delivery time is one to two weeks.
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. Teradyne is a trademark
of Teradyne, Inc. in the US and other countries. For
more information, visit www.teradyne.com. |
