Varian Semiconductor Wins Significant High and Medium Current Ion Implanter Orders From Major U.S. Chipmaker for 300mm Production
Tuesday January 21, 8:15 am ET
GLOUCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2003--Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq:VSEA - News), a leading supplier of ion implantation systems, today announced that a major U.S. chipmaker has ordered additional VIISta 80 high current and VIISta 810 HP medium current systems for 300mm production. This order also includes a comprehensive service and support plan.
The VIISta 80 high current and VIISta 810 HP medium current ion implanters will be shipped to this major U.S. chipmaker's 300mm production fab in the second calendar quarter of this year. These systems will complement the Varian Semiconductor VIISta medium and high current ion implanters already in production at this facility.
"The VIISta 80 high current ion implanter was chosen over an incumbent competitive system because of the tool's superior productivity and advanced process capabilities," noted John Aldeborgh, Varian Semiconductor's vice president of sales and marketing. "We continue to expand our presence with this important customer because of the VIISta single wafer platform's high productivity and process benefits, coupled with the strong performance of the onsite Varian Semiconductor support and account teams."
"The unique dual magnet and broad beam architecture, found only in the single wafer VIISta 80, delivers high decel mode productivity with exceptional energy purity -- a combination that gives it the edge over multi-wafer processing systems," Aldeborgh said.
Each implanter in the VIISta platform offers specific advantages in terms of integrated circuit performance. The VIISta 80's angle and dose control enables dopant placement with atomic level precision. This enables customers to improve junction abruptness, resulting in increased device drive current and processing speed.
In addition, only the high current VIISta 80 single wafer tool provides the process flexibility for advanced applications such as high tilt halo implants, and the angle control to satisfy the increasing demand for accurate and repeatable zero degree implants. For medium current implants, the VIISta 810 HP provides exceptional control of the Vt and halo implants, improving the consistency of operating characteristics and yield across the wafer.
About Varian Semiconductor
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates is a 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 the company's Web site is not incorporated by reference into this release, and the Web site address is included in this release as an inactive textual reference only.
Note: This release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, the statements concerning the company's expectations regarding the ion implantation systems discussed in this release, market share and technology leadership, technological capabilities and benefits are forward-looking statements and any statements using the terms "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "plans," or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. There are a number of important risks and factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those suggested or indicated by such forward-looking statements. These include, among others, volatility in the semiconductor equipment industry; economic conditions in general and as they affect the company's customers; significant fluctuations in the company's quarterly operating results; the impact of rapid technological change; the company's dependence on the development and introduction of new products; the company's concentration on ion implantation systems and related products; concentration in the company's customer base and lengthy sales cycles; the highly competitive market in which the company competes; risks of international sales; foreign currency risks; and general economic conditions; and other factors identified in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company cannot guarantee any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this release. |
