Applied Materials Named CMP Leader for 6th Consecutive Year by Gartner Dataquest and VLSI Research.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. -- Newly released 2003 market share data from industry research firms VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. Research and Gartner Dataquest rank Applied Materials, Inc. (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 ) as the leading supplier of CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information (1) systems for the 6th consecutive year. Strong demand by every 300mm chipmaker chip·mak·er n. A manufacturer of electronic and integrated circuit chips. worldwide for the advanced technology of the Applied Reflexion(R) and Applied Reflexion LK tools has resulted in record shipments to customers of 300mm CMP systems for all CMP applications, including copper/low k interconnects. "Our Reflexion 300mm copper CMP systems are used by every 300mm semiconductor manufacturer worldwide and have processed more than 50 million wafers, ranging from 130nm production down to 45nm development. No other CMP system in the world can come close to this exceptional milestone," stated Ming Xi, general manager of Applied Materials' Planarization and Plating group. "We thank our customers for their outstanding support and encouragement in reaching this achievement." Applied Materials will further extend its leadership in CMP with an announcement at SEMICON SEMICON Semiconductors Equipment and Material International Conference West 2004 heralding a breakthrough in planarization technology that dramatically reduces costs while boosting performance to enable the next three chip generations. "Applied's CMP systems have set the standard for copper CMP for both 200mm and 300mm manufacturing," said G. Dan Hutcheson, 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. and president of VLSI Research. "Chip manufacturers have chosen Applied's CMP systems because of their exceptional flexibility, extendibility and process control in copper production. We expect Applied's CMP systems to continue their strong momentum and continue to deliver the leading-edge technology that has distinguished them so decisively from the competition." According to Gartner Dataquest, the total market for CMP was estimated to be $728 million in 2003, and is expected to grow to $1.2 billion in 2006. Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) is the largest supplier of equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry. Applied Materials' web site is www.appliedmaterials.com. (1) CMP: chemical mechanical polishing |
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