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Nova expands relationship with Flash and DRAM manufacturer
Nova Measuring Instruments Limited, a provider of stand-alone metrology and of integrated metrology solutions to the semiconductor process control market, announced that a major top 10 semiconductor memory manufacturer has selected the NovaScan platform as its integrated metrology solution for CMP process control in all manufacturing facilities in Korea and China.
After experiencing outstanding performance with the evaluation system's fleet matching, throughput and reliability, this major FLASH and DRAM manufacturing company began initial implementations in Korea in mid 2007 and recently expanded the deployment to its China facility. Based on its exceptional performance, Nova has been notified that the NovaScan Integrated Metrology will be the process tool of record for the current technology node in the company's continuously expanding manufacturing facilities in both Korea and China.
Commenting on the news, Gabi Seligsohn, President and CEO of Nova, stated, "We are proud to have been chosen by this top-tier semiconductor manufacturer to support their production
ramp-up during 2007 and 2008. Having already contributed several million dollars of revenue in 2007, we look forward to an even larger contribution from this key customer in 2008. This is a major achievement for Nova that will play an important role in our future growth and represents a continuation of our market share gains in all memory segments."
