BEVERLY, Mass., June 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Axcelis
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACLS), a leading supplier of
innovative, high-productivity solutions for the semiconductor
industry, announced today that it has received several follow on
orders for the Purion H™ high current and Purion XE™ high energy
systems from leading chip manufacturers across the Asia
Pacific Region, including China. These systems will support
high volume production of NAND, DRAM, mature logic and image sensor
devices to support the growing IoT, mobile and data storage
markets. The systems are scheduled to ship in the second
quarter.
Executive Vice President, Customer Operations John Aldeborgh commented, "These orders from
four major chip manufacturers in the Asia
Pacific region demonstrate continued growth across all
memory and mature market segments, and the preference of customers
for the Purion platform's products."
Executive Vice President, Product Development Bill Bintz
commented, "We're excited about expanding our presence with these
innovative device makers. The Purion platform's unique technology
and flexible architecture is very well suited for addressing their
present and emerging device fabrication challenges in high volume
production settings."
About Axcelis:
Axcelis (Nasdaq: ACLS), headquartered in Beverly, Mass., has been providing innovative,
high-productivity solutions for the semiconductor industry for over
35 years. Axcelis is dedicated to developing enabling process
applications through the design, manufacture and complete life
cycle support of ion implantation systems, one of the most critical
and enabling steps in the IC manufacturing process. Learn more
about Axcelis at www.axcelis.com.
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