Asyst Technologies Introduces SMIF Solution for Platform-Type Wafer Process Tools.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1996--Asyst Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ASYT), the pioneer and leading supplier of SMIF-based technology solutions, today introduced a new SMIF SMIF Standard Mechanical Interface SMIF Stream-based Model Interchange Format SMIF Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (Duke University) SMIF Stanford Management Internship Fund SMIF SMAD4-Interacting Transcription Factor semiconductor wafer transfer system providing revolutionary minienvironment interface capabilities for platform-type wafer processing tools provided by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The SMIF LPO-2200(TM) represents a SMIF development breakthrough, overcoming the difficult challenge of integrating SMIF I/Os and SMIF-Pods(TM) with process tools that have no provision for wafer cassette indexing during wafer transfer. Responding to the need for SMIF integration in platform tools, the LPO-2200 is designed to meet the industry need for equipment makers to integrate SMIF into their process systems while maintaining an ergonomic load height. The LPO-2200 will support a reduced 200mm interface footprint due to direct system integration. In addition, wafer protrusion protrusion /pro·tru·sion/ (-troo´zhun) 1. extension beyond the usual limits, or above a plane surface. 2. the state of being thrust forward or laterally, as in masticatory movements of the mandible. sensing and automatic wafer reseating provide a comprehensive SMIF solution not thoroughly addressed by other SMIF technology providers. As the newest member of Asyst's Load Port Series of SMIF system solutions, the LPO-2200 addresses the unique I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output challenges of tools with a z-axis wafer handler and stationary wafer cassette platform. Enabling the use of SMIF-Pods for wafer transfer, the LPO-2200 offers an ultra-clean (below Class 1) wafer retrieval environment-an increasingly critical component in integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for (IC) production strategies. Based on the company's proven SMIF technology, the new system is compatible with Asyst's paperless lot-tracking system, the SMART-Traveler(TM) System (STS (Synchronous Transport Signal) The electrical equivalent of the SONET optical signal. In SDH, the European counterpart of SONET, STS is known as STM (Synchronous Transport Module). ). Commenting on the latest addition to the Load Port Series, John Field, Asyst's vice president of marketing and 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 sales, noted that the semiconductor industry's ultimate resurgence will include new and more aggressive production strategies that require comprehensive manufacturing solutions today. "With the addition of the LPO-2200 to our OEM product offerings, we provide integrated SMIF solutions to cover virtually all types of tool platforms," stated Field. "Overcoming the unique SMIF challenge that platform-type tools traditionally presented, we are well positioned to help ensure our OEM customers' success as they design and manufacture tools with integrated SMIF capability." Asyst reports that platform-type tools make up approximately 20 percent of all IC wafer processing equipment, while indexer- and loadlock-type tools comprise the remaining 80 percent. By introducing a system specifically addressing platform-type tools, Asyst now, through its Load Port Series, offers SMIF solutions for 100 percent of the wafer process tools provided by all OEMs. Asyst will display the LPO-2200 at SEMICON/Southwest, October 15-16, in Austin, Texas, in booth No. 2024. About Asyst: Asyst Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of material control and automation systems that help semiconductor manufacturers improve their integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing productivity. The company's Asyst-SMIF(TM) System combines state-of-the-art minienvironments with advanced robotics to create ultraclean processing environments that are both comprehensive and flexible. The SMART-Traveler(TM) System (STS) works in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with SMIF to eliminate misprocessing. Both Asyst-SMIF and its companion STS products are integral to seamless factory automation. Asyst's subsidiary, Asyst Automation, Inc., focuses on material handling control software and inter-bay/intra-bay automation systems. The company's newest subsidiary, Asyst Software, Inc., is dedicated to the development of software products for equipment communications and automated material handling, identification and tracking. Founded in 1984, Asyst Technologies, Inc. is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., with facilities in Europe and the Far East. Asyst Automation, Inc. is located outside Boston, Mass., with Asyst Software located in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. The company's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol ASYT. About SMIF: SMIF stands for Standard Mechanical InterFace, the material handling approach that enables wafer transfer to and from sealed SMIF environments without exposure to cleanroom ambient conditions. SEMI standards exist for 150- and 200mm wafer sizes and are now being defined for 300mm. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: LPO LPO London Philharmonic Orchestra LPO Legal Process Outsourcing LPO Local Purchase Order LPO Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra LPO Legal Process Offshoring LPO Leading Petty Officer LPO Loan Production Office LPO Lattice Preferred Orientation stands for "load port opener." CONTACT: Asyst Technologies Inc. Lisa Garcia, 510/661-5000 (Media) or Doug McCutcheon, 510/661-5000 (Investors) or MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. Inc. 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