Varian Semiconductor Launches VIISta 810XE Ion Implanter
Tuesday October 12, 9:02 am ET
New Single Wafer Ion Implanter Extends VSEA's Lead in Medium Current
GLOUCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2004--Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA - News) introduced today its single wafer VIISta 810XE medium current ion implanter. Based on the VIISta 810EHP industry benchmark for medium current performance, the VIISta 810XE is designed to deliver the highest productivity and process performance. Multiple orders for the VIISta 810XE have already been received. The initial shipments will go to a DRAM manufacturer in Taiwan.
"The VIISta 810XE ion implanter takes the best of the VIISta 810EHP product attributes and combines them with both increased low energy beam current and maximum throughput that exceeds 400 wafers per hour, and an optional extended energy range to 900keV for covering many well applications," said John Aldeborgh, Varian Semiconductor's vice president of sales and marketing. "With the extended energy performance package on the VIISta 810XE, it can reduce the number of high energy ion implanters required and provide greater back-up flexibility."
The VIISta 810XE also features enhanced beam currents to improve productivity for low energy implants, a patented parallel path wafer handling architecture, high velocity dose control scanning system, precision doping capability and unmatched contamination control.
"It's no secret that our medium current ion implanters are in production at nearly all of the major logic, memory and foundries around the world," remarked Ernie Godshalk, president and chief operating officer of Varian Semiconductor. "With the introduction of the VIISta 810XE, Varian Semiconductor extends its lead in the marketplace by offering the most cost effective and technologically innovative medium current ion implanter available."
The VIISta platform of ion implanters is the only single wafer platform solution for all production applications available. All of the VIISta products feature the Varian Control System (VCS(TM)), the Varian Positioning Systems (VPS(TM)) and a common single wafer endstation. This high degree of commonality across the VIISta platform facilitates process matching throughout the tool set and provides flexibility in managing capacity, product mix changes, spare parts and training. For more information on the VIISta 810XE, please visit our website at: vsea.com.
About Varian Semiconductor
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. 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 performance, 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 press release.
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