ADE Phase Shift to Provide Tool-of-Choice for 300mm Device Manufacturer.Business/Technology Editors TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2002 ADE Phase Shift, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of ADE Corporation (Nasdaq:ADEX ADEX Athens Derivatives Exchange (Athens, Greece) ADEX Air Defense Exercise ADEX Advertisement Expenditure ADEX Asociaciã³n de Exportadores (Peru) ), announced today that a key silicon chip manufacturer has selected the award-winning NanoMapper as its tool-of-choice for qualifying incoming silicon wafers used as starting material in their 300mm production ramp. With the average selling price The average sales price of goods or commodities. Especially used in the retail sector and technology distribution. of 300mm wafers still high relative to 200mm wafers, chip manufacturers are specifying incoming wafers with good front surface topography and require advanced measurement equipment capable of sub-nanometer resolution. Silicon wafer manufacturers, attempting to optimize their 300mm production processes, also require consistent measurement of nanometer scale front surface topography. After an intensive in-house and wafer supplier evaluation Supplier evaluation is a term used in business and refers to the process of evaluating and approving potential suppliers by factual and measurable assesment. The purpose of supplier evaluation is to ensure a portfolio of best in class suppliers is available for use. period, this leading-edge device manufacturer now requires all 300mm starting substrates meet strict nanotopography specification limits, as measured on NanoMapper. The NanoMapper uses phase shift interferometry to inspect both 200mm and 300mm wafers for surface topography defects. These defects are only a few nanometers high and often go undetected with more traditional measurement approaches. Selectively removing wafers with these defects, before chip production begins, prevents yield and performance losses on advanced high-speed CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. chips. NanoMapper is now being used globally to assure incoming material quality for microprocessors, ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. , and DRAM chip production. The NanoMapper capitalizes on ADE's historical commitment to metrology solutions for wafer manufacturing and is part of the suite of ADE production tools now in place at leading 300mm wafer manufacturing facilities. NanoMapper customers, both chip and wafer manufacturers, benefit from the quick return on investment provided by the ultra-precision and high throughput of the NanoMapper. About ADE Corporation ADE Corporation is a leading supplier of metrology and inspection systems for the silicon wafer and data storage industries. The Company's systems analyze and report product quality at critical manufacturing process steps and provide quality certification data that is relied upon by semiconductor and data storage manufacturers. The Company's systems also are used in the fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. . To learn more about ADE, visit the Company's Web site at www.ade.com. To learn more about ADE Phase Shift, please visit http://www.phase-shift.com/. This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Those statements that make reference to the Company's expectations, predictions and anticipations should be considered forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, those associated with ADE's expected shipments of the NanoMapper to the major silicon chip manufacturer. These statements involve risks and uncertainties including those associated with the strength of the semiconductor and hard disk markets, wafer pricing and wafer demand, the results of its product development efforts, the success of ADE's product offerings to meet customer needs within the timeframes required by customers in these markets, further increases in backlog, the Company's ability to increase gross margins, its visibility, and its predictions of future financial outcomes. Further information on potential factors that could affect ADE Corporation's business is described in the Company's reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended October 31, 2001 and Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2001. |
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