ASML Licenses Technology to Japanese Electronics Giant Toshiba.VELDHOVEN, the 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 that electronics giant Toshiba Corporation (company) Toshiba Corporation - A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, purchased a license for its patented lithography technology that helps manufacturers increase their chip yields. Toshiba joins more than 20 leading chip makers and foundries in adopting ASML's Scattering Bar Technology. Toshiba will use the technology in the production of semiconductor devices. "The name Toshiba is synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as high technology. ASML is pleased to be working with such a globally recognized company. In addition, we are pleased with what this agreement demonstrates in Toshiba's home country of Japan - a growing demand for ASML products, technology and services," 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. At the heart of this licensing agreement is Scattering Bar Technology, which ASML invented as part of its exclusive Ultra k1 Portfolio(TM). The technology increases the yield of chips per wafer through improved depth of focus, CD uniformity and other key lithography features. Additional customer benefits include enhancing the performance and value of ASML lithography tools and extending the return on investment for existing systems. "ASML is the only lithography vendor to offer customers complete and integrated low k1 solutions aimed at maximizing wafer imaging performance," said Dinesh Bettadapur, president and CEO, ASML MaskTools. "This license to Toshiba, a market and innovation leader, underscores ASML's commitment to helping our customers achieve and maintain technology leadership." Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo and serving as the exclusive sales agent for ASML in Japan, was instrumental in securing the order. 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 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. 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. |
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