Varian Semiconductor Announces Multiple VIISta 300mm Single Wafer Platform Systems Shipments to Samsung Electronics
GLOUCESTER, MA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 15, 2001--Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA - news), the leading supplier of ion implantation systems, today announced that it has shipped multiple 300mm high current and medium current implanters to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's largest memory chipmaker.
The shipment includes single wafer VIISta implanters which will be installed at Samsung Electronics 300mm mass production and simulation line in Kiheung, Korea.
``We are very pleased that Samsung Electronics has selected our next generation VIISta platform for 300mm DRAM production,'' said Ernest Godshalk, president and chief operating officer of Varian Semiconductor. ``These shipments reinforce Varian Semiconductor's long-standing relationship with Samsung Electronics and our global leadership in the ion implant market. Our state-of-the-art VIISta implanters enable customers to meet the increasing demands for single-wafer processing.''
The VIISta platform of implanters lowers customer's capital and operating costs due to its common single wafer technology which increases scheduling flexibility and reduces maintenance and training expenses. The VIISta family of implanters provides the performance attributes necessary for next generation integrated circuits. The highly parallel beam on the VIISta platform, combined with total incident angle control, enables the manufacture of integrated circuits having optimal threshold voltage control and the angular placement accuracy required for halo and pocket implants.
Over 70 percent of the latest generation of DRAMs are being produced on VIISta systems. In addition, the VIISta platform has been selected in 90 percent of the 300mm production and pilot lines around the world.
About Varian Semiconductor
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates is the leading producer of ion implantation equipment used in the manufacture of semiconductors. The company is headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and operates worldwide. Varian Semiconductor maintains a web site at www.vsea.com. The information contained in our web site is not incorporated by reference into this release, and our web site address is included in this release as an inactive textual reference only.
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