Test ProductsBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2002--Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER), the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and high performance interconnection systems for the electronics industry, announced today that RF Micro Devices (Nasdaq NM: RFMD) and ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. ("STATS" - Nasdaq: STTS and SGX: ST Assembly) will ramp Bluetooth(TM) device production on Teradyne's Catalyst test systems. The machines, equipped with the wireless industry standard MicroWAVE6000(TM), will provide high volume testing of RFMD's Bluetooth transceivers at STATS' Singapore production facility.
Han Tiang Fong, STATS' Vice President of Test Operations, said, "RFMD is a valued customer for STATS, and we are proud to offer them state-of-the-art testing. In high-growth areas like Bluetooth, we have a proven track record in offering complete services, and by using the industry-leading RF test solution, Teradyne's Catalyst with MicroWAVE6000, we provide total test coverage with the highest throughput." Mike Baglino, Manager of the Wireless/RF business unit at Teradyne, added, "We developed the Catalyst and MicroWAVE6000 to provide the capability and test economics needed for emerging growth markets such as Bluetooth. We are excited to be working with STATS and RFMD, and we are pleased they have chosen Teradyne for Bluetooth test solutions." "STATS continues to show leadership in the wireless market with their ability to transfer cutting-edge RFICs from engineering into high volume production. We look forward to providing both STATS and RFMD with the highest levels of worldwide support," Baglino added. About MicroWAVE6000 The MicroWAVE6000 instrumentation suite provides a complete range of RF/microwave test capabilities required for current and future wireless devices and communications standards. MicroWAVE6000 includes full 6 GHz source, measure and vector network analysis (VNA) capability, complete 12-term error correction, and graphical-user interface (GUI) based test templates for programming ease-of-use plus options, including: modulation to 2.7 GHz, up to 16 RF pins, as well as options for noise figure, phase noise measurements and frequency hopping. Fully integrated within Catalyst and A5 test systems, MicroWAVE6000 is the only RF/microwave instrumentation available that also allows for complete system configuration flexibility for today's high-volume production environment. Catalyst and A5 systems can either be configured as focused RF test solutions, with ample room for further instrument expansion, or as complete wireless SOC test solutions by augmenting MicroWAVE6000 with the full complement of Teradyne's mixed-signal AC, DC, and digital instrumentation. In addition, MicroWAVE6000 instrumentation can be added easily to Catalyst and A5 installed systems. About Catalyst Catalyst dominates the SOC market with test capabilities for DSL, wireless, microwave and power management applications. With more than 4,000 individual users worldwide, Catalyst's IMAGE(TM) programming system is the most widely used ATE software environment. Catalyst offers multisite testing, providing the best test economics, and the most complete array of analog instrumentation for test coverage and production flexibility. When a mobile phone call is placed, or a PC, printer, scanner, pager, or DVD is utilized, Catalyst tested ICs make it happen. About RF Micro Devices RF Micro Devices, Inc., an ISO 9001-certified manufacturer, designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) primarily for wireless communications products and applications such as cellular and PCS phones, base stations, wireless LANs, and cable television modems. The Company offers a broad array of products - including amplifiers, mixers, modulators/demodulators, and single-chip receivers, transmitters and transceivers - representing a substantial majority of the RFICs required in wireless subscriber equipment. The Company's strategy is to focus on wireless markets by offering a broad range of standard and custom-designed RFICs in order to position itself as a "one-stop" solution for its customers' RFIC needs. RF Micro Devices, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol RFMD. For more information about RFMD, please visit our website at www.rfmd.com. About ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. (STATS) ST Assembly Test Services ("STATS" - NNM: STTS and SGX: ST Assembly), is a leading semiconductor test and assembly service provider to fabless companies, integrated device manufacturers and wafer foundries. With its principal operations in Singapore and global operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Taiwan, STATS offers full back-end turnkey solutions to customers worldwide. STATS' expertise is in testing mixed-signal semiconductors, which are extensively used in fast growing communications applications such as data networking, broadband and mobile communications. STATS also offers advanced assembly services and has developed a wide array of traditional and advanced leadframe and laminate based products, including various ball grid array packages to serve some of the world's technological leaders. STATS was listed on the Nasdaq National Market and The Singapore Exchange in January 2000 and is in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Index and the Straits Times Industrial Index. Further information is available at www.stts.com. Certain of the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the semiconductor industry; demand for end-use applications products such as communications equipment and personal computers; reliance on a small group of principal customers; decisions by customers to discontinue outsourcing of test and assembly services; changes in customer order patterns; rescheduling or canceling of customer orders; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressures including declines in average selling prices; continued success in technological innovations; delays in acquiring or installing new equipment; shortages in supply of key components; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks described from time to time in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20-F dated February 28, 2002. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. About Teradyne Teradyne (NYSE: TER) is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and is also a leading supplier of high performance interconnection systems. Teradyne's test products are used by manufacturers of semiconductors, circuit assemblies, voice and broadband telephone networks. Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density connectors are used by manufacturers of communications and computing systems central to building networking infrastructure. The company had sales of $3.0 billion in 2000 and currently employs about 9000 people worldwide. Teradyne's World Wide Web address is www.teradyne.com. IMAGE and MicroWAVE6000 are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc Bluetooth is a trademark owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Semiconductor Test is a lead-ing supplier of semiconductor test equipment for logic, RF, analog, power, mixed-signal, and memory technologies. We deliver test solutions to developers and manufacturers of a broad range of integrated circuits, packaged separately or integrated as System-On-a-Chip (SOC) or System-In-Package (SIP) devices. ICs tested by Teradyne are used in computing, communications, consumer, automotive, identification, and internet applications. |
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