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To: Ian@SI who wrote (711)6/20/1999 2:07:00 PM
From: Barry  Read Replies (1) of 1214
 
Ian,

>Specifically, am I harboring the mistaken belief that full automation is a prerequisite for sub .25 micron environments because of air purity considerations?<

>>Yes.

However, what's happening is a product introduced by ASYT which could be viewed as enclosing the wafers in a "mini clean room" significantly reduces the cost and complexity of keeping the air immediately surrounding the wafer clean when compared with keeping the whole fab equally clean.<<


You quite sarcastically mentioned to me before that Asyst's SMIF technology does not compete with PRIA's equipment. In your answer to someone else's question, you don't describe the distinction between their products. Can you explain this for me? I don't understand how they wouldn't target the same customers. Is one intrabay and the other interbay?

Thanks in advance for your reply,
barry
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