n&k Technology, Inc. Announces New Singapore Representative; Strategically Located Ellipsiz Ltd. Brings n&k's Advanced Metrology Tools to Key Asian Markets.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

SEMICON West 2002

SANTA CLARA, Calif.& SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2002

n&k Technology, Inc., a pioneer in proven, production-worthy tools for reliable and accurate thin film characterization and metrology, optical properties measurements, and equipment for critical dimension measurements, today announced it has selected a new partner to represent the company's products in the important Asian market. Ellipsiz Ltd., located in Singapore, is a leading engineering and advanced packaging solutions provider to the semiconductor industry in Asia. Strategically located at the crossroads of Asia, Singapore will serve as a business hub for the sales and distribution of n&k's Analyzers, and Ellipsiz will play a key role as n&k continues to build its presence in Asia.

Singapore is fast becoming a knowledge-based economy where technology and ideas are key assets, a primary consideration for n&k's selection of Ellipsiz. Today, Singapore is pushing ahead to make it easier for companies to build chip plants, setting aside land for more silicon-wafer factories, building a new facility for the production of high-grade purified water, and developing more programs to train people in the skills required by the semiconductor industry. Singapore has set up the infrastructure to assure achieving its economic goals through the Economic Development Board (EDB), technology venture funding, and through centers of excellence, such as the Data Storage Institute.

"Singapore is dedicated to becoming a regional leader in the semiconductor industry," said Dr. Rahim Forouhi, president and CEO of n&k Technology. "Ellipsiz has established strong relationships within this region with the key manufacturers and integrators in semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging. We're very pleased that Ellipsiz will be representing our instruments and we look forward to exciting opportunities ahead."

n&k's instrumentation represents a breakthrough in thin film metrology because it allows rapid, non-destructive, measurement and characterization of a wide variety of ultra thin film materials including semiconductors, dielectrics, metals, transparent conductors, photoresists and polymer films, while at the same time overcoming the inherent difficulties associated with conventional approaches to thin film measurement. The company's technology is based on the Forouhi-Bloomer spectrophotometric method named after n&k's co-founders, Dr. Rahim Forouhi and Dr. Iris Bloomer.

About n&k Technology, Inc.

n&k Technology, Inc. is a privately held company that is quickly gaining recognition as a pioneer and technological leader in reliable, accurate, and precise thin film characterization and metrology, optical properties measurements, and critical dimension measurements for a variety of markets including semiconductor, telecommunications, data storage, flat panel display, and optical and industrial coatings. Its cost-effective, easy to use instrumentation delivers "the true measure" with superior resolution, enabling users to characterize virtually any combination of thin films, substrates, and structures. n&k's products are also ideally suited for challenging integrated (in-situ) metrology. More information about n&k Technology can be found on the World Wide Web at www.nandk.com.

About Ellipsiz Ltd.

The Ellipsiz Group is a leading engineering and advanced packaging solutions provider to the semiconductor industry in Asia. The holding company, Ellipsiz Ltd., was listed on Stock Exchange of Singapore in July 2000. Among its engineering solutions are the sale and support of semiconductor equipment and chemicals, turnkey failure analysis laboratories, and total chemicals management (TCM). It also offers advanced packaging services such as wafer bumping and System-in-Package manufacturing. The Group has operations in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, China and the USA. More information on the Ellipsiz Group is posted on its website at www.ellipsiz.com.

Editor's Note:

n&k Technology will be demonstrating the company's fully automated, production-worthy n&k 3000 TMS Analyzer at SEMICON West in San Francisco, California on July 22-24, 2002. The n&k 3000 TMS is a powerful, high-throughput sampling system that enables successful in-line process control of critical trench parameters, such as trench depth and width, trench-to-mesa width ratio, and trench bottom oxide thickness. Measurements take place directly on device features with unsurpassed repeatability, accuracy, and speed - no special periodic test structures are required. To schedule a private meeting with n&k company representatives at SEMICON West, please contact Judy Plummer, at [phone] or [e-mail].