The Company	3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2011
The Company [Abstract]
The Company	1. THE COMPANY LTX-Credence Corporation ("LTX-Credence" or the "Company") provides market focused cost-optimized, automated test equipment (ATE) solutions. The Company designs, manufactures, markets and services ATE solutions that address the broad, divergent test requirements of the wireless, computing, automotive and digital consumer market segments. Semiconductor designers and manufacturers worldwide use its equipment to test their devices during the manufacturing process. After testing, these devices are then incorporated in a wide range of products, including computers, mobile internet equipment such as wireless access points and interfaces, broadband access products such as cable modems and set top boxes, personal communication products such as mobile phones and personal digital music players, consumer products such as televisions, videogame systems, digital cameras and automobile electronics, and for power management in portable and automotive electronics. The Company also sells hardware and software support and maintenance services for its test systems. The Company is headquartered and has a development facility in Norwood, Massachusetts, development facilities in Milpitas, California and Beaverton, Oregon, and sales and service facilities located across the world to support its customer base.

The Company

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

1. THE COMPANY

LTX-Credence Corporation ("LTX-Credence" or the "Company") provides market focused cost-optimized, automated test equipment (ATE) solutions. The Company designs, manufactures, markets and services ATE solutions that address the broad, divergent test requirements of the wireless, computing, automotive and digital consumer market segments. Semiconductor designers and manufacturers worldwide use its equipment to test their devices during the manufacturing process. After testing, these devices are then incorporated in a wide range of products, including computers, mobile internet equipment such as wireless access points and interfaces, broadband access products such as cable modems and set top boxes, personal communication products such as mobile phones and personal digital music players, consumer products such as televisions, videogame systems, digital cameras and automobile electronics, and for power management in portable and automotive electronics. The Company also sells hardware and software support and maintenance services for its test systems. The Company is headquartered and has a development facility in Norwood, Massachusetts, development facilities in Milpitas, California and Beaverton, Oregon, and sales and service facilities located across the world to support its customer base.