Asyst Ships 100th Spartan(TM) System; Revolutionary Platform for Both Sorter and EFEM Applications Enjoys Unprecedented Success in First Year of Production.FREMONT, Calif. -- The Spartan platform from Asyst Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYT) is the company's most successful new system to date, based on the product reaching the 100-unit shipment milestone in its first year of production. Most of the Spartan's success so far has been in an Integrated Sorter configuration, enabling the company to claim leading sorter market share based on its unit shipments to date in calendar year 2005. The Spartan Sorter is now operating in 15 different 300mm fabs worldwide. The Spartan revolutionizes wafer sorting and equipment front-end (EFEM EFEM Equipment Front End Module ) wafer handling through its high performance and the simplicity of its design. Because the Spartan platform was designed from the outset as a unified atmospheric wafer handling solution, it does not suffer from the component integration issues and related cost and complexity associated with traditional sorters and EFEMs. As a result, the company believes that the Spartan platform offers the industry's highest reliability and serviceability (system) serviceability - The ease with which corrective maintenance or preventative maintenance can be performed on a system (e.g. by a hardware service technician). Higher serviceability improves availability and reduces service cost. Serviceability is one component of RAS. , enabling the Spartan to provide the lowest cost-of-ownership of any comparable system available today. In addition, the Spartan's proprietary Wafer Engine(TM) provides precise, high-speed wafer swaps, its optimized mini-environment offers better than ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. Class 1 performance, and in an EFEM application its SMART-Plus(TM) software provides a single, consistent interface to the front-end. 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 Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, , 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, including reliability, serviceability and cost-of-ownership, to integrate its systems effectively with those of our 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 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Asyst" is a registered trademark of Asyst Technologies, Inc. "Spartan," "Wafer Engine" and "SMART-Plus" are trademarks of Asyst Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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