johnsyn
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Mattson Technology Introduces New Helios XL for Advanced Logic Device Manufacturing
Today : Monday 16 July 2012
Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSN), a leading supplier of advanced process equipment used to manufacture semiconductors, today introduced Helios XL, its latest rapid thermal processing (RTP) system designed to help customers achieve high transistor performance and improved device yields at the lowest cost of ownership (CoO) for advanced logic manufacturing. Featuring differential thermal energy control (DTEC), this newest addition joins the company's production-proven Helios and Helios XP family to provide a cost-effective rapid thermal annealing (RTA) solution for advanced thermal applications down through the 14 nanometer (nm) technology node and beyond.
"The introduction of Helios XL reinforces Mattson Technology's commitment to deliver high-performance, technology and productivity systems to our customers," said Johannes Keppler, business leader of Mattson Technology's Thermal Products Group. "Helios XL features the DTEC heating scheme that successfully addresses pattern loading effects for leading-edge chip structures and enables our customers to overcome technological challenges without sacrificing reliability or productivity."
About Helios XL
The Helios XL's modular platform utilizes an advanced lamp-based heating scheme designed to meet next-generation RTP requirements with better in-die uniformity and an overall improved across-wafer temperature performance. The unique DTEC solution enables different heating ratios between top and bottom lamps for pattern-loading-free wafer bulk heating along with active compensation of front-side heat loss. Helios XL provides customers the capability to run recipes at high ramp-up rates, resulting in better device results and overall shorter recipe times. This unique process capability allows customers to qualify different recipe structures and temperature profiles using the new heating scheme. The system features an optimized EFEM design that uses the latest wafer handling equipment for increased throughput, reduced particle performance and enhanced handling reliability.
About Mattson Technology, Inc.
Mattson Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets semiconductor wafer processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The company is a leading supplier of plasma and rapid thermal processing equipment to the global semiconductor industry, and operates in three primary product sectors: dry strip, rapid thermal processing (RTP) and etch. Through manufacturing and design innovation, Mattson Technology produces technologically advanced systems that provide productive and cost-effective solutions for customers fabricating current- and next-generation semiconductor devices. The company serves foundries, and memory and logic integrated device manufacturers in the United States, Europe, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and other Asian countries. For more information, please contact Mattson Technology, Inc., 47131 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA, 94538. Telephone: +1-800-MATTSON/+1-510-657-5900. Internet: www.mattson.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This news release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations. Forward-looking statements address matters that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; 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 the Company's Forms 10-K, 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information provided in this news release.
Mattson Technology Contact
Lauren Vu
Mattson Technology, Inc.
tel +1-510-492-6250
fax +1-510-492-5930
lauren.vu@mattson.com
johnsyn
13 years ago
Leading Semiconductor Manufacturer Places Follow-On Order for Mattson Technology Millios Millisecond Annealing System for Vol...
Mattson Technology, Inc. (MM) (NASDAQ:MTSN)
Today : Monday 30 April 2012
Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSN), a leading supplier of advanced process equipment used to manufacture semiconductors, today announced that it has received a follow-on order for its Millios® millisecond annealing system (MSA) from a leading semiconductor manufacturer. The system will be used for the volume production of advanced logic devices.
"Rapid thermal annealing, including MSA, is a critical process to set the parameters of the transistors in integrated chip manufacturing," said Pete Lembesis, MSA business leader of Mattson Technology's Thermal Products Group. "For today's mobile devices, minimal current leakage is required to extend battery life, which is set by the transistor parameters. Chipmakers require MSA equipment that can deliver the short time scales, in the millisecond range, to meet the stringent current leakage requirements."
Lembesis continued, "Our Millios MSA system was designed to address these leakage requirement challenges while delivering the highest technical performance, superior throughput and cost of ownership that chipmakers require for the production of leading-edge logic devices through the 2X nanometer and below technology nodes. This follow-on order reinforces our strategy of delivering unique technology in a production-worthy solution as our customer moves from pilot to high-volume manufacturing. Installed at three key customers, the Millios has successfully moved from development to volume production, and this move should translate into incremental revenue by the end of the year."
About Mattson Technology, Inc.
Mattson Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets semiconductor wafer processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. We are a leading supplier of plasma and rapid thermal processing equipment to the global semiconductor industry, and operate in three primary product sectors: Dry Strip, Rapid Thermal Processing and Etch. Through manufacturing and design innovation, we have produced technologically advanced systems that provide productive and cost-effective solutions for customers fabricating current- and next-generation semiconductor devices. For more information, please contact Mattson Technology, Inc., 47131 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA, 94538. Telephone: (800) MATTSON / (510) 657-5900. Internet: www.mattson.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This news release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations. Forward-looking statements address matters that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; 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 the Company's Forms 10-K, 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information provided in this news release.
Mattson Technology Contact
Lauren Vu
Mattson Technology, Inc.
tel +1-510-492-6250
fax +1-510-492-5914
lauren.vu@mattson.com
Investor Contact
Laura Guerrant-Oiye
Guerrant Associates
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johnsyn
13 years ago
Mattson Technology, Inc. Reports Results for the First Quarter of 2012
Mattson Technology, Inc. (MM) (NASDAQ:MTSN)
Today : Thursday 26 April 2012
Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSN), a leading supplier of advanced process equipment used to manufacture semiconductors, today announced results for the first quarter of 2012 ended April 1, 2012.
2012 First Quarter Financial Highlights:
•First quarter net sales of $50.5 million increased 21 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2011.
•Net loss for the first quarter was $1.1 million, or a loss of $0.02 per share. Excluding restructuring charges of $0.7 million, first quarter net loss would have been $0.4 million, or a loss of $0.01 per share.
•The Company's balance sheet continues to be strong, with working capital of $55.8 million. Cash and cash equivalents increased $4.5 million to $37.4 million and the Company continues to carry no debt.
David L. Dutton, Mattson Technology's president and chief executive officer, commented, "The first quarter of 2012 was a solid start for Mattson Technology driven by a strong increase in sales. We approached breakeven for the quarter, and our efforts to improve gross margins and reduce operating expenses are on track to bring the Company into profitability during the year. At the same time that we are improving our financial performance, we also have extended our growth potential. Our paradigmE® etch system was released for production at a leading semiconductor's foundry facility and by a major Asian CMOS image sensor foundry. We expect that these new etch positions will incrementally add approximately 25% more annual sales opportunity to our etch business and will begin contributing to sales in the second half of 2012. Our most advanced RTP system, the Millios™, shipped to a third foundry/logic customer in the first quarter, further evidence of our emerging RTP position in foundry/logic. With our broadened product positions in foundry and NAND, plus our gross margin improvement and cost reduction programs, we expect that 2012 will result in profitable growth for Mattson Technology."
First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
First quarter 2012 net sales of $50.5 million increased $8.8 million, or 21.1 percent, compared with $41.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, and increased $3.5 million, or 7.3 percent, compared with $47.0 million in the first quarter of 2011. Gross margin for the first quarter of 2012 was 33.5 percent as compared to the 33.3 percent gross margin in the fourth quarter of 2011, and represents a six-point increase over the 27.4 percent gross margin in the first quarter of 2011.
Total operating expenses were $18.2 million for the first quarter of 2012, a decrease of $0.5 million compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. Total operating expenses increased $0.3 million as compared to the first quarter of 2011. First quarter 2012 results include charges related to an agreement with the Bureau of Industry and Security that is in the final stages of approval to pay $0.25 million in connection with certain self-reported violations, as well as related legal fees.
Net loss for the first quarter of 2012 was $1.1 million, or a $0.02 loss per share. This compares with a net loss of $4.2 million, or a $0.07 loss per share, in the fourth quarter of 2011 and a net loss of $6.3 million, or a $0.12 loss per share, reported in the first quarter of 2011.
Operating expenses excluding restructuring charges were $17.5 million for the first quarter of 2012, a $0.6 million increase compared with $16.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, and a $0.5 million decrease compared with $18.0 million in the first quarter of 2011. Excluding restructuring charges of $0.7 million, first quarter net loss would have been $0.4 million, or a loss of $0.01 per share.
Working capital at the end of the first quarter was $55.8 million, compared with $56.2 million at December 31, 2011. Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at April 1, 2012 was $37.4 million, an increase of $4.5 million, compared with $32.9 million at December 31, 2011.
Conference Call
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time), Mattson Technology will hold a conference call to review the following topics: 2012 first quarter financial results, current business conditions, the near-term business outlook and guidance for the second quarter of 2012. The conference call will be simultaneously webcast at www.mattson.com under the "Investors" section. In addition to the live webcast, a replay will be available to the public on the Mattson Technology website for one week following the live broadcast. To access the live conference call, please dial (970) 315-0417.
Mattson Technology also will webcast a slide presentation in conjunction with the conference call, which can also be accessed at www.mattson.com under the "Investors" section.
"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 and plans, including, but not limited to: potential future net sales, profit, cash flow, cash position and other financial results, future customer demand and industry and economic conditions, Company strategies and the market opportunity and acceptance of Company products in various customer markets. 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: Company expectations with respect to continued growth of its business; growth of the industry and the size of the Company's served available market; 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 cash position overall, especially as a result of payments made for inventory and the related collections upon shipment of such inventory; end-user demand for semiconductors, including the growing mobility electronics industry; customer demand for semiconductor manufacturing equipment; the Company's ability to timely manufacture, deliver and support ordered products; the Company's ability to bring new products to market, to gain market share with such products and the overall mix of the Company's 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 the Company's Forms 10-K, 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information provided in this news release.
About Mattson Technology, Inc.
Mattson Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets semiconductor wafer processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. We are a leading supplier of plasma and rapid thermal processing equipment to the global semiconductor industry, and operate in three primary product sectors: dry strip, rapid thermal processing and etch. Through manufacturing and design innovation, we have produced technologically advanced systems that provide productive and cost-effective solutions for customers fabricating current and next-generation semiconductor devices. For more information, please contact Mattson Technology, Inc., 47131 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA, 94538. Telephone: (800) MATTSON/(510) 657-5900. Internet: www.mattson.com.
johnsyn
13 years ago
Mattson Technology Announces Availability of First Quarter 2012 Financial Results and Webcast
Mattson Technology, Inc. (MM) (NASDAQ:MTSN)
Today : Friday 13 April 2012
Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSN), a leading supplier of advanced process equipment used to manufacture semiconductors, announced that the company will host a conference call on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time). The conference call will cover 2012 first quarter financial results and current business conditions.
The Company will also webcast a slide presentation in conjunction with the conference call. To access the live webcast and slide presentation, please visit Mattson Technology's website www.mattson.com under the 'Investors' section.
To access the live conference call, dial (970) 315-0417.
A digital replay of the conference call will be available on Mattson Technology's website for one week following the live broadcast.
About Mattson Technology, Inc.
Mattson Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets semiconductor wafer processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. We are a leading supplier of plasma and rapid thermal processing equipment to the global semiconductor industry, and operate in three primary product sectors: Dry Strip, Rapid Thermal Processing and Etch. Through manufacturing and design innovation, we have produced technologically advanced systems that provide productive and cost-effective solutions for customers fabricating current- and next-generation semiconductor devices. For more information, please contact Mattson Technology, Inc., 47131 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA, 94538. Telephone: (800) MATTSON / (510) 657-5900. Internet: www.mattson.com.
Mattson Technology Contact
J Michael Dodson
tel +1-510-492-6241
fax +1-510-492-5963
mike.dodson@mattson.com
Investor & Media Contact
Laura Guerrant-Oiye
Guerrant Associates
tel +1-808-882-1467
lguerrant@guerrantir.com
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