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Press Release
Asyst
Technologies and VLSI Research Schedule Second Conference Call
in Fab Automation Series
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Asyst Technologies and VLSI Research Inc have scheduled the
second in a special series of joint technology conference calls
dedicated to the status, challenges, opportunities and future
direction of semiconductor fab automation. Using an interactive
Q&A format coupled with a live telecast, each segment of this
Fab Automation Series explores a vital facet of fab automation
and its enabling role in fabricating state-of-the-art chips.
Moderated by well-known industry analyst G. Dan Hutcheson,
president of VLSI Research Inc, the segments include guest
industry experts, chosen for their unique perspective on the
specific topic at hand, as well as their visionary insight
into the future semiconductor roadmap.
The second conference call in this informative series-"Connectivity
Solutions"-will cover the role of automation in 300mm wafer
fab design with an emphasis on the connectivity between wafer
lots (FOUPs), process tools, automated material handling systems
and Fab CIM systems.
The first call in the Fab Automation series, "300mm Automation,"
can be heard on Asyst's
website. |
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| WHEN: |
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
2:00p.m. (PDT) The call will last approximately 45 minutes |
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| WEBCAST: |
http://www.asyst.com/FabAutomation/ |
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| HOSTS: |
G. Dan Hutcheson, President, VLSI Research Inc
Dr. Mihir Parikh, Chairman and CEO, Asyst Technologies |
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| SPECIAL GUEST: |
Dick Deininger, Director, Strategic Equipment Technology Planning,
Advanced Micro Devices |
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| SPONSORS: |
Asyst Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated
automation systems for the semiconductor manufacturing industry,
which enable semiconductor manufacturers to increase their manufacturing
productivity and protect their investment in silicon wafers
during the manufacture of integrated circuits, or ICs. Through
its "Value-Assured Fab" strategy, Asyst offers a broad range
of 200mm and 300mm solutions that enable the safe transfer of
wafers and information between the process equipment and the
fab line throughout the IC fabrication process, while reducing
IC damage caused by human, environmental, mechanical and chemical
factors. Encompassing isolation systems, work-in-process materials
management, substrate-handling robotics, automated transport
and loading systems, and connectivity automation software, Asyst's
modular, interoperable solutions allow chipmakers and original
equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, to select and employ the value-assured,
hands-off manufacturing capabilities that best suit their needs.
VLSI Research Inc was founded in 1976 and specializes in
market research and economic analysis on the technical, business
and economic aspects of the high-technology semiconductor
manufacturing industry. Its numerous contacts within the semiconductor
industry provide sharply focused insight into emerging requirements.
The success of VLSI Research Inc is due to its reputation
for unparalleled accuracy and innovation in market research.
Its databases on manufacturing are used throughout industry,
by government and is often quoted by the press. Since the
early eighties, it has been the only market research firm
to consistently gauge the direction of growth. VLSI was the
first to use demand-based forecasting and cost-of-ownership
models for evaluating equipment; the first to model semiconductor
inventories in forecasts, to provide portable research and
to perform customer satisfaction surveys; and the first semiconductor
industry research firm to apply desktop publishing. |
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