Good job , OJ, even though you needed to do alot of "praying" hehehe
...now go spend some of that money on the wifey...
A little news for your CYMI :
Cymer Achieves Key Customer Milestone With Shipment of 500th Excimer Light
Source to Canon
SAN DIEGO, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYMI), the world's leading supplier of excimer light
sources used in semiconductor manufacturing, today announced it has achieved a
significant customer milestone with the shipment of its 500th light source to
Canon (Tokyo, Japan) -- one of the world's top lithography equipment
suppliers, and the first customer for Cymer's production light sources more
than a decade ago.
"The performance of exposure tools has improved dramatically, in part with
the industry's shift from lamp technology to deep ultraviolet (DUV) light
sources. Through its R&D efforts, Cymer has been instrumental in helping
bring this technology to market realization," said Takeshi Sekiguchi, deputy
chief executive for Canon's optical products operation. "We would like to
express our sincere appreciation for Cymer's ongoing commitment to us over the
years in delivering reliable light sources, on a timely basis, that offer
strong performance at a low cost of operation (CoO). We look forward to
continuing our long working relationship with Cymer, as it works toward
delivering future light source technologies."
According to Pascal Didier, Cymer president and chief operating officer,
this milestone shipment reflects Canon's confidence in Cymer as a supplier of
advanced light source solutions. "We are pleased to reach this major
milestone with our first production light source customer, and we look forward
to maintaining our strong relationship with Canon as we help the company
achieve further success in the lithography marketplace. Additionally, this
achievement serves as yet another demonstration of our ability to successfully
deliver the latest, most cutting-edge light source solutions-ultimately,
enabling our customers to maximize their competitiveness and grow their market
leadership in this Golden Age of DUV."
The 500th light source shipment was completed with the delivery of Cymer's
most advanced krypton fluoride (KrF) light source to date -- the ELS-7000(TM).
Designed for next-generation lithography applications at the 248nm wavelength,
the ELS-7000 is a key enabler in the production of devices with sub-130nm
design rules. Operating at a 4 kHz repetition rate, the ELS-7000 delivers
10 times more power than the first production light source Cymer shipped to
Canon in 1990-a 0.4 kHz KrF light source (4000A). |
