NORTH READING, Mass. – May 22, 2007 – Teradyne (NYSE:TER), a world leader in high efficiency, low-cost test, announced that Dialog Semiconductor, a leading European supplier of power management devices, selected the Teradyne FLEX(TM) Test System as the preferred platform for testing its entire power management device portfolio. FLEX will be used to test leading edge power management devices used in portable consumer end-product applications including cell phones and PDAs. The first FLEX test system was purchased for Dialog’s engineering facility located in Kirchheim/Teck, Germany.

“We selected the FLEX test system because of its broad suite of instrumentation and highly efficient multisite test architecture which offers us the high parallelism and fast test times we need to economically test our power management devices,” said Mohamed Djadoudi, director, Global Manufacturing, Dialog Semiconductor. “In addition, the wide acceptance and availability of FLEX Platform systems at subcontractor companies facilitates easy access to production capacity for product ramp and played a major role in our decision as Dialog Semiconductor now uses dedicated test subcontractors in Asia for its volume final test operation.”

“The FLEX Platform provides the perfect mix and density of digital and power instrumentation needed for testing today’s highly integrated power management devices,” said Charles Grapy, European field operations manager, Teradyne. “And the FLEX architecture delivers the high efficiency multisite test needed to achieve the best test economics. We are very pleased to have Dialog Semiconductor join a growing list of companies who have chosen FLEX as their test platform.“

About FLEX Test Platform
Teradyne’s FLEX Test Platform, which has surpassed its 1100th unit shipment, advances test technologies in an architecture designed for high efficiency, multisite test. The Platform offers multiple systems so customers can optimize for performance, configuration capacity, and capital cost to achieve lower cost-of-test. FLEX Platform systems span test requirements from conventional DFT and structural test to standard analog and mixed-signal to the latest high-integration System-On-a-Chip (SoC) and System-In-Package (SiP) for consumer, automotive, mass storage, wireless, and data communications applications. To learn more about the FLEX Platform, visit http://www.teradyne.com/flex/.

About Dialog Semiconductor
Dialog Semiconductor develops and supplies power management, audio and display driver technology, targeting the wireless, automotive and industrial markets. The company’s expertise in mixed signal design, with products manufactured entirely in CMOS technology, enhances the performance and features of wireless, hand-held and portable electronic products. Its technology is also used in intelligent control circuits in automotive and industrial applications. Dialog Semiconductor Plc is headquartered near Stuttgart, Germany with operating facilities in the UK, US, Austria, Japan and Taiwan. The company is listed on the Frankfurt (FWB: DLG) stock exchange.

About Teradyne
Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment used to test complex electronics for the consumer electronics, automotive, computing, telecommunications, and aerospace and defense industries. In 2006, Teradyne had sales of $1.38 billion, and currently employs about 3,800 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com. Teradyne (R) is a registered trademark of Teradyne, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All product names are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc. (including its subsidiaries) or their respective owners.

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