ASML Increases Share in Taiwan Memory Market with Winbond Order.VELDHOVEN, Netherlands -- ASML Holding ASML is a Dutch company and the world’s primary supplier of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. Of all the major chip producers worldwide, more than 80% are ASML customers. NV (ASML ASML Abstract State Machine Language ASML Anisotropic Shielded Microstrip Line ) today announced it was awarded a customer contract from Winbond Electronics Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications memory devices, to equip its 300 mm fab in Taiwan. No financial details are being disclosed. Taiwan is the fourth largest producer of semiconductors worldwide and home to a thriving memory chip market. Winbond and other major memory producers continue to invest in new lithography capacity within the country. "Winbond selected ASML as its products provide superior value of ownership that extends from the current to the next generation of technology," said Arthur Chiao chiao n. pl. chiao Variant of jiao. , chairman, Winbond. "Our goal is to use our new facility, Fab 6, to build on our leadership in mobile memory and specialty DRAM chips. ASML's technology gives Winbond a competitive edge." ASML will install systems from its TWINSCAN platform starting in June 2005. "Through its new alliance with Winbond, ASML continues to gain share in the Taiwan memory market," said Eric Meurice, 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. , ASML. "Memory producers recognize that the easy installations and superior productivity and production quality provided by ASML systems are beneficial in a highly competitive market." This order from ASML reflects the continued growth of Taiwan's semiconductor industry, which achieved record sales of $35.4 billion in 2004, according to the Taiwanese government. About ASML ASML is the world's leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, manufacturing complex machines that are critical to the production of integrated circuits or chips. Headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, ASML is traded on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on under the symbol ASML. About Winbond Winbond Electronics Corporation was founded in Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park, Taiwan in 1987. By positioning itself as a "Mobile Electronics Solution" provider, Winbond owns two business groups - Logic IC Business Group and Memory IC Business Group. Logic IC Business Group focuses on three specific domains: microcontroller-based ICs, PC & peripheral ICs and network access ICs. As to Memory IC Business Group, the products include Specialty DRAM, Pseudo SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory and Flash. It has become the largest IDM (1) See identity management. (2) (Integrated Device Manufacturer) A company that performs every step of the chip-making process, including design, manufacture, test and packaging. Examples of IDMs are Intel, AMD, Motorola, IBM, TI and Lucent. (Integrated Device Manufacturer See IDM. ) Company in Taiwan semiconductor industry. With more than 4,200 employees worldwide, the Company has subsidiaries located in America, Japan, Hong Kong and China. Further information is available at: http://www.winbond.com. |
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