Asyst Technologies Receives Multimillion-dollar Order From SSMC.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000 Asyst Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: ASYT) today announced that it has received a multimillion-dollar order from System on Silicon Manufacturing Co. Pte. Ltd (SSMC SSMC Sound Shore Medical Center (New Rochelle, New York) SSMC Sustainable San Mateo County SSMC Symbology Standards Management Committee SSMC Sungei Way Subang Methodist Church SSMC Surveillance Strike Maneuver Capability SSMC St. ) in Singapore for its fab-wide 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 automation capability. SSMC is a Singapore-based joint-venture company founded by Philips Semiconductor, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation TSMC Traffic Systems Management Center TSMC Toll Station Management Controller TSMC Transportation Supply Maintenance Command TSMC Technical Services Manager Code ) and the Economic Development Board of Singapore. The order includes Asyst's SMIF-LPT(tm) (loadports, minienvironments) and SMART-Tags(tm) (lot ID systems and wafer sorters), and is slated for installation at SSMC's Singapore fab in June 2000. SSMC will use the Asyst products in the production of SSMC TriMedia (processors and other devices) for digital consumer applications. Volume production at the Singapore fab is expected to commence by the end of the calendar year, with full production capacity expected to be thirty thousand 200 mm wafers wafers compressed roughage in flat plates useful for feeding to animals in transit. per month. SSMC Chief Executive Officer Peter Yates noted that Asyst was selected based on the company's reputation for technical competence technical competence, n the ability of the practitioner, during the treatment phase of dental care and with respect to those procedures combining psychomotor and cognitive skills, consistently to provide services at a professionally acceptable level. and leadership in advanced wafer isolation, material handling and tracking technologies. "Asyst's technologies helps us eliminate critical manufacturing problems, including wafer contamination and mishandling, which is crucial to achieving our manufacturing goals," he said. "We are pleased that SSMC has selected our factory automation solutions for their initial fab," said Mihir Parikh, Asyst's chairman and chief executive officer. "We believe that Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. is rapidly emerging as an important center for semiconductor manufacturing. This order marks another key gain in our sales momentum in this strategic region -- capitalizing on the continued adoption of our wafer isolation and fab automation technologies in the foundry market." 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 SSMC: Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co. Pte Ltd PTE LTD Private Limited is a joint venture of Philips Semiconductor, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and the Economic Development Board of Singapore (EDBI EDBI Export Development Bank of Iran ). SSMC is in the advanced semiconductor foundry business with an investment of over $2 billion. Operations will commence in the second half of 2000, with 0.25 micron micron: see micrometer. One micrometer, which is one millionth of a meter or approximately 1/25,000 of an inch. The tiny elements that make up a transistor on a chip are measured in micrometers and nanometers. See process technology. moving quickly to 0.18-micron technology, to supply a large volume of strategic and customized integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. to the global market for a wide range of applications -- telecommunications, information technology, multi-media, digital consumer electronics and many more. 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-LPT and SMART-Tag are trademarks of Asyst Technologies, Inc. TriMedia is a trademark of SSMC. |
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