ADE Receives Order for Multiple MRAM Metrology Tools; 300 Series Wafer Mapping System Leverages Patented Technology for Advanced MRAM Measurement.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WESTWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2003 ADE Corporation (Nasdaq: ADEX ADEX Athens Derivatives Exchange (Athens, Greece) ADEX Air Defense Exercise ADEX Advertisement Expenditure ADEX Asociaciã³n de Exportadores (Peru) ), a leading supplier of production metrology and inspection systems for the semiconductor wafer, semiconductor device, magnetic storage and optics manufacturing industries, announced today that it has received a multi-tool order from a key customer in support of the emerging MRAM (Magnetic RAM) A non-volatile, random access memory technology that is designed to initially replace flash memory and, potentially, DRAM memory. MRAM uses magnetic, thin film elements on a silicon substrate that can be built on the same chip with the logic circuits. device market. ADE provides a suite of tools critical to MRAM development and process control, including the Scalar and Quadrupole A quadrupole is one of a sequence of configurations of electric charge or gravitational mass that can exist in ideal form, but it is usually just part of a multipole expansion of a more complex structure reflecting various orders of complexity. 300 Series Wafer Mappers (S300 and V300) and the broadest line of Vibrating vibrating, v using quivering hand motions made across the client's body for therapeutic purposes. Sample Magnetometers (VSMs) in the industry. The number of companies developing MRAM technology has been growing steadily and includes an ever increasing number of developers around the world, including IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Motorola, Samsung, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Sony, Toshiba, Cypress Semiconductor, Anelva, and Singulus. MRAM combines the best features of existing memory technologies and has the potential to become the prevalent memory of choice for the vast majority of digital consumer applications like cell phones, mobile devices, laptops, PC's and even automobiles. ADE's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dr. Chris L. Koliopoulos explained that ADE's 300 Series Wafer Mappers utilize patented technology that measures the most advanced magnetic structures used in MRAM on wafers up to 300mm. The tool's patented Vector Kerr feature provides manufacturers with an in-depth view of critical magnetic parameters immediately after deposition of the complex magnetic layer structure. These maps provide a first look into the quality of the magnetic structures and predict their complex interactions. Dr. Koliopoulos stated, "Without the V300, the quality of the magnetic layers is not known until a measurement point much farther downstream in the manufacturing process, after considerable cost has already been incurred. Defects found in this early stage have been attributed to device failures in GMR (Giant Magnetoresistance) See magnetoresistance. and TMR TMR total mixed ration. TMR 1 Trainable mentally retarded 2 Transmyocardial revascularization, see there films. V300 improves device yield by exposing these defects at an early stage." About ADE Corporation ADE Corporation is a leading supplier of metrology and inspection systems for the silicon wafer and magnetic data storage, and optics manufacturing industries. The Company's systems analyze and report product quality at critical manufacturing process steps for yield enhancement, providing quality certification data that is relied upon by semiconductor wafer, device and computer disk manufacturers. The Company's systems also are used for production measurements in the semiconductor chip fabrication process. To learn more about ADE, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.ade.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 the 300 Series Wafer Mappers' impact on device yields, the future of MRAM technologies, and the success of ADE to market and sell its tool set. These statements involve risks and uncertainties including those associated with the strength of demand market and the success of ADE's product offerings to meet customer needs within the timeframes required by customers in these markets. 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-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, 2002. |
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