Asyst Technologies Receives 50th 300 mm OEM Design Win.Business Editors/Technology Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2000 Asyst Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: ASYT) today announced it has achieved a significant milestone--its 50th 300 mm 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 design win. As a result of this design win from Silicon Valley Group, Asyst's 300 mm 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 input/output system, the SMIF-300FL(TM), has been integrated into SVG's ProCell(TM) deep ultraviolet (DUV DUV Deep Ultraviolet DUV Data-Under-Voice DUV Design Under Verification ) photoresist A film used in photolithography that temporarily holds the pattern of a circuit path or microscopic element of a chip. When exposed to light, it hardens and is resistant to the acid bath that washes away the unexposed areas. Not to be confused with photoresistor. processing tool. "SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) A vector graphics format from the W3C for the Web that is expressed in XML. Introduced in 2001, SVG was designed to become the standard vector format just as GIFs and JPEGs have become the standard bitmaps for the Web. has more than 10 years of experience working with Asyst in integrating their isolation and automation technologies into our advanced lithography lithography (lĭthŏg`rəfē), type of planographic or surface printing. It is distinguished from letterpress (relief) printing and from intaglio printing (in which the design is cut or etched into the plate). and photoresist processing tools," stated Boris Lipkin, president of SVG's Track Systems Division. "When integrated into our ProCell tool, Asyst's SMIF-300FLs will increase the tool's buffer capacity, the number of wafers that can be stored at one time, to 100 wafers. This will help to improve the throughput of the ProCell by improving utilization through reduced time for loading and unloading wafers." Asyst's SMIF-300FL is designed to serve as an input/output device for loading wafers into the process tool, mapping the position of wafers and communicating with the host server. Its key features include built-in E-84 functionality--the automation communication standard used in the semiconductor industry, which reduces the software workload of the OEM tool supplier. The SMIF-300FL also includes reliable wafer mapping to ensure an accurate wafer count, as well as ensure that the wafers are properly seated in the SMIF-Pod(TM) before transferring the wafers to the process tool. In addition, the SMIF-300FL has a superior reliability of greater than 500,000 mean cycles before failure (MCBF MCBF Mean Cycles Between Failure MCBF Multnomah County Bike Fair (Portland, Oregon) MCBF Mean Countdown Between Failures MCBF Most Critical Buffer First MCBF Mean Cycle Between Failure ). "With an installed base of over 400 units worldwide, we believe that our SMIF-300FLs are recognized by OEM tool suppliers as key enablers to completing their bridge tool solutions," stated Mihir Parikh, Asyst's chairman and chief executive officer. "We believe that the success of our 300 mm offerings--including our SMIF-300FL, SMIF-Pod 300(TM) and Plus(TM) Portal products--demonstrates the increased market development and penetration for Asyst's 300 mm technology for full-scale semiconductor manufacturing." 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, general economic conditions, semiconductor industry cycles, risks associated with the acceptance of new products and product capabilities and other factors more fully detailed in the Company's recent S-3 Registration Statement. About Silicon Valley Group: Silicon Valley Group (Nasdaq: SVGI SVGI Silicon Valley Group, Inc. (stock symbol) SVGI Sequential Vapour Gas Injection ) is a leading manufacturer of automated wafer processing equipment for the worldwide semiconductor industry. The company designs, manufactures and markets technically sophisticated equipment used in the primary stages of semiconductor manufacturing. Its products include photolithography A lithographic technique used to transfer the design of circuit paths onto printed circuit boards as well as the circuit paths and electronic elements of a chip onto a wafer's surface. A photomask is created with the design for each layer of the board or wafer (chip). exposure tools; photoresist processing equipment; oxidation, diffusion and low-pressure chemical vapor deposition Vapor deposition Production of a film of material often on a heated surface and in a vacuum. Vapor deposition technology is used in a large variety of applications. processing systems; atmospheric pressure atmospheric pressure or barometric pressure Force per unit area exerted by the air above the surface of the Earth. Standard sea-level pressure, by definition, equals 1 atmosphere (atm), or 29.92 in. (760 mm) of mercury, 14.70 lbs per square in., or 101. chemical vapor deposition systems and precision optical components and systems. For more information, visit http://www.svg.com About Asyst: Asyst Technologies, Inc. is the leading provider of SMIF-based minienvironment and manufacturing automation systems that enable semiconductor manufacturers to protect customers' valued assets throughout the manufacturing process while increasing manufacturing productivity. Asyst offers a broad range of 200 mm and 300 mm products that enable the Company to provide semiconductor manufacturers and OEMs automated manufacturing solutions for the transfer of wafers and information between the process equipment and the fab line. Asyst's homepage is http://www.asyst.com SMIF-Pod, SMIF-Pod 300, SMIF-300FL, and Plus Portal are trademarks of Asyst Technologies, Inc. ProCell is a trademark of Silicon Valley Group. |
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