Teradyne Holds Majority Share in Wireless Test Market

NORTH READING, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
According to Gartner, Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) holds a 66.5 percent share of
the worldwide ATE RF testing market based on revenue in 2008, up from 60 percent
in 2007. (Source: Gartner, Inc. "Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Market
Share: Database" by Klaus Rinnen, et al. April 9, 2009)

Teradyne`s wireless device test solutions, the Gen4 Microwave and UltraWave 12G,
cover the broadest range of today`s complex wireless test requirements with the
performance headroom for tomorrow.

"From our perspective, Teradyne continues to maintain clear market leadership in
RF ATE," said Ed Paulsen, wireless segment manager at Teradyne. "The Gen4
Microwave instrument for the FLEX test system continues to see wide acceptance
having recently shipped its 500th unit to Sigurd Microelectronics."

Spanning the broadest range of complex RFIC and RFSOC wireless device
applications, the UltraWave 12G and Gen4 test devices including, wireless LAN,
Bluetooth, set-top box (STB), 3G and 4G cellular, WiMAX and new emerging
standards like LTE.

Paulsen continued, "The UltraWave 12G has also quickly ramped and sets the bar
in terms of RF performance, throughput, parallel test efficiency and ease of
use. We can attribute our 6.5 percent growth in wireless market share this year
to the broad range of wireless markets our RF test solutions serve as well as
the technical and economic requirements our customers realize by working with
Teradyne. "

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 www.teradyne.com. Teradyne is a
registered trademark of Teradyne, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All
other product names are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc. (including its
subsidiaries). Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

Editor`s Note: For product photography and other resources, please visit
Teradyne`s press room at: http://www.teradyne.com/pressRoom/index.html

Teradyne
Jessica Faulkner, 978-370-1437
Public Relations
jessica.faulkner@teradyne.com

Copyright Business Wire 2009