KLAC has the FIRST automated TFMH profiler??
Please refer to paragraph 2 below. Too, VECO can, I believe, bundle this metrology capability with their ion deposition capability - one stop production and metrology shopping - which KLAC cannot to my knowledge. Of course, I'd love to hear from a true expert, which I am not.
Competition? I suppose. Don't let 'em psych you out though. VECO is still tops.
DF
VEECO RECEIVES $3.5 MILLION IN ORDERS
FOR IN-SITU METROLOGY TOOLS
For GMR Thin Film Head Manufacturing
Tucson, Arizona -- August 30, 1999 ? Veeco Metrology Group, a world leader in 3D surface metrology, today announced it has received a total of $3.5 million in orders for in-situ optical metrology tools to be integrated in a giant magnetoresistive (GMR) thin film manufacturing head (TFMH) production process at slider level. Shipments are expected to be completed by the end of the year to a leading data storage manufacturer.
The multiple unit orders are for high speed, fully automated, non-contact optical profilers that measure advanced air bearing properties during the TFMH production process with unmatched throughput and accuracy.
"These orders are evidence of a growing awareness among thin film head manufacturers of the economic benefits of in-situ production-level slider testing," Lloyd LaComb, VP/GM of Veeco Metrology Group, Tucson, commented. "Higher areal density is driving increased metrology in production environments. The added benefit is that integrated metrology is improving GMR yields."
Veeco Metrology Group, located in Tucson, Arizona, and Santa Barbara, California, is a division of Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO). Headquartered in Plainview, New York, Veeco is a worldwide leader in metrology tools for the data storage, semiconductor, and industrial/research markets, and etch and deposition process equipment for data storage. Manufacturing and engineering facilities are located in New York, California and Arizona. Global sales and service offices are located throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific.
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