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Disaggregated Revenue by Primary Geographical Market, Major Product Line and Timing of Revenue Recognition (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 04, 2021 | Mar. 29, 2020
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | $ 781,606 | $ 704,355
Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total |  | 528,063 | 484,489
System Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 132,837 | 116,076
Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total |  | 79,951 | 60,305
Wireless Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 40,898 | 43,485
Corporate and Other |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | (143) |
Point in Time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 701,084 | 626,933
Point in Time | System Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 119,314 | 100,712
Point in Time | Wireless Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 37,880 | 41,056
Point in Time | Corporate and Other |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | (143) |
Over Time |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 80,522 | 77,422
Over Time | System Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 13,523 | 15,364
Over Time | Wireless Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 3,018 | 2,429
Americas |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 81,010 | 76,939
Americas | System Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 27,659 | 28,291
Americas | Wireless Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 5,769 | 4,688
Americas | Corporate and Other |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | (143) |
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 54,980 | 58,242
Europe, Middle East and Africa | System Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 5,658 | 7,768
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Wireless Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 1,597 | 992
Asia Pacific |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 645,617 | 569,174
Asia Pacific | System Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 99,520 | 80,017
Asia Pacific | Wireless Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 33,532 | 37,805
SOC | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 420,230 | 400,139
SOC | Point in Time | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 364,190 | 348,044
SOC | Over Time | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 56,040 | 52,095
SOC | Americas | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 20,779 | 17,386
SOC | Europe, Middle East and Africa | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 12,215 | 20,021
SOC | Asia Pacific | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 387,236 | 362,732
Memory | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 107,833 | 84,350
Memory | Point in Time | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 101,892 | 79,398
Memory | Over Time | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 5,941 | 4,952
Memory | Americas | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 3,420 | 6,896
Memory | Europe, Middle East and Africa | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 364 | 1,344
Memory | Asia Pacific | Semiconductor Test |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 104,049 | 76,110
Universal Robots (UR) | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 65,601 | 49,697
Universal Robots (UR) | Point in Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 64,007 | 47,502
Universal Robots (UR) | Over Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 1,594 | 2,195
Universal Robots (UR) | Americas | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 18,153 | 14,743
Universal Robots (UR) | Europe, Middle East and Africa | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 29,615 | 24,037
Universal Robots (UR) | Asia Pacific | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 17,833 | 10,917
MiR | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 14,131 | 9,138
MiR | Point in Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 14,064 | 9,097
MiR | Over Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 67 | 41
MiR | Americas | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 5,153 | 3,465
MiR | Europe, Middle East and Africa | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 5,531 | 4,080
MiR | Asia Pacific | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 3,447 | 1,593
Autoguide LLC [Member] | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 219 | 1,470
Autoguide LLC [Member] | Point in Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | (120) | 1,124
Autoguide LLC [Member] | Over Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | 339 | 346
Autoguide LLC [Member] | Americas | Industrial Automation |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |
Total | [1] | $ 219 | $ 1,470
[1] | Includes $3.1 million and $1.8 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively, for leases of Teradyne’s systems recognized outside Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.”

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