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By integrating industry-leading optical and electrical instrumentation with Teradyne\u2019s proven\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teradyne.com\/products\/ultraflexplus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>UltraFLEXplus<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0platform, Teradyne Photon 100 enables high-throughput, automated testing across all key manufacturing stages, including wafer, optical engine, and co-packaged module insertions. 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