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To: Duker who wrote (3697)	11/30/1999 10:26:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 5867

Philips spends $250 million to expand Netherlands fab Semiconductor Business News (11/30/99, 09:33:39 AM EDT) NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands -- Philips Semiconductors today opened a $250 million expansion to its MOS4YOU facility here, bringing the total investment to nearly $1 billion since the fab opened in 1996. The expansion will increase the production capacity of MOS4 from 200,000 to 300,000 8-inch wafers per year. "The expansion continues Philips Semiconductors investment in state-of-the-art facilities to meet our customers needs, and enables us to meet our goal of maintaining technology leadership," said Stuart McIntosh, chief operations officer at Philips Semiconductors. "We anticipated the timing of the upswing in the semiconductor industry and invested to increase our production capacity at the right time -- when our customer demand requested it. MOS4 is our flagship facility and is already processing wafers using our state-of-the-art, 0.18-micron CMOS technology." The Nijmegen fab is the largest semiconductor manufacturing complex in Europe, with five fabs on the site. It employs over 4,000 skilled process engineers, designers and support staff, and approximately 400 new jobs will be created in Nijmegen next year, 200 of which are in new expansion.

To: Duker who wrote (3697)	11/30/1999 9:08:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5867

Duker, you are really slowing down:-) Tuesday November 30, 8:00 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Lam Research Corporation to Show Process Integration, Productivity, and Capability Advances At SEMICON Japan 99 FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1999-- Lam Will Highlight Its Versatile Exelan(TM) Dielectric Etch System and High-Performance Teres(TM) CMP System With Synergy Integra(TM) Clean Module; Novellus Systems Will Share the Exhibit Space and Feature Its Speed(TM) and Inova(TM) Deposition Systems Lam Research Corporation (Nasdaq:LRCX - news), a leading supplier of front-end wafer fabrication equipment to the worldwide semiconductor industry, today announced that it will present process integration, productivity, and capability advances at SEMICON© Japan. Lam will show its Exelan dielectric etch and Teres CMP systems. The show runs December 1-3, 1999, at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Makuhari, Japan. Lam will exhibit at Booth 1-A903 with Novellus Systems, Inc. Multimedia programs will present process and productivity solutions for all Lam products and will include the Novellus Speed and Inova deposition systems that are part of the Novellus/Lam Damascus Alliance. According to Yoichi Isago, president of Lam Research Co., Ltd., ``SEMICON Japan is an important show for Lam, particularly following the doubling of our overall etch market share in Japan in the past year. In addition to providing productivity improvement support, we will assist our Japanese customers in leveraging the extendibility to 0.13 micron and below of Lam's etch systems.' Lam's versatile, low cost of ownership (CoO) Exelan dual frequency dielectric etch system is optimized for dual damascene patterning and a broad range of critical and noncritical etch processes. Exelan ensures leading capability and productivity while providing the industry's lowest CoO per wafer. The Teres CMP system, integrated with the Synergy Integra clean module, provides next-generation Linear Planarization Technology (LPT(TM)). Teres provides superior process control for a broad process window, minimizes dishing and erosion for copper polish, enables direct-polish STI, and sets new standards for reliability in the field. Lam Research Corporation is a leading supplier of front-end wafer fabrication equipment and services to the world's semiconductor industry. The company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol LRCX. Lam's World Wide Web address is lamrc.com. ``Safe Harbor' Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995: This press release contains certain forward-looking statements which are subject to the Safe Harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relate to anticipated performance, acceptance, capabilities, applications, and competitiveness of the company's products and market transition to new processes. Such statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and changes in condition, such as may arise from introduction of such products into production and their ability to perform consistent with current expectation, and other risks detailed in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including specifically the report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 1999, and the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999. The company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this Press Release.