Isonics Announces Manufacturing Agreement With GlobiTech; Industry Leader to Supply Silicon-28 Wafers to GlobiTech Customers.Business Editors/Technology & Medical Writers Isonics Corporation (Nasdaq:ISON) announced that GlobiTech Incorporated, an epitaxial wafer foundry located in Sherman, Texas Sherman is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 35,082 at the 2000 census. The population had increased to an estimated 37,623 in July 2006. It is the county seat of Grayson County. , has been qualified to produce silicon-28 epitaxial wafers using silicon-28 trichlorosilane. Isonics has also agreed to work with GlobiTech to supply silicon-28 wafers to certain GlobiTech customers. Dr. Stephen Burden, Isonics' Vice President of Semiconductor Materials Semiconductor materials are insulators at absolute zero temperature that conduct electricity in a limited way at room temperature (see also Semiconductor). The defining property of a semiconductor material is that it can be doped with impurities that alter its electronic properties , commented, "GlobiTech has a world class epi facility that can meet the requirements for 0.13 micron and below technology, essential to make next generation micrprocessors. Having GlobiTech as a qualified supplier allows Isonics additional flexibility to supply all sizes of silicon-28 wafers to the semiconductor industry." "Silicon-28 provides a synergistic relationship for Isonics, GlobiTech and our customers," said Keith Lindberg, Vice President of GlobiTech. "As Moore's Law "The number of transistors and resistors on a chip doubles every 18 months." By Intel co-founder Gordon Moore regarding the pace of semiconductor technology. He made this famous comment in 1965 when there were approximately 60 devices on a chip. begins to run into physical limitations, engineered material solutions are becoming increasingly important. We feel that the improved thermal conductivity of silicon-28 should present unique solutions for advancements in IC performance and reliability." Isotopically purified silicon-28 has 60% higher thermal conductivity than natural silicon and can reduce the self heating of 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 help solve thermal management problems in a wide range of semiconductor devices presently made with normal silicon wafers. Isonics is a world leader in isotopically engineered materials and produces isotopically pure, high thermal conductivity silicon-28 chemicals and wafers for the semiconductor industry. Isonics also markets and sells stable isotopes stable isotope n. An isotope of an element that shows no tendency to undergo radioactive breakdown. for the health care industry such as carbon-13 for diagnostic breath tests and drug design, and oxygen-18 for positron emission tomography positron emission tomography: see PET scan. positron emission tomography (PET) Imaging technique used in diagnosis and biomedical research. (PET) imaging. Stable isotopes can be thought of as ultra pure materials. This high degree of purification provides enhanced properties as compared to natural materials. Additional information may be obtained at http://www.isonics.com. GlobiTech is a provider of world-class CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. epitaxial services and epitaxial-based materials solutions for the semiconductor industry. GlobiTech has Class-1 cleanrooms for the production of 150mm and 200mm epitaxial products with 300mm epitaxial samples expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2002. Ongoing efforts at GlobiTech include application-specific epitaxial solutions for IC performance and reliability improvements, silicon germanium (SiGe) A semiconductor material made from silicon and germanium. Germanium is very similar to silicon, but when one layer is grown on top of the other to form the base of the transistor, the resulting transistor can switch faster and yield higher performance. development programs and investigation of epitaxial-based technologies for silicon-on-insulator (SOI (Silicon On Insulator) A chip architecture that increases transistor switching speed by reducing capacitance (build-up of electrical charges in the transistor's elements), and thus reducing the discharge time. The power requirement is also reduced in some designs. ) production. Additional information may be obtained at http://www.globitech.com or by contacting Mark England of GlobiTech Marketing and Sales at (903) 957-1904. Except for historical information contained herein, this document contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results or outcomes to be materially different from those anticipated and discussed herein. Further, the Company operates in industries where securities values may be volatile and may be influenced by regulatory and other factors beyond the Company's control. Other important factors that the Company believes might cause such differences are discussed in the risk factors detailed in the Company's 10-KSB for the year ended April 30, 2001, and its quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the nine months ended January 31, 2002, both as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which include the Company's cash flow difficulties, dependence on significant customers, and rapid development of technology, among other risks. In assessing forward-looking statements contained herein, readers are urged to carefully read all cautionary statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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