China's SMIC Foundry Selects Applied Materials' Ion Implant System.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--Jan. 9, 2002 Quantum LEAP quantum leap n. An abrupt change or step, especially in method, information, or knowledge: "War was going to take a quantum leap; it would never be the same" Garry Wills. (TM) System Offers Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC SMIC Salaire Minimum Interprofessionnel de Croissance (French: guaranteed minimum wage) SMIC Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (Shanghai) SMIC Side Mount Intercooler ) High Productivity and Process Extendibility Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. NASDAQ: AMAT (HKSE: 4336 ) is the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel solar displays, solar , Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT AMAT Applied Materials (stock symbol) AMAT Average Memory Access Time AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMAT Anti-Materiel (bomb or mine) AMAT Ageing Management Assessment Team ) today announced that Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, (“SMIC”, NYSE: SMI, SEHK: 981) is a semiconductor foundry in mainland China, providing integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing services at 350 nm to 90nm technologies. (SMIC), a new semiconductor foundry based in Shanghai, China, has selected its Quantum LEAP(TM) ion implant system for volume chip production. The Quantum LEAP systems will ship to SMIC in early 2002. "As SMIC ramps its production toward 25,000 wafers per month, we expect the productivity of the Quantum and Applied Materials' support expertise to help us manage this aggressive ramp-up," said Albert Pang, engineering director for the Section 4 foundry, SMIC. "As SMIC moves rapidly to implement production at the 0.18 micron technology Micron Technology ("Micron") NYSE: MU is a multinational company based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, and CMOS image sensing chips. node and beyond, our product roadmap requires implant capability that can be extended several device generations. The Quantum system quantum system n. A physical or theoretical system that cannot be correctly described without the use of quantum physics. offers the advanced low energy technology and process control for multiple generations of chips." The Quantum LEAP ion implant system offers ultra-low-energy performance to 200eV, which allows it to address all low energy implant applications essential to the manufacture of advanced transistors for 0.18 micron and below generations of chips. With its high current operation, the Quantum LEAP delivers industry-leading throughput for high productivity and low cost of ownership required by advanced logic and foundry manufacturers around the globe. "We are very pleased that SMIC selected the Quantum system for its high-volume production requirements. We are rapidly expanding our service and support capabilities to help SMIC, and other customers in this critical region, achieve maximum performance with our systems," said Craig Lowrie, vice president and general manager, Applied Materials' Parametric and Conductive Implantation Business Group. China is poised to become the world's second largest market for 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. by the end of this decade, according to market research firm In-Stat. To support the growth of the country's manufacturing infrastructure, Applied Materials has opened its fifth office in China, a 90,000 square foot facility in Shanghai. This facility contains the company's regional center for sales and marketing, as well as a technical training center where customer engineers and technicians will receive instruction on the maintenance and operation of the company's wafer processing equipment. Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT), the largest supplier of products and services to the global semiconductor industry, is one of the world's leading information infrastructure providers. Applied Materials enables Information for Everyone(TM) by helping semiconductor manufacturers produce more powerful, portable, and affordable chips. Applied Materials' Web site is http://www.appliedmaterials.com. |
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