Varian Semiconductor Announces Multiple Shipments of Production Ready Damage Engineering Process Capability (PTC II) on Industry
August 19 2009 - 4:30PM
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Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA)
today announced successful multiple installations of PTC II, its
latest product upgrade supporting the development and
implementation of advanced damage engineering capability. PTC II
(Process Temperature Control) is a patent pending combination of
proprietary hardware, software and process integration expertise.
In development for several years, PTC II enables chip makers to
accurately and quickly control wafer temperature during the ion
implant process. This results in novel crystal damage engineering
capability that is essential to achieving device targets at
advanced technology nodes.
The positive impact of implant temperature tuning to crystal
damage formation has long been demonstrated in R&D labs. Varian
is the first company to successfully bring a robust
production-ready solution to the market. At sub 45nm logic and
memory nodes, device characteristics can degrade significantly when
using traditional approaches for device tuning. PTC II provides
Varian customers with enabling capability that allows them to meet
their line-width shrink goals with improved device performance.
Tony Renau, Chief Technology Officer at Varian, said, "Varian
continues to invest heavily in R&D to enable unique solutions
for customer problems. We've developed a proprietary cryogenic
system to control process temperature without affecting the
integrity of the high vacuum environment of the beamline or the
particle performance of the VIISta platform. The PTC II design is
based on Varian's common platform philosophy setting the stage for
extendability across the implant application space."
"PTC II process control hardware advantage provides our
applications group with the ability to help our customers design
and develop new processes that provide extendable transistor
performance," said Bob Perlmutter, Executive Vice President,
Implant Business Units. "By year-end, we will have installed PTC II
systems worldwide at logic, foundry and memory fabs. The launching
of PTC II into the marketplace is another example of how Varian is
driving growth with a continued emphasis on enabling solutions for
device performance and yield."
Varian's production-ready PTC II solution is field
upgradeable.
About Varian Semiconductor
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates is the leading
supplier of ion implant equipment to semiconductor manufacturers,
enabling them to pack more, higher performing transistors into
computer chips that are revolutionizing the electronics industry.
Varian Semiconductor's products are used by chip manufacturers
worldwide to produce high-performance semiconductor devices.
Customers have made Varian Semiconductor the market leader in ion
implant because of its architecturally superior products that lower
their costs and improve their productivity. Varian Semiconductor
operates globally and is headquartered in Gloucester,
Massachusetts. More information can be found on Varian
Semiconductor's web site at www.vsea.com.
Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements for
purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, statements
concerning the industry outlook, expected product plans, market
conditions, Varian Semiconductor's expected product or company
performance, and investment in new product and application
development, and any statements using the terms "believes,"
"anticipates," "will," "expects," "plans" or similar expressions,
are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those indicated by such forward-looking statements are: volatility
in the semiconductor equipment industry; intense competition in the
semiconductor equipment industry; Varian Semiconductor's dependence
on a small number of customers; fluctuations in Varian
Semiconductor's quarterly operating results; Varian Semiconductor's
transition to new products; Varian Semiconductor's exposure to
risks of operating internationally; uncertain protection of Varian
Semiconductor's patent and other proprietary rights; Varian
Semiconductor's reliance on a limited group of suppliers; Varian
Semiconductor's ability to manage potential growth, decline and
strategic transactions; Varian Semiconductor's reliance on one
primary manufacturing facility; and Varian Semiconductor's
dependence on certain key personnel. These and other important risk
factors that may affect actual results are discussed in detail
under the caption "Risk Factors" in Varian Semiconductor's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 3, 2009
and in other reports filed by Varian Semiconductor with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Varian Semiconductor cannot
guarantee any future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievement. Varian Semiconductor undertakes no obligation to
update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this
release.
Contacts: Bob Halliday Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 978.282.7597 or Tom Baker Vice President, Finance
978.282.2301
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