A Division of Teradyne to Use Intrinsa Corp.'s PREfix to Test the Software Used in its Mixed-Signal Testers.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1997-- Electronic Test Equipment Leader Committed to High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , High Reliability and Customer Satisfaction Intrinsa Corp. today announced that the Industrial/Consumer Division (ICD ICD International Classification of Diseases (of the World Health Organization); intrauterine contraceptive device. ICD abbr. ) of Teradyne Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TER Third version. See bis. ) will deploy Intrinsa's PREfix The beginning or to add to the beginning. To prefix a header onto a packet means to place the header characters in front of the packet. "To prefix" at the beginning is the opposite of "to append" characters at the end. See prepend. 1. to test the software used in Teradyne's mixed-signal automatic test equipment for the semiconductor industry. Teradyne will use Intrinsa's PREfix in the Industrial/Consumer Division to ensure high levels of quality and customer satisfaction. "Customer satisfaction is our number one priority, and crashes due to software failure in our semiconductor testers are intolerable," said Joe Carbone Joe Carbone aka Joey Carbone is the NBA Strength & Conditioning coach of The Los Angeles Lakers 2004 - present. The decade prior to his current position, Joe was the exclusive trainer to. , engineering manager at Teradyne. "Because our testers are dependent on embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. , it is essential that the software be defect-free for the testers to operate reliably. Because PREfix finds a wide range of run-time defects at compile time The time it takes to translate a program from source language into machine language. Linker time may also be included in compile time. See compile and linker. (programming) compile time , it is an excellent fit for our environment. PREfix will be used to increase the availability and reliability of the testers in order to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction." "PREfix will give Teradyne the ability to jump-start the testing process," said Christine Wallis, director of marketing at Intrinsa Corp. "By starting earlier, Teradyne developers can actually prevent many defects from being passed on to customers. In addition, PREfix will provide substantial cost savings to Teradyne since the cost of fixing defects is directly related to when a bug is found -- the earlier a bug is found and corrected, the less expensive it is to fix. Overall, this cost savings and high quality will provide significant benefits to Teradyne's customers." PREfix facilitates defect defect - bug prevention and detection PREfix enables software development teams to detect run-time and interface defects at the earliest stage in the development cycle -- at or before compile time -- by simulating the execution of source code components. Unlike other testing products, PREfix does not require test cases or code instrumentation instrumentation, in music: see orchestra and orchestration. instrumentation In technology, the development and use of precise measuring, analysis, and control equipment. and does not change either the developer's methodology or the code itself. Using PREfix, developers can identify crash-causing bugs early in the development cycle, assuring code quality and improving time-to-market. PREfix is the first Intrinsa product based on the company's Software Component Simulation technology. SCS SCS, n strain/counterstrain, an approach of applying pressure to certain tender points in the muscles or joints to decrease or remove the pain sensed at the point of palpation. is a revolutionary new technology that simulates the execution of source code without running the code. Through SCS, PREfix is the first development solution to offer defect prevention as well as detection. PREfix identifies and reports defects in both newly-developed code as well as extremely mature, well-tested code. About Teradyne Inc. Teradyne is the world's leading supplier of automatic test equipment and of ATE systems for semiconductor test. Sales for l996 were approximately $1.2 billion. Headquartered in Boston, the company also manufactures systems for testing printed circuit boards and telephone equipment. Teradyne's World Wide Web address is www.teradyne.com . Teradyne is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (Symbol:TER). About Intrinsa Corp. Intrinsa Corp. provides innovative software development products that accelerate the process of component software development by identifying run-time and interface defects early in the software development cycle. Based on the company's Software Component Simulation (SCS) technology, Intrinsa's PREfix defect detection products are shortening development cycles, decreasing maintenance costs and improving code quality in leading edge software organizations. Intrinsa was founded in 1995, is based in Mountain View, and sells its products through a direct sales force. More information on Intrinsa and PREfix can be found at www.intrinsa.com . -0- Note to Editors: Intrinsa, PREfix and Software Component Simulation are trademarks of Intrinsa Corp. All other company or product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Intrinsa Corp., Mountain View Allison Spiller, 650/526-8965 allison@intrinsa.com info@intrinsa.com http://www.intrinsa.com or Teradyne Inc., Boston Juli Boman, 617/422-2567 juli.boman@teradyne.com www.teradyne.com or Niehaus Ryan Group Alison Boman, 650/827-7016 alison@nrgpr.com |
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