Applied Materials Equips Trecenti Technologies' 300mm Fab; Broad Range of Applied Materials' 300mm Systems Ordered for Hitachi-UMC Joint Venture in Hitachinaka, Japan.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--July 10, 2000 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. announced today that Trecenti Technologies, Inc., a joint wafer fab of Hitachi, Ltd. and United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC UMC United Methodist Church UMC United Microelectronics Corporation UMC University Medical Center UMC United Microelectronics Corp (Republic of China) UMC University of Missouri-Columbia ), has placed a multi-technology order for a variety of 300mm semiconductor manufacturing systems. Trecenti will use the systems to produce leading-edge chip technologies at 0.18 micron micron: see micrometer. One micrometer, which is one millionth of a meter or approximately 1/25,000 of an inch. The tiny elements that make up a transistor on a chip are measured in micrometers and nanometers. See process technology. and beyond. "We are confident that Applied Materials can help us bring our new facility to volume production very quickly," said Toshio Nohara, president of Trecenti Technologies, Inc. "This new venture clearly reflects our commitment to becoming a pioneer in high performance 300mm manufacturing. We really expect Applied Materials can provide us with the leading-edge technology and high productivity we need to ensure our customers of the most advanced products in the shortest time possible." Applied Materials' 300mm systems are expected to begin shipping to Trecenti in the third calendar quarter of 2000. "Applied Materials has been a key equipment supplier to both Hitachi and UMC for years and we are pleased that they have chosen our systems for their new venture," said David Wang, senior vice president of Applied Materials. "Applied Materials has the industry's most comprehensive line of 300mm-ready products and is in a unique position to assist semiconductor manufacturers in realizing the economic benefits of 300mm production." In addition to technology, productivity and service support advantages that customers expect from Applied Materials, these new systems feature major innovations in throughput, cost of operation, integrated metrology metrology Science of measurement. Measuring a quantity means establishing its ratio to another fixed quantity of the same kind, known as the unit of that kind of quantity. and inspection, as well as factory automation. The company offers more than 80 product applications for 300mm, covering the majority of chip processing steps. Applied Materials (Nasdaq: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 ) is a leader of the Information Age and the world's largest supplier of products and services to the global semiconductor and flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time industries. Applied Materials' web site is http://www.appliedmaterials.com. |
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