Airoha Technology Selects Teradyne's Catalyst for Wireless Device Test.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2003

Catalyst With MicroWAVE 6000(TM) to Test New Devices

for WLAN and Cellular Products

Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) announced Airoha Technology Corp., a Fabless company headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, has selected the Catalyst test system with MicroWAVE 6000(TM) instrumentation for highly integrated RF/Mixed Signal device test. Teradyne's Catalyst will test Airoha's new Airglow SiGe BiCMOS device used in cellular products and the company's new Airlink device used in WLAN products. Selection was based on the proven test cost efficiency of Teradyne's test solutions.

"Airoha is producing one of the most integrated WLAN RF ICs available on the market today," said Michael Lu, President, Airoha Technology Corp. "Teradyne's MicroWAVE6000 instrumentation provides us with a significant advantage in the RF industry. In addition, Teradyne's demonstrated commitment to global customer service supports our production center in Taiwan. Delivering the best test solution with proven test cost efficiency is why we selected Teradyne for our current and next generation wireless device test."

"The Catalyst series with MicroWAVE6000 provides Airoha test coverage for WLAN and Bluetooth(TM) devices and for mobile phone standards such as GSM, CDMA, and WCDMA," said David Derian, marketing manager for Wireless/RF at Teradyne. "Catalyst's DSP architecture enables multi-site test that produces industry leading production throughput for the best test economics."

About MicroWAVE6000

Teradyne's MicroWAVE6000 instrumentation suite provides a complete range of RF/microwave test capabilities required for current and future wireless devices and communications standards. MicroWAVE6000 includes full 6 GHz source, measure and vector network analysis (VNA) capability, complete 12-term error correction, and graphical-user interface (GUI) based test templates for programming ease-of-use plus options, including: microwave modulation, up to 16 RF pins, as well as options for noise figure, phase noise measurements and frequency hopping. Fully integrated within Teradyne's Catalyst and A5 test systems, MicroWAVE6000 is the only RF/microwave instrumentation available that also allows for complete system configuration flexibility for today's high-volume production environment. Catalyst and A5 systems can either be configured as focused RF test solutions, with ample room for further instrument expansion, or as complete wireless SOC test solutions by augmenting MicroWAVE6000 with the full complement of Teradyne's mixed-signal AC, DC, and digital instrumentation. In addition, MicroWAVE6000 instrumentation can be added easily to Catalyst and A5 installed systems.

About Catalyst

Catalyst dominates the SOC market with over 1000 systems shipped. Test capabilities include full coverage for DSL, wireless/RF, networking, and power management applications. With more than 4,000 individual users worldwide, Catalyst's IMAGE(TM) programming system is the most widely used ATE software environment. Catalyst offers multi-site testing, providing the best test economics, and the most complete array of analog instrumentation for test coverage and production flexibility. When a mobile phone call is placed, or a PC, printer, scanner, pager, or DVD is utilized, Catalyst tested ICs make it happen and at the lowest cost of test.

About Airoha

Airoha Technology Corp., established in August 2001, is a Taiwan based fabless company that develops highly integrated circuits for wireless communication solutions. Product applications include telecommunications and datacommunications. By integrating proprietary technology processes, the company provides customers with cost effective and high performance solutions. Airoha partners with foundries that are leading radio-frequency semiconductor manufacturers to ensure the best quality products. To learn more about Airoha, please visit www.airoha.com.

About Teradyne

Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is the world's largest supplier of Automatic Test Equipment, and a leading supplier of interconnection systems. The company's products deliver competitive advantage to the world's leading semiconductor, electronics, automotive and network systems companies. In 2002, Teradyne had sales of $1.22 billion, and currently employs about 6800 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com.

IMAGE and MicroWAVE6000 are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. Third party marks and brands are property of their respective holders.