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MATTSON TECHNOLOGY
REINFORCES DRAM LEADERSHIP WITH LARGEST ORDER IN COMPANY HISTORY FROM LEADING TAIWANESE MEMORY MANUFACTURER
Aspen III ICPHT Strip and Helios RTP Systems Selected for Production
in New 300 mm Fab
FREMONT, Calif. -
August 22, 2006 -
Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSN),
a leading supplier of advanced process equipment used to
manufacture semiconductors, today announced
that it has received the largest order in the company's history from one of Taiwan's leading memory manufacturers. The selected systems include the Aspen III ICPHT strip and Helios rapid thermal processing (RTP) tools. Shipments begin in the current quarter and extend through the end of the year. The systems will be used in the chipmaker's newest 300 millimeter (mm) fab for the production of its advanced dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices at the 90 nanometer (nm) technology node and below. This order marks the latest in the series of Mattson wins from major Taiwanese memory manufacturers, expanding the company's large installed base in the region and further reinforcing its leadership in the DRAM market.
“The order received for this chipmaker's new 300 mm fab for our Aspen III ICPHT and Helios systems represents one hundred percent of the manufacturer's strip and RTP requirements,” said Ming C. Kao, Mattson Technology's Taiwan country manager. “Our customer values the proven performance of our systems, which are the tools of record in its other 300 mm fab as a result of their advanced processing capabilities, technology extendibility, high productivity and superior cost-of-ownership. We have been this leading DRAM chipmaker's vendor of choice over the past several years and look forward to continuing to be a partner our customer trusts to meet its aggressive manufacturing ramps.”
Featuring Mattson's proprietary inductively coupled plasma (ICP) source technology, the Aspen III ICPHT provides increased throughput, improved process performance and reliability for front-end-of-line and back-end-of-line strip applications.
The Helios, which features an advanced model-based temperature control, addresses the most demanding RTP applications, delivering high productivity, excellent processing performance and superior cost-of-ownership (COO).
About
Mattson Technology, Inc.
Mattson Technology, Inc. is
the leading supplier of dry strip equipment and the second largest supplier
of rapid thermal processing equipment in the global semiconductor
industry. The company's strip and RTP equipment utilize innovative
technology to deliver advanced processing performance and
productivity gains to semiconductor manufacturers worldwide
for the fabrication of current- and next-generation devices.
For more information, please contact Mattson Technology,
Inc., 47131 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, Calif. 94538. Telephone:
(800) MATTSON/(510) 657-5900. Fax: (510) 492-5911. Internet: www.mattson.com.
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