IRVINE, Calif., July 10, 2000 (PRIMEZONE) -- Novellus Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in thin film deposition technology for the global semiconductor industry, today introduced a new intermetal (IMD) process for copper dual damascene devices that delivers a combined effective dielectric constant of less than 3.0.
Moving in step with the speed of the industry, Applied Materials, the world's No. 1 chip equipment manufacturer, unveiled 21 new systems Monday, used to produce chips on 300 millimeter wafers. A move from 200mm wafer manufacturing to 300mm, allows 2.5 more chips to be placed on a single wafer, Applied (Nasdaq:AMAT) said, as well as reducing the cost of production.
Prodeo Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:PDEO), a provider of technical and manufacturing solutions to the worldwide semiconductor industry, announced today that a well respected U.S. based semiconductor manufacturer has ordered $2.4 million in furnace products from Prodeo's VSM Division. Located near Prodeo headquarters in Tempe, Arizona, Prodeo's VSM division currently maintains 29,000 square feet of manufacturing space, including class 1000 and class 100 clean rooms with class 10 workstations for product fabrication. Prodeo/VSM's staff includes technologists who have over 40 years of combined end-user experience with major chip manufacturers.
Prodeo Technologies, through its operating divisions, specializes in providing technical and manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor electronics industry. The Company's broad range of products and services include the design and manufacture of next-generation semiconductor equipment including CMP systems and products, diffusion and LPCVD systems, ultra-high purity gas delivery systems, and rapid batch magnetic anneal systems. Prodeo also specializes in the sale of pre-owned semiconductor equipment, advanced manufacturing system automation, and advanced machine reliability management software. The Company further provides value-added processing of semiconductor wafers and semiconductor engineering and technical services. For more information please call 602/431-0444 or visit Prodeo Technologies' web site at www.prodeotech.com.
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