August Technology Wins Wafer Inspection Order from UMC; NSX-105 Now in Production at UMC.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2003 August Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:AUGT), a leading supplier of inspection and metrology solutions for the microelectronic industries, today announced the successful installation of an NSX NSX New Sportscar eXperimental (concept name for Acura vehicle; originally NS-X) NSX Namespace Extension (Windows Shell Programming) NSX N Syndrome NSX Network and Security Experts NSX New Sports Experimental Series wafer inspection system at leading global semiconductor foundry, United Microelectronics Corporation UMC (United Microelectronics Corporation) was founded as Taiwan's first semiconductor company in 1980 as a spin-off of the government-sponsored institute ITRI. Today, UMC is best known for its merchant foundry business, manufacturing integrated circuits wafers for fabless (UMC UMC United Methodist Church UMC United Microelectronics Corporation UMC University Medical Center UMC United Microelectronics Corp (Republic of China) UMC University of Missouri-Columbia ). UMC has chosen the NSX-105 to inspect fully processed outgoing wafers and process monitoring prior to wafer dicing Wafer dicing is the process by which individual silicon chips or integrated circuits on a silicon wafer are separated following the processing of the wafer. The dicing process can be accomplished by scribing and breaking, by mechanical sawing (normally with a machine called a . "Partnering with the right equipment suppliers to consistently deliver quality products is a key element in maintaining a leadership position in the foundry industry," explained E.N. Chou, UMC's quality and reliability assurance division director. "UMC selected the NSX-105 for its ability to meet UMC's stringent equipment qualification standards and we value this ongoing partnership with August Technology." "August Technology's objective is to understand our customers' critical issues and then apply the technology and expertise that will best address these issues. We are honored to have a world-class manufacturer such as UMC select August Technology as a partner for their process control and out-going product quality assurance," said Jeff O'Dell, August Technology's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Roger Lao, August Technology's general manager in Taiwan said, "Using the NSX-105, UMC is able to quickly and accurately obtain defect information from devices leading to better understanding of their process. Our YieldPilot defect and process analysis tools enable UMC to effectively move from defect detection to process enhancing decision and allow them to further reduce costs and drive down their time to market." About August Technology: August Technology's automated inspection and data analysis solutions provide critical product and process enhancing information, which enables microelectronic device manufacturers to drive down costs and time to market. Based in Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and a southern suburb of Minneapolis. As of 2005, it had a population of 84,347, making it the largest Twin Cities suburb, and the fifth largest city in the state[1]. , August Technology is a founding member of the Advanced Packaging and Interconnect Alliance (APiA) and an active member of the Die Products Consortium (DPC DPC Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria, Australia) DPC Dutch Power Cows DPC Deferred Procedure Calls (Microsoft Windows NT 4. ). Additional information can be found on the company's web site at www.AugustTech.com. Forward-Looking Statements: This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including statements regarding orders which have not yet been shipped, installed or accepted, and actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, because of various risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to deterioration in general economic conditions, further downturns in the microelectronics industry, softening of the financial markets, outbreak of infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. , incurrence of terrorist attacks or outbreak of war, inaccurate market expectations, changes in the development agreement or relationship with the semiconductor party we are in the development agreement with, or any unforeseen difficulties in the economy in general or in the development, manufacture, shipment, delivery and/or acceptance of our products. Please refer to additional risk factors stated in August Technology's 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. Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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