Varian Semiconductor's Single Wafer High Current Ion Implanters Selected by Elpida
VSEA Will Ship Over Ten VIISta HC Systems to Elpida in 2005
GLOUCESTER, MA, Aug 03, 2005 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA) announced today that it has received a significant number of orders for its VIISta(TM) HC single wafer high current ion implanter from Elpida Memory, Inc. Multiple tools have already shipped to Elpida's fabs in Hiroshima, Japan, and the balance of the tools will ship in the next several months.
Elpida placed orders for Varian Semiconductor's VIISta HC single wafer high current ion implanters for the first time, further expanding the Company's considerable lead in the single wafer high current market. "We have a significant lead in single wafer high current and with Japan starting to make the transition from batch to single wafer, we expect to further accelerate our market share gains in implant this year," said Gary Dickerson, chief executive officer of Varian Semiconductor. "With over 100 single wafer high current systems in Asia alone, Elpida felt confident we could provide them with a production-proven technically superior tool, with the expertise needed to help them make the transition away from older batch systems. The architecture advantages of the VIISta HC provide higher productivity, much better particle counts and outstanding device performance. The combination of these advantages is creating significant demand for our VIISta HC high current ion implanters."
The global shift to single wafer ion implanters is driven by both the sensitivity of advanced devices to contamination and the requirement for highly precise, zero degree implant angle accuracy. The VIISta HC single wafer ion implanter is the only system featuring a dual magnet ribbon beam architecture which provides the lowest contamination levels in the industry. In addition, the VIISta HC's unique closed-loop Varian Positioning System (VPS(TM)) offers interlockable angle control for true zero degree applications. These features, combined with tight beam steering control (I suppose angle), assure precise implant placements required in sub-90nm ultra-shallow junction devices. The VIISta HC is a member of the VIISta suite of ion implanters -- the only proven single wafer platform solution for all production applications with over 300 systems installed worldwide.
About Varian Semiconductor
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. 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 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.
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SOURCE: Varian Semiconductor
They got 11 or 12 orders from Elpida replacing batch system;
it appears the Elpida deal went very well - initially they had more than 12 guys on site to suppor.
A large order / evaluation is pending @ Toshiba and I'm sure the Japanese folks will talk to each other.
Also great deal of progress was made with respect to logic.
The new (leading) logic customer in US is doing a lot of outsourcing to foundries which makes me believe it's TI (the opportunity at logic fab is up to 25 tools compared to around 15 plus change for memory/flash).
Than again they mentioned to get a shot at 45nm and it sounded like Intel.
Varian management gave a hard time to analysts;
about six sell side analysts who have friends at major chip companies would call them up... (hey what about the fair disclosure policy....)
and I sensed some communication breakdown between Needham analyst and management |
