Semiconductor testing company Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 43.9% year on year to $1.08 billion. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($1.2 billion at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 25.8% above what analysts were expecting. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.80 per share was 30.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Semiconductor testing company Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 43.9% year on year to $1.08 billion. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($1.2 billion at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 25.8% above what analysts were expecting. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.80 per share was 30.1% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
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In a landmark demonstration of "Embodied AI," researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have unveiled a system that allows users to design and manufacture physical furniture using nothing but natural language. The project, titled "Speech to Reality," marks a departure from generative AI’s traditional digital-only outputs, moving the technology into the [...]
Date: January 23, 2026 Introduction Teradyne, Inc. (Nasdaq: TER) has long stood as a titan of the semiconductor testing world, serving as the invisible gatekeeper that ensures the functionality of the world’s most complex processors. However, the company is currently navigating a period of intense scrutiny. Following its latest earnings call, the market has reacted [...]
Today is January 22, 2026. As the global technology landscape recalibrates around the "AI First" paradigm, few companies have undergone a more profound transformation than Teradyne, Inc. (Nasdaq: TER). Once viewed primarily as a cyclical provider of automated test equipment (ATE) for the smartphone and automotive sectors, Teradyne has emerged in early 2026 as an [...]
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how semiconductor manufacturing stocks fared in Q3, starting with Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT).
