Berkeley Process Control Announces Exclusive Partnership With Advanced Energy Industries.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RICHMOND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2000 Agreement Expands Berkeley's Semiconductor Equipment Applications To Include Wafer (1) A small, thin continuous-loop magnetic tape cartridge that has been used from time to time for data storage and specialized applications. (2) The base unit of chip making. It is a slice taken from a salami-like silicon crystal ingot up to 12" (300mm) in diameter. Processing Tools Berkeley Process Control, a leading manufacturer of network-based motion and machine control technologies and advanced wafer handling equipment, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement to provide their network-based controls platform to Advanced Energy Industries. Advanced Energy (AE) is a leading worldwide provider of an innovative set of process subsystems, including critical process power, plasma diagnostics Plasma diagnostics are experimental techniques used to measure properties of a plasma such as temperature and density. Langmuir probe Measurements with electric probes, called Langmuir probes, are the oldest and most often used procedures for low-temperature plasmas. , temperature control, and overall efficiency software from Symphony Systems. Advanced Energy and Berkeley will jointly develop, market, and support comprehensive, process equipment control systems that enable semiconductor OEMs to significantly reduce their development time while enhancing the efficiency and reliability of their systems. "Advanced Energy is expert in some very important technologies that are critical to making many semiconductor process tools function. With the current alliances and acquisitions that AE has made, it can move toward a more optimum machine architecture than was possible before. Advanced Energy sees a critical role for advanced control technology in establishing that architecture. We are proud to have been selected by AE to act as partners in their effort," explained Berkeley President, Paul Sagues. Commenting on the new Berkeley-AE partnership, Advanced Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Doug Schatz, said, "We look forward to the opportunity to maximize the potential of Berkeley's network-based controls platform. We believe our customers will benefit through productivity improvements from the synergies created by this new relationship." "For AE's major 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 customers, the Berkeley-AE partnership will provide an integrated architecture that will greatly improve overall machine performance," explained Wayne Erickson, Berkeley Vice President Sales & Marketing. "Our focus in the semiconductor equipment industry has been to provide OEM tool makers with highly reliable wafer handling automation systems. The exclusive partnership with AE enables Berkeley to extend our controls into the wafer processing portion of the tool." About Berkeley Process Control Berkeley Process Control, Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in 1981, provides advanced motion and machine control systems for the critical manufacturing processes used in the semiconductor, optical fiber, packaging and aerospace industries. Berkeley's highly integrated factory automation products enable faster time-to-market, greater flexibility and higher throughput for original equipment manufacturers. Berkeley designs and manufactures wafer handling systems for the major semiconductor equipment makers in the industry. The company will provide control products for Advanced Energy, the market-share leader in power conversion systems. Berkeley's automated motion and machine control product, the BXi, is an integrated, laptop-sized package with internal servo An electromechanical device that uses feedback to provide precise starts and stops for such functions as the motors on a tape drive or the moving of an access arm on a disk. motor drives, I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output control, robot control Robot control is the theory of how to model and control robots. A simplistic model of a robot is to view it as a collection of links connected by joints. , motion control, e-diagnostics and Internet-ready Ethernet connections. Its patented Autocalibration(TM)technology eliminates the need for slow, subjective robot teaching by specially trained technicians. The advanced controller can also monitor system characteristics and predict when maintenance will be required. Other products in the BXi series include the BXi/pa pre-aligner for 200 and 300mm wafers wafers compressed roughage in flat plates useful for feeding to animals in transit. , and BXi/o, a 100Mb Ethernet-based modular I/O system. In addition, Berkeley manufactures intra-tool buffer systems including the IB-300 Intelligent Buffer. To learn more about Berkeley, visit its web site at www.berkeleyprocess.com About Advanced Energy Advanced Energy is a global leader in the development, marketing, and support of technology solutions that are critical in the manufacture of semiconductors, data storage products, and flat panel displays A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time as well as in applications that involve surface modification and process power control. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and end-users around the world depend on AE products when plasma-based technology plays a central role in their manufacturing process. AE offers a comprehensive line of technology solutions including power conversion and control systems, process monitoring and control tools, ion-beam sources, dynamic temperature control products, and plasma abatement A reduction, a decrease, or a diminution. The suspension or cessation, in whole or in part, of a continuing charge, such as rent. With respect to estates, an abatement is a proportional diminution or reduction of the monetary legacies, a disposition of property by will, when systems. AE technology solutions are sold and supported globally by direct offices, representatives, and distributors. Founded in 1981, AE is a publicly held company traded on NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on under the symbol AEIS AEIS Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (stock symbol) AEIS Aeronautical En-route Information Service AEIS Asociación Española de Ingeniería Sísmica (Spanish Association of Earthquake Engineering) . Visit its website at www.advanced-energy.com |
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