Press Release

Design Solutions, Inc. Opens Design Center at Teradyne Connection Systems; Provides High Performance Circuit Design Services

NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2003--Design Solutions Inc, a leading provider of high-performance printed circuit board design and engineering services, and Teradyne Connection Systems, a leading provider of high performance connectors, circuits, and electronic manufacturing services, today announced the opening of a Design Solutions design center. The design center will be located within Teradyne's state of the art high-performance circuits (HPC) manufacturing facility in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Teradyne's current high-performance circuits capabilities include signal integrity characterization and modeling, material selection, DFM reviews and design and applications engineering assistance. The co-location of the Design Solutions design center adds a higher level of integration between the design, engineering, and manufacturing teams. Design Solutions is one of several design partners Teradyne has teamed with to add value to its customers.

"We are excited to be working with Teradyne and see tremendous value to our mutual customers by having one of our design teams located within Teradyne's HPC facility," said Sean O'Neil President and CEO at Design Solutions Inc. "Our customers require fast development and design, quick production, and on-time delivery. To meet these requirements, it takes more than just a vendor; they require a partner who can not only custom-design circuit boards for specific applications, but help them stay competitive by providing lower cost solutions," adds O'Neil.

"Partnering closely with Design Solutions to deliver HPC design and layout services further extends Teradyne's system solution capabilities," said Tom Pursch, Vice President, Teradyne Connection Systems. "Moreover, Design Solutions understands the critical importance of meeting cost and performance, as well as time-to-market requirements. We are very confident that this partnership will have significant benefits for our customers."

About Design Solutions Inc.
Design Solutions, Inc (DSI) is a premier provider of engineering, design, simulation, and prototype manufacturing services to the electronics industry. Headquartered in Santa Barbara CA, DSI employs over 60 design professionals in more than 12 offices throughout North America, Europe. Visit Design Solutions on line at: www.designsolutions.com.

About Teradyne Connection Systems
Teradyne Connection Systems (TCS), a division of Boston-based Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER), provides total system solutions to industry leading OEMs, with high-performance circuits, high-speed, high-density connectors, multi-gigabit backplane assemblies and complete system integration and test services. Leading manufacturers of communications and computing systems central to communicating, storing and using information use Teradyne's components and electronic manufacturing services to meet their demanding technology, reliability and time-to-market requirements. For more information visit www.teradyne.com/tcs.