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To: The Ox who wrote (607)4/15/1999 11:53:00 PM
From: The Ox  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 995
 
Trikon Announces Multiple Technology Orders for GaAs Processing

NEWPORT, Wales--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 1999--Trikon Technologies, Inc. (OTC-BB: TRKN) announced today that they had received orders from TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. for M0RI etch and physical vapour deposition (PVD) equipment.

TriQuint is a long standing customer of Trikon and has placed a repeat order for a M0RI etch system and their first order for a Trikon Sigma(R) PVD cluster tool. The M0RI etcher will be added to those TriQuint already have in production whilst the Sigma(R) was chosen to deposit a three layer metal stack structure.

Trikon provides a broad line of advanced manufacturing systems used for three of the major processing steps in the manufacture of a semiconductor device; physical vapor deposition (PVD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and etch. Trikon's corporate headquarters and main manufacturing site are located in Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom with sales and service offices in the USA, Asia and Europe.

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:TQNT) is a leading world-wide supplier of a broad range of high performance gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuits. TriQuint's products are used in wireless communications, telecommunications, data communications and aerospace systems.

"Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995: This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, semiconductor industry conditions and changes in technology. For other risks attendant to Trikon and the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry, please see the Company's SEC reports, including, without limitation, its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K.

CONTACT:

Trikon Technologies, Inc.

Carl Brancher, 44 (0) 1633 414111 (U.K.)

carl.brancher@trikon.com

trikon.com