ESI Announces $3 Million Order from Siemens Semiconductor for
Memory Yield Improvement Systems
Portland, Oregon (July 23, 1997) -- Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ - ESIO) announced an order for ESI Model 9300 Memory Yield Improvement systems for Siemens' Dresden facility in Germany. This brings the total to more than ten systems currently installed at Siemens and their affiliates' worldwide.
"Competition in memory devices has required manufacturers to focus on issues like process window and throughput to be cost-effective," said Jens M”ckel, Wafer/Test Process Engineer at Siemens Dresden Facility. "With the 1.3 micron laser and the larger process window, you can use higher levels of energy. With higher energy, you can remove more conducting material more efficiently with less damage."
ESI's Model 9300 Memory Yield Improvement Systems offer new standards for throughput, yield and uptime performance. The Model 9300 is an enabling technology for the next generation of memory fabrication. The system features a patented application of laser system technology that operates at a wavelength of 1.3 microns. This system offers memory manufacturers a much wider process window and higher repair yields than systems using conventional 1.0 micron laser technology.
About Siemens
Siemens Semiconductor Group, based in Munich, Germany, is one of the leading suppliers of high-performance memory devices worldwide with sales in excess of $3 billion in fiscal 1996.
About ESI
ESI, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, designs and manufactures sophisticated products used around the world in electronics production including: laser manufacturing systems for semiconductor yield improvement; production and test equipment for the manufacture of surface mount ceramic capacitors; laser trim systems for precise electrical tuning of circuits; precision laser machining systems; and machine vision systems. |
