Align-Rite Places Repeat Order for Applied Materials' Reticle Inspection Systems.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1998-- New RT-8200 Systems Slated for Production Use on Align-Rite's Photomask Manufacturing Lines Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. NASDAQ: AMAT (HKSE: 4336 ) is the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel solar displays, solar , Inc. (Nasdaq/NMS:AMAT AMAT Applied Materials (stock symbol) AMAT Average Memory Access Time AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMAT Anti-Materiel (bomb or mine) AMAT Ageing Management Assessment Team ) has received a repeat order from Align-Rite International Inc. for Applied Materials' RT-8200 reticle ret·i·cle n. A grid or pattern placed in the eyepiece of an optical instrument, used to establish scale or position. [Latin r inspection systems. The first system will be delivered in October 1998 to the company's Bridgend, Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. , manufacturing facility in the U.K., followed by an additional system in early 1999 to Align-Rite's Burbank, Calif., photomask facility. Both locations have a substantial installed base of earlier Applied Materials' RT-series systems. James MacDonald, chief executive officer of Align-Rite, said, "We are focusing on moving to the forefront of photomask technology by acquiring the most advanced photomask manufacturing and inspection equipment to serve our worldwide customer base. "Our growing installed base of RT-series systems offers an attractive combination of leading edge inspection technology with high productivity and reliability for day-to-day operation. We are relying on Applied Materials' comprehensive global service capabilities for outstanding product support wherever our RT-series systems are located." The RT-8200 system, introduced in August 1998, increased the previous model's throughput by a factor of two and reduced photomask inspection cost. The RT-8200 is designed to be used with all types of photomasks, including those utilizing Optical Proximity Correction Optical proximity correction (OPC) is a photolithography enhancement technique commonly used to compensate for image errors due to diffraction or process effects. The two most common applications for OPC are linewidth differences between features in regions of different density (e. (OPC (1) (OpenGL Performance Characterization) A project group within GPC that manages OpenGL benchmarks. OPC endorses the Viewperf and GLperf benchmarks. Viewperf was created by IBM and OPC provides viewsets for it, which are combinations of tests using specific ) and Phase-Shift Mask (PSM PSM PlayStation Magazine PSM Process Safety Management (chemical industry) PSM Porsche Stability Management PSM Platform-Specific Model(s) PSM Platform Support Module PSM Professional Science Master's ) techniques, which are used in the semiconductor industry's most advanced fabs. RT-8200 systems have been ordered by customers worldwide for their most critical photomask inspection applications. Align-Rite International manufactures and markets quality photomasks and has grown to become the third largest independent manufacturer of photomasks in the United States and Europe. The company currently serves over 240 customers in 21 countries from three manufacturing facilities and seven customer service centers in the U.S. and Europe. Align-Rite is traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol "MASK" and its web site can be found at www.alignrite.com. Applied Materials is the leading supplier of wafer fabrication systems and services to the global semiconductor industry. Applied Materials is traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol "AMAT." Applied Materials' web site is http://www.AppliedMaterials.com. |
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