Aviza Technology to Host Investor and Media Event at SEMICON West 2006; Forum to Focus on Emergence of ALD Technology.

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Aviza Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVZA), a supplier of advanced semiconductor equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor, compound semiconductor, nanotechnology and other related markets, today announced that it will hold an investor and media event entitled "ALD -- The Next Critical Technology," which will focus on atomic layer deposition technology at SEMICON West 2006 in San Francisco, California.

The semiconductor industry is faced with the challenge of manufacturing ever shrinking IC devices that continue to grow in complexity in order to achieve higher performing chips. As device geometries continue to scale, ALD demonstrates the capability to overcome the technical limitations and cost barriers of thin film manufacturing requirements. The films deposited by the ALD technique are highly conformal, uniform and the composition control is down to the atomic level. ALD is enabling the continued shrinking of device geometries at the 90-nm node and below.

"We believe this is a timely event, as ALD is a new, enabling and critical technology that continues to gain global industry attention," said Jerry Cutini, President and CEO of Aviza Technology, Inc. "We also believe this forum will serve as a catalyst for fostering continued dialogue and education on ALD. We are very pleased to have key executives from the semiconductor supply chain represented on this panel to address viewpoints from the materials, cleaning, equipment and IC manufacturing communities in order to have a complete portrait of what is driving this growing market and its adoption by IC manufacturers worldwide."

The program will examine the reasons for ALD's emergence, the required supplier infrastructure and associated challenges, as well as its growing role in IC manufacturing over the next few years and the technology's implementation into mass production. Participants at the ALD Symposium will include:

--Mr. Robert Maire, Principal, Needham and Co. (Event Moderator)

--Mr. Jerry Cutini, President and CEO, Aviza Technology, Inc.

--Mr. G. Dan Hutcheson, CEO, VLSI Research

--Dr. Evgeni Gusev, Director of Materials & Device R&D, QUALCOMM Incorporated

--Dr. Leo Archer, VP Emerging Technologies World Wide, The SEZ Group

--Dr. Jean-Marc Girard, Director of ALOHA(TM)/ALD & CVD Business Group, Air Liquide

For more details about the ALD Symposium, please contact Laura Guerrant by phone at 808-882-1467 or by email at [e-mail]

For more information about Aviza and its comprehensive product portfolio, the company invites you to visit its booth in the South Hall, Booth #1806 of the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California from Tuesday, July 11, 2006 to Thursday, July 13, 2006.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements. 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 statements made by Jerry Cutini and all statements containing the words "believes," "expects," "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. Some of these factors and other important factors are detailed in our various Securities and Exchange Commission filings, particularly in our 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 forward-looking statements.

About Aviza Technology, Inc.

Aviza Technology, Inc. is a supplier of advanced semiconductor equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor, compound semiconductor, nanotechnology and other related markets. Aviza offers both front-end-of-line (FEOL) and back-end-of-line (BEOL) process applications including products for atomic layer deposition (ALD), diffusion and low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) furnaces, atmospheric pressure CVD (APCVD), CVD, etch and physical vapor deposition (PVD). The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market (NASDAQ:AVZA). Aviza is headquartered in Scotts Valley, Calif., with manufacturing, R&D, sales and customer support facilities located in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. Additional information about the company can be found at http://www.avizatechnology.com.