Mattson Technology Ships 100th Suprema(TM) Strip System
March 20 2008 - 6:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
100th Suprema(TM) Strip Tool Ships to Leading Semiconductor
Foundry, WXIC FREMONT, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MTSN), a leading supplier of
advanced semiconductor process equipment used to manufacture
Integrated Circuits or IC's, today announced that the Company has
shipped its 100th Suprema(TM) photoresist strip system within just
two years of the official introduction of the product. The 100th
Suprema system was shipped to Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation, China; one of the newest 300mm
semiconductor foundries in the world, which is operated and managed
by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC).
The system is being installed in WXIC's 300 mm facility. The
shipment expands Mattson's installed base of Suprema systems and is
a continuation of its market leadership with photo resist strip
products. Suprema Performance Highlights -- Suprema is rapidly
displacing competitors and winning in both established and new
accounts. This success is attributable to the system's advanced
technical performance and compelling Cost of Ownership (COO) gains
for Mattson's customers. -- The Suprema has been installed and is
operational at 8 of the top 10 global semiconductor companies, and
is being used for high volume production as well as sub-45nm
process development. -- Mattson's superior operational efficiency
gains have resulted in faster Time-to-Market. -- Suprema product
adoption by Mattson's customers is the fastest product ramp in
Mattson history, exceeding previous strong ramps of Aspen 3(TM) and
Helios(TM) products by 200%, or a 50% reduction in the time
required to get the product to market. "China is an important force
in the development of advanced technologies and the global IC
market, generating the most worldwide sales of ICs;" noted David L.
Dutton, chief executive officer of Mattson Technology, "and we are
very pleased to be working with Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor, one of
the newest 300mm semiconductor foundries in the world. This
milestone shipment expands the Company's installed base of Suprema
systems, continues our market leadership with photoresist strip
products, and further positions Mattson to outperform the industry.
It is a validation of the Company's superior technology and
competitive advantages, which we believe will continue to displace
competitors and will drive market share gains for Mattson." John
Liu, vice president of the Wuhan project at SMIC, commented, "We
selected the Suprema system due to its extremely high productivity
with superior process performance, low COO and reliability. As the
first 300mm fab in central China delivering advanced technologies,
we seek partners who can contribute to improved efficiencies,
economics and performance. Mattson Technology is a valued partner
with the requisite dedication to improvements in their customers'
productivity." Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Mattson
Technology's Surface Cleaning Group, Neal Holmlund, said, "The
success of Suprema is a testament to the extremely high reliability
and throughput of the product, coupled with enabling process
performance, maturity and extendibility to future technology nodes.
Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor has selected the Suprema system
including for advanced High Dose Implant Strip or HDIS applications
-- demonstrating their confidence in the system's ability and
maturity to deliver the process expandability that can help speed
critical time-to-market for Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor's current
and future products. We look forward to further supporting our
customer as they ramp up production capacity for the company's
state-of-the-art 300 mm fab." About Suprema(TM) The Suprema(TM)
product was first introduced by Mattson Technology on January 30,
2006. The system combines Mattson's proprietary inductively coupled
plasma (ICP) technology with an innovative handling architecture.
The ICP technology has been successfully adopted by 17 of the 20
top semiconductor manufacturers in volume production and advanced
product development. The Suprema has been designed to provide the
greatest productivity per square meter of fab space with the lowest
Cost of Ownership to meet industry's requirement for higher
efficiency with productivity as well as the best defect performance
for bulk strip applications, maximum process performance for high-
dose implant strip (HDIS) and descum processes to meet
manufacturers' high device yield targets. The Suprema has been
installed and is operational at 8 of the top 10 global
semiconductor companies, and is being used for high volume
production as well as sub-45nm process development. Suprema enjoys
Process Tool of Record (PTOR) status at device makers in all major
worldwide geographies, and in all device maker segments (memory,
logic, and foundry). About Mattson Technology, Inc. Mattson
Technology, Inc. is the leading supplier of dry strip equipment and
the second largest supplier of rapid thermal processing equipment
in the global semiconductor industry. The company's strip and RTP
equipment utilize innovative technology to deliver advanced
processing performance and productivity gains to semiconductor
manufacturers worldwide for the fabrication of current- and
next-generation devices. For more information, please contact
Mattson Technology, Inc., 47131 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, Calif.
94538. Telephone: (800) MATTSON/(510) 657-5900. Fax: (510)
492-5911. Internet: http://www.mattson.com/. "Safe Harbor"
Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: This news release contains forward-looking statements
regarding the Company's future prospects. Forward-looking
statements address matters that are subject to a number of risks
and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ
materially. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to: end-user demand for semiconductors; customer demand for
semiconductor manufacturing equipment; the timing of significant
customer orders for the Company's products; customer acceptance of
delivered products and the Company's ability to collect amounts due
upon shipment and upon acceptance; the Company's ability to timely
manufacture, deliver and support ordered products; the Company's
ability to bring new products to market and to gain market share
with such products; customer rate of adoption of new technologies;
risks inherent in the development of complex technology; the timing
and competitiveness of new product releases by the Company's
competitors; the Company's ability to align its cost structure with
market conditions; and other risks and uncertainties described in
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Mattson Technology Contact Investor & Media Contact Kerem
Kapkin Laura Guerrant tel +1-(510) 492-2765 Guerrant Associates fax
+1-(510) 474-1449 tel 808-882-1467 fax 808-882-1417 DATASOURCE:
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