Canon Builds in Silicon Valley.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1998-- New Facility Will House Semiconductor Equipment Division Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced today that it has begun construction of a 172,000 square foot facility in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif., to house its northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern operations and the new headquarters of its Semiconductor Equipment Division. The new facility will further enhance the process and applications development, product demonstration, and training support this division provides to U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturers. "Canon is going forward with a major new facility in spite of the current slow business period for the semiconductor industry," said Noriharu (Harry) Hirai, vice president and general manager of the division. "This is the time to invest in support and prepare for the upturn, to affirm Canon's strong commitment to the industry and to our customers," he said. The regional operation centers of several other product divisions, along with Canon Information Systems, a software company that is part of Canon's global R&D network, will also occupy the building. Completion of the construction is scheduled for the second quarter of 1999. "Building a major facility at the hub of Silicon Valley is a statement of Canon's leadership in imaging technology," Mr. Hirai said. The new facility will include a large clean room area with photoresist A film used in photolithography that temporarily holds the pattern of a circuit path or microscopic element of a chip. When exposed to light, it hardens and is resistant to the acid bath that washes away the unexposed areas. Not to be confused with photoresistor. track systems and metrology tools for applications development and process evaluation, plus demonstration of the latest lithography lithography (lĭthŏg`rəfē), type of planographic or surface printing. It is distinguished from letterpress (relief) printing and from intaglio printing (in which the design is cut or etched into the plate). tools including deep-UV steppers and scanners. Training rooms, designed as optimized learning environments, will be equipped with Canon's newest i-line and deep-UV machines and use the latest in multimedia equipment and 3-D interactive training software. The new facility also will provide immediate support to all six U.S. regional operations centers, where Canon will continue to invest in local initiatives such as expert engineering delegations and process support teams. Furthermore, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mr. Hirai, sharing the premises with Canon Information Systems will augment the timely development of user-friendly software for new stepper step·per n. 1. One that steps, especially in a fast or spirited manner. 2. Informal A dancer. Noun 1. and scanner tools. Mr. Hirai also said that Canon's Semiconductor Production Equipment Group, in Utsunomiya, Japan, will continue the work of its specialized reengineering groups on all fronts, including the fine-tuning of lens and stages for sub-0.25 micron design rules. The company recently introduced its dual-era FPA-5000ES2 scanner, the first in a line of products built on its new 5000 Scanning System platform. The Model ES2 scanner is capable of printing geometries below 0.18 micron and is easily field-convertible for both 200 mm and 300mm wafer production. The Semiconductor Equipment Division of Canon U.S.A., Inc., based in Santa Clara, Calif., supplies step-and-repeat and step-and-scan photolithography tools for manufacturing 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. and large active matrix liquid crystal 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 . Canon U.S.A., Inc., headquartered in Lake Success, N.Y., is an industry leader in professional and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. It employs 10,000 people at more than 30 facilities throughout North, Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and the Caribbean.
CONTACT: Canon U.S.A., Inc., Santa Clara
Semiconductor Equipment Div.
Phillip Ware or Yuan Zhang, 972-409-7800
or
Bozell Kamstra
Bill Keck, 580-233-2496
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