Asyst Launches Expanded Beta Site Program for Its .NET-based Interface A Software.FREMONT, Calif. -- Continuing to deliver comprehensive software solutions that enhance manufacturing automation processes, Asyst Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYT), today announced that it is launching a 30-day expanded beta site An organization or group that is beta testing hardware and/or software. See beta test. program for its Asyst EIB See NIST binary. (TM) (Equipment Information Bridge) 4.0 software product. Built around Microsoft's .NET architecture, Asyst EIB 4.0 provides direct access to real-time data from manufacturing equipment, and is fully compliant with SEMI's new Interface A (EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. ) standard. Asyst's expanded beta site program, scheduled for the month of February 2005, is a result of growing orders and customer requests for information for EIB 4.0 as well as for Asyst NexEDA(TM) software, indicating increased momentum for the new industry standard. John McCallum, high tech industry manager for Microsoft Corporation, said, "Asyst was among the first to recognize the technical advantages of implementing Interface A using the Microsoft .NET architecture, which enables web-based applications and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. web services. We are working with Asyst and other partners to help facilitate the adoption of Interface A in the semiconductor industry. By building on the Microsoft platform, partners like Asyst are able to deliver mission-critical solutions to improve operational efficiency and resource utilization in the chip manufacturing process." "Asyst currently has more than 55% market share in equipment connectivity solutions, reflecting our ability to offer intelligent, user-oriented, standards-based products that deliver significant benefits to our customers," said Jim Holliday, vice president of software product marketing for Asyst. "With Asyst EIB and Asyst NexEDA, we are positioned to extend that lead by offering a suite of products that will enable both chip manufacturers and equipment companies to swiftly embrace Interface A and effectively implement economically important analysis and automation applications. It has completed successful evaluations with multiple large semiconductor manufacturers for multiple fab projects that automate and streamline back-end processes and tool clusters." Asyst EIB technology can be implemented on-tool or off-tool, depending on the user's needs, and gives fabs, discrete process manufacturers, and software application developers unprecedented access to in-process data directly from manufacturing equipment. This secure access is available to multiple clients, such as APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. and SPC 1. (business) SPC - Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management. 2. (body) SPC - Software Productivity Centre. 3. (company) SPC - Software Publishing Corporation. 4. applications, from individual or multiple tools, and through multiple standard communication protocols. All Asyst Interface A solutions are fully compliant with the complete set of SEMI EDA requirements, including E121, E128, E120.1, E132.1, E125.1, and E134.1. The one-month Expanded Beta Site Program permits approved sites to become familiar with EIB technology via in-house, hands-on usage. For more information on the EIB Beta program, contact Asyst's Connectivity & Automation Software Solutions Group at EDAdeveloper@asyst.com About Asyst Asyst Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated automation solutions that enable 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 (FPD (1) (Flat Panel Display) See LCD, plasma display, EL display, FED and flat panel display. (2) (Field Programmable Device) An umbrella term for all chips that can be programmed by the customer including SPLDs, CPLDs and FPGAs. See PLD. ) manufacturers to increase their manufacturing productivity and protect their investments in materials during the manufacturing process. Encompassing isolation systems, work-in-process materials management, substrate-handling robotics, automated transport and loading systems, and connectivity automation software, Asyst's modular, interoperable solutions allow chip and FPD manufacturers, as well as original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, to select and employ the value-assured, hands-off manufacturing capabilities that best suit their needs. Asyst's homepage is http://www.asyst.com. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 Except for statements of historical fact, the statements in this press release are forward-looking. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These factors include, but are not limited to: Asyst's ability to provide targeted customer benefits and product efficiencies and performance, to integrate its systems effectively with those of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers, to deliver and support its products in a timely manner, and other factors more fully detailed in Asyst's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended March 27, 2004, and quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-Q/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Asyst" is a registered trademark of Asyst Technologies, Inc. "Asyst EIB" and "Asyst NexEDA" are trademarks of Asyst Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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