BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001--

Leading Test Services Provider Continues to Invest in New Technology

Teradyne announced today that BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing, the largest independent outsourced semiconductor services provider in North America, has selected a J750 1024-pin test system for its Austin, TX facility. The 1024-pin INTEGRA J750 test system delivers high levels of parallel test, with up to 1,024 digital channels in a zero footprint system entirely contained within a test head. This latest purchase reinforces BridgePoint's commitment to providing the most advanced outsourced test services to its broad client base throughout North America.

Ray Pixley, Vice President of Engineering at BridgePoint said, "The efficiency, throughput, and economics that the J750 provides convinced us that it was the ideal test solution for our customers' telecommunications, automotive and high pin-count microcontroller devices. The 1024-pin J750 reduces the overall cost of test for our customers with its ability to test many devices in parallel in a high volume production environment. Teradyne's technical expertise and worldwide product support, make the J750 the right choice for our test floor and another powerful tool to help our clients get their products to market more quickly."

"We are pleased that BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing has again chosen Teradyne to meet its test challenges with their first 1024-pin J750," said Doug Elder, Teradyne's J750 Worldwide Marketing and Support Manager. "The J750's unique test program development architecture provides shorter start-up time that means economic advantage to our customers. The superior throughput of the J750 let's BridgePoint provide the low costs they need to stay competitive while ensuring the high quality test solution their customers demand. With this repeat order, we're happy to introduce the 1024-pin J750 to the Austin fabless community."

The J750 Family of Test Systems

The J750's high-throughput parallel test capabilities deliver 95% parallel test efficiency for up to 32 devices. The zero footprint system delivers up to 1024 I/O channels contained in a test head, and offers a suite of options - Converter Test Option, Memory Test Option, Redundancy Analysis, Mixed Signal Option, and Analog Pin Measurement Unit - to address a range of testing needs.

The system also features IG-XL test software, combining the power and performance of the latest PC technology and Windows NT operating system with the familiarity of standard Windows productivity tools, like Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic. The J750's small footprint and high parallel test throughput provide the most economical approach to testing complex VLSI devices with embedded memory and analog cells.

About BridgePoint

Founded in 1998, BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing is the largest independent outsourced semiconductor services provider in North America. A privately held semiconductor engineering and manufacturing company, BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing provides semiconductor test, failure analysis, exotic package assembly and high-end board assembly. Headquarters are located in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit www.bridgept.com.

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. Manufacturers of semiconductors, circuit assemblies, and voice and broadband telephone networks use Teradyne's test products. Manufacturers of communications and computing systems central to building networking infrastructure use Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density connectors. The company had sales of $3.0 billion in 2000 and currently employs about 8000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.teradyne.com.