ASML Receives Purchase Orders from Motorola, Samsung

Motorola Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector has entered a volume purchase agreement with ASM Lithography (ASML) for multiple advanced photolithography systems to be installed at the global IC manufacturer's wafer fabs in Texas and Arizona. This phase of the agreement is valued at more than NLG 100 million, and marks the first business between the two companies.

The order includes ASML's most advanced deep UV and i-line Step & Scan tools: PAS 5500/400B i-line, PAS 5500/550B deep UV and PAS 5500/700B deep UV systems.

Additionally, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has also placed an order for several ASML advanced photolithography systems. The units began shipping earlier this month to facilities in Korea.

Designed for low-cost, high-volume manufacturing, D-RDRAMs allow for eight times the bandwidth of alternative high-speed DRAM components.

Samsung Electronics Co. is a world leader in the electronics industry.

ASM Lithography is a provider of photolithography systems.