Aviza Technology, Inc. Announces Pricing of Underwritten Public Offering.

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Aviza Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVZA) today announced the pricing at $6.50 per share of its underwritten public offering of 4,000,000 shares of its common stock. Aviza has granted Needham & Company, LLC, the sole underwriter for the offering, an option to purchase up to 600,000 additional shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any, at any time on or before April 8, 2007. Aviza estimates the net proceeds to it from the offering will be approximately $23.9 million, or approximately $27.6 million if Needham & Company, LLC exercises its over-allotment option if full, after payment of the underwriting discount and estimated expenses of this offering, and anticipates that the offering will close on February 28, 2007.

Aviza intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital, research and development and other general corporate purposes, which may include repaying borrowings under its mortgage and revolving lines of credit.

Copies of the prospectus related to the offering, when available, may be obtained by contacting Needham & Company, LLC at 445 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, or by facsimile at 212.705.0416.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sale of securities, in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities law of any such state.

About Aviza Technology, Inc.

Aviza designs, manufactures, sells and supports advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets. The company's systems are used in a variety of segments of the semiconductor market, such as advanced silicon for memory devices, advanced 3-D packaging and power integrated circuits for communications. Aviza's common stock is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ GM: AVZA). Aviza is headquartered in Scotts Valley, Calif., with manufacturing, R&D, sales and customer support facilities located in the UK, Germany, France, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. Website: http://www.avizatechnology.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the intended use of proceeds and anticipated closing date. These forward-looking statements are based on our management's current expectations and beliefs and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. You should not rely upon these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events because we cannot assure you that the events or circumstances reflected in these statements will be achieved or will occur. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the expected use of proceeds from the offering and all statements containing the words "believes," "expects," "forecast," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "intends," "plans," "estimates" or "anticipates" or the negative of these words and phrases or other variations of these words and phrases or comparable terminology. Many factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: variability of our revenues and financial performance; risks associated with product development and technological changes; the acceptance of our products in the marketplace by existing and potential future customers; disruption of operations or increases in expenses due to our involvement in litigation or caused by civil or political unrest or other catastrophic events; general economic conditions and conditions in the semiconductor industry in particular; the continued employment of our key personnel, risks associated with competition and general market conditions and other factors affecting the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Some of these factors and other important factors are detailed in various Securities and Exchange Commission filings that we have made, particularly in our registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-139831) and most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, copies of which are available from us without charge. Please review these filings and do not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.