BOSTON, Sept. 20, 2004 — Teradyne Inc. today cut its outlook for the September quarter, citing lower customer spending.

"Our customers are reducing their spending in the face of what appears to be an industry-wide slowdown," said Michael Bradley, president and CEO. "As a result, we are now projecting third quarter shipments to be between $450 million and $470 million. Our earnings per share are now expected to be between 21 and 26 cents, on a diluted basis."

Teradyne had previously projected sales of between $530 million to $560 million for the third quarter, with earnings per share projected to be between 39 and 46 cents.

Teradyne will report third quarter results on Oct. 19.

Mentor Links PADS to Outside Libraries
09-23-2004

by Mike Buetow

WILSONVILLE, OR, Sept. 22 -— A pair of component libraries will now be available within Mentor Graphics' PADS PCB design flow.

Under a just announced agreement, PADS design tool users will have access to symbol and footprint databases of Optimum Design Associates (optimumdesign.com) and PCB Libraries (pcblibraries.com).

The arrangement should cut library creation times for users, Mentor said.

"Optimum and PCB Libraries allow direct interaction with suppliers of quality component symbols and footprints," said Syed Gilani, PADS general manager, in a press statement. This access can translate into significant time and resource savings as the designer will not need to develop libraries from scratch for use within the PADS flow."