ASML Sets Productivity Records across the Spectrum of TWINSCAN Models; Establishes New Standards of Semiconductor Manufacturing Capability.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 ) (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 :ASML) (Amsterdam:ASML) today announces that productivity records have been set by its TWINSCAN[TM] platform of lithography lithography (lĭthŏg`rəfē), type of planographic or surface printing. It is distinguished from letterpress (relief) printing and from intaglio printing (in which the design is cut or etched into the plate). systems. 76 TWINSCAN systems have now reached the milestone of processing more than one million wafers wafers compressed roughage in flat plates useful for feeding to animals in transit. in 12 months' time. In October 2007 a TWINSCAN XT:400E iLine scanner was the first system to process one million wafers within a 365 day period. One year later that achievement has grown to 76 systems and includes iLine, KrF and ArF models. Approximately two-thirds of the record setting systems are processing 300-mm wafers, with the remaining third running 200-mm wafers. "Three years ago we started an ambitious productivity program. We set a target that a customer should be able to process one million wafers on one scanner within one year. We knew this would require innovative improvements in design as well as improved integration with remote and on-site customer service. Many customers used the opportunity to introduce their own process flow improvements to the program. Thanks to this combined focus and dedication, we managed to set a new standard in lithography productivity," said Frits van Hout, designate des·ig·nate tr.v. des·ig·nat·ed, des·ig·nat·ing, des·ig·nates 1. To indicate or specify; point out. 2. To give a name or title to; characterize. 3. member of ASML's Board of Management who was in charge of Customer Service at the start of the program. "These achievements demonstrate ASML's commitment to continuous improvement of value of ownership for our customers, whether through shrink of features or, as in this case, higher productivity," said Martin van den Brink, ASML's executive vice president of marketing and technology. "By providing industry-leading productivity ASML's customers benefit as they have an opportunity to produce more chips and generate more revenue." 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 under the symbol ASML. ASML has more than 6,750 employees, serving chip manufacturers in more than 60 locations in 16 countries. |
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