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Teradyne Inc. (NYSE:TER) recognized its partnerships with nine leading suppliers of electronic automatic test systems to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) at the ITC conference. All nine suppliers have integrated or designed Teradynes VXI-based digital test technology into the commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) test systems they supply to the DoD for use in field, depot, and manufacturing test. The announcement was made at the International Test Conference (ITC) held October 18-23 in Washington, DC.

The companies recognized by Teradyne as "Digital Test Partners" are supplying the next generation of test equipment to the DoD using industry-standard component software, standard VXI hardware building blocks, and VXIplug&play software. Their objective is to meet the higher performance requirements of new DoD weapon systems and at the same time address the maintenance requirements of legacy weapon systems with modern, lower-cost test platforms.

All nine suppliers have selected Teradynes M900 VXI Digital Test Unit or M9-Series of VXI Digital Test Instruments as their solution for digital functional test. Both the D-size M900 and the C-size M9-Series take full advantage of VXI interface standards and advanced packaging techniques to offer more digital performance, plus greater cost efficiency and higher reliability, than has ever been available in a VXI format.

Teradyne recognized the following Digital Test Partners. The test systems that include Teradyne digital test technology are listed in the right-hand column.

Teradyne is the world's largest manufacturer of automatic test equipment ("ATE") for the electronics industry. Products include systems to test semiconductors, circuit boards and modules, telephone lines, computerized telephone systems, and software. The Company is also a leading manufacturer of backplanes and associated high-density connectors used in electronic systems. Teradyne supports these products through an extensive service and application engineering network, with technical centers located throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia's Pacific Rim. The Assembly Test Division, located in Boston and Walnut Creek, California, serves circuit-board test customers with comprehensive capabilities in test and inspection. These test instruments and systems are used in commercial environments and in military/aerospace applications where reliability, time-to-market, and in-line process test are key to success. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Teradyne reported sales of approximately $1.3 billion in 1997 and had 6300 employees worldwide. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners.