Teradyne, OptimalTest Agree to Jointly Market Test Operations Optimization Solutions

NORTH READING, Mass. & NES ZIONA, Israel--(Business Wire)--
Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) and OptimalTest have entered into a strategic alliance
to offer Teradyne customers a comprehensive and expanded set of semiconductor
test solutions that deliver up to 30 percent test time reduction, 20 percent
more operational efficiency and five percent increased yield. The software also
improves critical yield learning during production ramps.

Based on Advanced Adaptive Test, OptimalTest`s software can be scaled to meet
customer needs ranging from local test floor operations to linking globally
dispersed, multi-enterprise manufacturing supply chains. The software supports
advanced adaptive test in real time and "near time" across a distributed supply
chain, as well as offline post-processing, for faster decision-making on
profitability, performance and product quality.

OptimalTest`s solutions for yield learning and reclamation, test time reduction,
outlier detection and reliability, and quality meet Teradyne`s requirements for
easy use, implementation and deployment, as well as effectiveness.

"Teradyne recognized OptimalTest`s software as an effective solution for meeting
customers` high-volume production and strategic business needs," said Roy
Chorev, Teradyne`s Semiconductor Test software product manager. "The addition of
OptimalTest to our third-party solution provider program will extend our
technology and business capabilities to provide customers with the best software
toolsets in the industry, and the convenience of a single point of contact.
Through industry alliances like this, we help our customers innovate to reduce
cost and get to market faster."

"Teradyne understands its customers` need for modern, innovative software
solutions to complement and extend test hardware performance, as well as the
importance of giving customers access to every competitive advantage in rapidly
changing market conditions," says Dan Glotter, co-founder and CEO, OptimalTest.
"This agreement is a testament to the power of our second-generation advanced
adaptive test technology and the solutions built around it, which ensure higher
data integrity while reducing the time to make critical decisions from days or
hours to minutes."

Customers can leverage the joint expertise of Teradyne`s worldwide Test
Assistance Group (TAG) and OptimalTest`s Customer Team to deploy these
technologies. OptimalTest`s software may be licensed for use at customer-owned
test floors or with their designated Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test
(OSAT) providers. Customers will license the software directly from OptimalTest.
Pre-sales and sales support and development will be provided jointly by both
companies. Post-installation service and support will be provided by
OptimalTest`s global support experts.

About OptimalTest

Established in 2005, OptimalTest provides comprehensive test management software
solutions incorporating advanced adaptive test techniques. The company`s suite
of software is unique for its breadth, incremental modularity, seamless
connectivity and real-time capabilities. Its solutions allow adaptation and
enhancement of test processes and operations through continuous automated
learning, advanced adaptive test techniques and expertly culled data that is
decision-ready. The results are significant improvements in yield, test time
reduction, reliability and quality as well as reduced cost of test. OptimalTest
has growing worldwide operations in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States.
For more information, go to www.optimaltest.com. Advanced Adaptive Test is a
registered trademark of OptimalTest in the U.S. and other countries.

About Teradyne

Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment used to
test complex electronics used in the consumer electronics, automotive,
computing, telecommunications, and aerospace and defense industries. In 2008,
Teradyne had sales of $1.1 billion and currently employs about 3,000 people
worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.teradyne.com/. Teradyne 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).

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Teradyne
Jessica Faulkner, 978-370-1437
jessica.faulkner@teradyne.com
or
OptimalTest
Barbara Palmer, 914-725-8057
bpalmer@palmercommunications.com

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