Applied Materials Receives Orders Worth Over $45 Million from Tower Semiconductor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2002 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 ) today announced it received orders for chipmaking equipment worth more than $45 million from Tower Semiconductor Ltd., an independent wafer-foundry located in Migdal Haemek, Israel. Tower plans to use the equipment for the production of 0.18 micron and 0.13 micron CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. digital logic, mixed signal, flash memory and image sensor devices in its new Fab 2 facility. When Fab 2 is complete, Tower plans to offer 0.18 micron and below process technologies, produce up to 33,000 200mm wafers per month and employ approximately 1,100 people. Ron Niv, Tower Semiconductor Fab 2 manager, commented, "The choice of Applied Materials to support our manufacturing capability is based on the company's product excellence and outstanding customer support. The equipment installed in our pilot line met our performance criteria and demonstrated that Applied Materials' exceptional process technologies will allow us to fabricate our customers' most complex designs." Tower Semiconductor's order specified multiple PVD PVD abbr. peripheral vascular disease PVD Peripheral vascular disease, see there (physical vapor deposition  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. ), RTP (rapid thermal processing Rapid Thermal Processing (or RTP) refers to a semiconductor manufacturing process which heats silicon wafers to high temperatures (up to 1200 C or greater) on a timescale of several seconds or less. ), etch, HDP-CVD (high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition), WCVD WCVD Tungsten (Wolfram) Chemical Vapor Deposition (tungsten chemical vapor deposition), SACVD SACVD Sub-Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (sub-atmospheric chemical vapor deposition), wafer inspection and defect review systems. Dr. Ashok K. Sinha, senior vice president, Applied Materials Silicon Business Sector Products, commented, "These orders represent a continuation of our close relationship with Tower Semiconductor, and we are pleased to participate in the company's success. Applied Materials is committed to providing advanced technologies that enable companies like Tower to support chipmakers' future requirements." Tower Semiconductor Ltd., a pure-play independent wafer manufacturer, provides design support, manufacturing and turnkey services for integrated circuits (ICs) on silicon wafers in geometries from 1.0 to 0.18 micron. Fab 2 features advanced CMOS technology licensed from Toshiba Corporation (NIKKEI:TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). ), as well as foundry-standard technology, which is applicable to digital, mixed-signal, CMOS image-sensor and flash memory processes. Tower maintains a Web site at www.towersemi.com. Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT), the largest supplier of products and services to the global semiconductor industry, is one of the world's leading information infrastructure providers. Applied Materials enables Information for Everyone(TM) by helping semiconductor manufacturers produce more powerful, portable and affordable chips. Applied Materials' Web site is http://www.appliedmaterials.com. |
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