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TERADYNE, INC - 10-Q - : Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q which are not historical facts, so called "forward looking statements," are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Investors are cautioned that all forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. See also Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which reflect management's analysis only as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or changes in factors or assumptions affecting forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law. Overview We are a leading global supplier of automatic test equipment. We design, develop, manufacture and sell automatic test systems and solutions used to test semiconductors, wireless products, hard disk drives and circuit boards in the consumer electronics, wireless, automotive, industrial, computing, communications and aerospace and defense industries. Our 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 and inspection ("Commercial Board Test") systems, collectively these products represent "Systems Test". We have a broad customer base which includes integrated device manufacturers ("IDMs"), outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers ("OSATs"), wafer foundries, fabless companies that design, but contract with others for the manufacture of integrated circuits ("ICs"), developers of wireless devices and consumer electronics, manufacturers of circuit boards, automotive suppliers, wireless product manufacturers, storage device manufacturers, aerospace and military contractors. In 2011, we acquired LitePoint Corporation ("LitePoint") to expand our product portfolio of test equipment in the wireless test sector. LitePoint designs, develops, and supports advanced wireless test solutions for the development and manufacturing of wireless devices, including smart phones, tablets, notebooks/laptops, personal computer peripherals, and other Wi-Fi and cellular enabled devices. LitePoint is our Wireless Test segment. The sales of our products and services are dependent, to a large degree, on customers who are subject to cyclical trends in the demand for their products. These cyclical periods have had, and will continue to have, a significant effect on our business since our customers often delay or accelerate purchases in reaction to changes in their businesses and to demand fluctuations in the semiconductor industry. Historically, these demand fluctuations have resulted in significant variations in our results of operations. This was particularly relevant beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 where we saw a significant decrease in revenues in our Semiconductor Test business which was impacted by the deteriorating global economy, which negatively impacted the entire semiconductor industry. The sharp swings in the semiconductor industry in recent years have generally affected the semiconductor test equipment and services industry more significantly than the overall capital equipment sector. We believe our acquisitions of LitePoint, Eagle Test and Nextest, and our entry into the high speed memory and storage test markets have enhanced our opportunities for growth. We will continue to invest in our business to expand further our addressable markets while tightly managing our costs. 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates We have identified the policies which are critical to understanding our business and our results of operations. There have been no significant changes during the three months ended March 31, 2013 to the items disclosed as our critical accounting policies and estimates in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. 23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents |