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Disaggregated Revenue by Primary Geographical Market, Major Product Line and Timing of Revenue Recognition (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1],[2] | $ 3,702,881 | $ 3,121,469 | $ 2,294,965
Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total |  | 2,642,342 | 2,259,597 | 1,552,571
System Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 467,739 | 409,729 | 287,455
Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total |  | 375,905 | 279,731 | 298,139
Wireless Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 216,895 | 173,016 | 157,315
Corporate and Other |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] |  | (604) | (515)
Point in Time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 3,335,446 | 2,804,167 | 1,993,077
Point in Time | System Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 409,383 | 348,454 | 237,686
Point in Time | Wireless Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 204,247 | 163,834 | 148,322
Point in Time | Corporate and Other |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] |  | (604) | (515)
Over Time |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 367,435 | 317,302 | 301,888
Over Time | System Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 58,356 | 61,275 | 49,769
Over Time | Wireless Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 12,648 | 9,182 | 8,993
Americas |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 405,736 | 335,442 | 338,384
Americas | System Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 135,230 | 128,482 | 129,840
Americas | Wireless Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 36,173 | 22,544 | 24,234
Americas | Corporate and Other |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] |  | (604) | (515)
Europe, Middle East and Africa |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 265,764 | 208,196 | 228,071
Europe, Middle East and Africa | System Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 25,697 | 22,726 | 24,789
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Wireless Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 8,619 | 6,503 | 6,532
Asia Pacific |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 3,031,381 | 2,577,831 | 1,728,510
Asia Pacific | System Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 306,812 | 258,521 | 132,826
Asia Pacific | Wireless Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 172,103 | 143,969 | 126,549
SOC | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 2,246,730 | 1,877,389 | 1,286,440
SOC | Point in Time | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 1,989,979 | 1,659,414 | 1,070,375
SOC | Over Time | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 256,751 | 217,975 | 216,065
SOC | Americas | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 102,702 | 77,671 | 73,257
SOC | Europe, Middle East and Africa | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 67,381 | 55,125 | 60,302
SOC | Asia Pacific | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 2,076,647 | 1,744,593 | 1,152,881
Memory | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 395,612 | 382,208 | 266,131
Memory | Point in Time | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 365,441 | 363,324 | 247,221
Memory | Over Time | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 30,171 | 18,884 | 18,910
Memory | Americas | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 10,665 | 12,999 | 23,826
Memory | Europe, Middle East and Africa | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 3,503 | 5,209 | 3,591
Memory | Asia Pacific | Semiconductor Test |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 381,444 | 364,000 | 238,714
Universal Robots (UR) | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 311,182 | 221,481 | 252,358
Universal Robots (UR) | Point in Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 305,512 | 214,212 | 244,515
Universal Robots (UR) | Over Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 5,670 | 7,269 | 7,843
Universal Robots (UR) | Americas | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 94,897 | 64,164 | 71,926
Universal Robots (UR) | Europe, Middle East and Africa | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 134,829 | 97,040 | 112,405
Universal Robots (UR) | Asia Pacific | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 81,456 | 60,277 | 68,027
MiR | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 63,544 | 44,833 | 44,403
MiR | Point in Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 60,778 | 44,622 | 44,329
MiR | Over Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 2,766 | 211 | 74
MiR | Americas | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 24,890 | 16,769 | 14,438
MiR | Europe, Middle East and Africa | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 25,735 | 21,593 | 20,452
MiR | Asia Pacific | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 12,919 | 6,471 | 9,513
Autoguide LLC [Member] | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 1,179 | 13,417 | 1,378
Autoguide LLC [Member] | Point in Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 106 | 10,911 | 1,144
Autoguide LLC [Member] | Over Time | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | 1,073 | 2,506 | 234
Autoguide LLC [Member] | Americas | Industrial Automation |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total | [1] | $ 1,179 | $ 13,417 | $ 1,378
[1] | Includes $13.2 million, $10.0 million and $8.4 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, for leases of Teradyne’s systems recognized outside of ASC 606: “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.”
[2] | Revenues attributable to a country are based on location of customer site.

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