Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Purchases Multiple Teradyne Logic and Mixed-Signal Test Systems

    SHANGHAI, China--March 27, 2003--

    China's leading foundry to test logic and mixed-signal devices

    Teradyne announced today that Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) of Shanghai, China has purchased multiple logic and mixed-signal test systems for a range of applications at wafer test. The test systems SMIC purchased include a complete suite of digital and analog instruments to test a range of consumer, communications, and computing devices. With the addition of Teradyne's systems, SMIC will enhance its testing capacity of digital and mixed signal devices.
    "As China's first advanced open IC (Integrated Circuit) foundry, SMIC is working to help meet the worldwide demand for IC chips," commented Mr. DS Yan, Director of Testing of SMIC. "The combination of Teradyne's logic and mixed-signal testers provides a flexible, high-parallel, and complete test solution for SMIC's wide range of device test at the best performance economics available today. We are also very pleased with Teradyne's local and global support infrastructure."
    "SMIC has assembled a team of highly skilled engineers and management personnel from around the world to serve China's burgeoning semiconductor industry and to offer its customers world-class semiconductor foundry services," said Hock Chiang, Managing Director, Teradyne Semiconductor Test Operations in China. "As Teradyne China continues to expand its presence and infrastructure, we are pleased to be able to complement SMIC in providing world-class testing solutions to our customers."

    About SMIC

    SMIC is the first pure-play advanced IC foundry in China to achieve volume production for 8-inch wafers at 0.25-um and finer line technologies. Established in April 2000, SMIC is a Cayman Islands company based in Shanghai. The foundry provides customers with a full range of services that include: design services, mask manufacturing, wafer fabrication as well as testing capabilities. For more information, please visit www.smics.com.

    About Teradyne

    Teradyne 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 employed about 7000 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com.