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The Company
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2014
The Company

A. The Company

Teradyne, Inc. (the “Company” or “Teradyne”) is a leading global supplier of automatic test equipment. Teradyne’s automatic test equipment products and services include:

 

    semiconductor test (“Semiconductor Test”) systems;

 

    wireless test (“Wireless Test”) systems; and

 

    military/aerospace (“Mil/Aero”) test instrumentation and systems, storage test (“Storage Test”) systems, and circuit-board test (“Production Board Test”) systems (collectively these products represent “System Test”).