If you are an ISON stockholder you have got to be excited about this...out this am...stock trading around 1.50:
(COMTEX) B: FIRST TESTING OF SILICON-28 DEVICES TO COMMENCE;
B: FIRST TESTING OF SILICON-28 DEVICES TO COMMENCE;
Isonics Corporation Delivers Isotopically Pure Silicon-28 Wafers to AMD
For Testing
GOLDEN, Colo., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Isonics Corporation (OTC
Bulletin Board: ISON) today announced the first delivery of
isotopically pure silicon-28 epitaxial wafers to Advanced Micro Devices
(NYSE: AMD). According to the announcement by Isonics President and CEO
James E. Alexander, these special wafers will be tested to determine
the impact of silicon-28 on device performance. In addition to
performance testing, evaluation of overall chip yield and speed sorting
will be performed and compared to normal silicon epitaxial wafers.
Isonics Vice President, Semiconductor Materials Dr. Stephen Burden
remarked, "This is a major milestone for Isonics. We have taken the
technology out of the laboratory and it will be evaluated in a
production setting for the first time. This work will go a long way in
determining whether the industry can take immediate advantage of the
properties of silicon-28 in this generation of products."
Laboratory tests have shown that isotopically pure silicon-28 has 50
percent higher thermal conductivity than natural silicon. Isonics
believes that the improved thermal conductivity of silicon-28 will
facilitate the manufacture of higher density integrated circuits
resulting in increased performance and improved chip yields. These
benefits might be of particular importance in small runs of custom
chips and in situations where time to market is of utmost importance.
The attractiveness of silicon-28 is that while it has improved
properties over standard silicon, it can be used without any changes in
existing semiconductor manufacturing processes.
On April 12, Isonics announced that it had entered into a licensing
agreement with Yale University that entitles the Company to exclusive
intellectual property rights to patents covering semiconductor devices
derived from isotopically engineered materials. These patents cover
silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide and most other isotopically pure
semiconductors and are the basis for Isonics' silicon-28 wafer
development and commercialization.
Isonics is an advanced materials and technology company which develops
and commercializes products based on enriched stable isotopes. Stable
isotopes can be thought of as ultra-ultra pure materials. This high
degree of purification provides enhanced performance properties
compared to normal materials. Stable isotopes have commercial uses in
several areas, including energy; research, medical diagnostics, and
drug development; product tagging and stewardship; semiconductors;
lasers; and optical materials. For more information on silicon-28 and
other Isonics products, please visit the Isonics web site at
www.isonics.com.
Except for historical information contained herein, this document
contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve
known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's
actual results or outcomes to be materially different from those
anticipated and discussed herein. Further, the Company operates in
industries where securities values may be volatile and may be
influenced by regulatory and other factors beyond the Company's
control. Other important factors that the Company believes might cause
such differences are discussed in the risk factors detailed in the
Company's 10-KSB for the year ended April 30, 1998 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. In assessing forward-looking
statements contained herein, readers are urged to carefully read all
cautionary statements contained in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Isonics Corporation
-0- 04/27/99 /CONTACT: Matt Clawson of
Allen & Caron, Inc., 714-957-8440, for Isonics Corporation; or James E.
Alexander of Isonics Corporation, 303-279-7900/
/Web site: isonics.com (ISON AMD)
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