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Trikon Brings its Production-Proven Metallization Cluster Tool
Technology to the China IC Market
NEWPORT, United Kingdom, April 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trikon
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRKN), a technology leader in the wafer fabrication
equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry, announced that it
has placed its Sigma fxP(R) metal deposition technology for evaluation in one
of China's leading foundries. The foundry will evaluate the tool for a variety
of metallization applications, including interconnect, barrier layers and
salicides.
Company CEO Dr. John Macneil said that this is Trikon's first placement of its
cluster tool technology into China. Trikon has about 120 metallization cluster
tools in production, mostly in Europe, where it has demonstrated its
reliability and productivity in the manufacture of power, consumer and
automotive devices as well as DRAM. Trikon believes that there is a good
technology fit between China's new cost-conscious fabs and Trikon's
metallization cluster tools. "By bringing our metallization tools to China's
fabs we believe that Trikon can provide them with a competitive advantage by
lowering costs and increasing productivity," said Dr. Macneil
Dr. Macneil emphasized that China is a significant part of Trikon's strategy
for 2005. "We are aiming to increase our market share in Asia significantly in
2005, and China is at the core of that goal," he said. "Placing a tool into one
of the leading fab's in China is a key milestone."
"The technology and cost benefits of the Sigma fxP, proven by years of
production operation in many fabs and backed by strong customer references led
to this placement," commented Dr. Macneil. "The evaluation partner recognized
that the Sigma fxP can contribute to its goal of being the leading foundry
provider of low cost, high performance mainstream silicon IC products." Trikon
defines "mainstream silicon" as that produced by robust process technologies at
proven technology nodes that can be ramped quickly to profitable production.
Manufacturers installing or upgrading mainstream silicon fabs need low-cost,
high-reliability process tools. The best 200-mm tools going into China's new
fabs have to provide this cost effectiveness, but should not be limited in
extendibility or flexibility. By focusing its deposition and etch technologies
on 'mainstream silicon' fabs, Trikon plans to address the needs of
manufacturers of cost-sensitive semiconductors who are not best served by
equipment suppliers focused just on the leading technology nodes.
Safe Harbor Statement
"Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995:
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that include,
without limitation, statements by Dr Macneil and about Trikon's business
strategy and the ability to grow our sales in Asia and the potential benefits
of our metallization tools to fabs. These forward-looking statements are
subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially, including, but not limited to the economic conditions within
the semiconductor capital equipment industry, demand for Trikon's products and
services, and possible changes in the company's strategy. Additional factors
that may cause actual results to differ are included in the more detailed
cautionary statements included in the company's SEC reports, including, without
limitation, its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
and its current report on Form 8-K filed March 15, 2005.
About Trikon Technologies
Trikon Technologies is a technology leader in the supply of wafer fabrication
equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry. Trikon develops
and manufactures advanced capital equipment for chemical and physical vapor
deposition (CVD and PVD) of thin films and plasma etching for use in the
production of semiconductor devices. These are key components in most advanced
electronic products, such as telecommunication devices, consumer and industrial
electronics and computers. More information is available on the Internet at:
http://www.trikon.com/.
DATASOURCE: Trikon Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: media, Stew Chalmers of Trikon Technologies, Inc.,
+1-818-980-3762
Web site: http://www.trikon.com/