IC INDUSTRY AWARDS WINNER 2008
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Award: Start Up Company of the Year
Company: Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC)
Website: www.amec-inc.com
Advanced Micro-Fabrication
Equipment Inc. (AMEC)
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t took just 3 years for the newest executives and technologists are inventors based business model is viewed as a
Asia-based global semiconductor of more than 200 patents. The Board of distinct advantage.Not only does it afford
equipment provider to spring Directors and Board of Advisors contain a regional proximity to leading fabs, it also
forward with a suite of high-productivity selection of the world's most highly offers unique cultural advantages.
Dielectric Etch and High-Pressure respected business and IC technology
Thermal CVD tools-leading-edge process executives who were drawn to this start- With more than 75% of the world's ICs
equipment with very competitive up for its differentiated technology and now produced in Asia, the time is ripe for
performance for processing 65-to-45-nm strong customer value proposition. a strong new supplier of advanced process
devices and extendable to 32-nm device technology with executive leadership and
processing. Founded in August 2004, With its R&D and manufacturing hub in R&D firmly planted in Asia.
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Shanghai, AMEC has also built an
Inc (AMEC) leveraged SEMICON Japan extensive infrastructure of regional offices circle6 AMEC is in the right place at the right
2007 to unveil its new Primo tool family in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore to time: 75% of ICs are produced in Asia;
and reiterate its mission: to transform the enable the sale and support of its the time has arrived for a credible new
economics of making semiconductors by advanced technology solutions globally. In Asia-based innovator to provide higher-
providing leading-edge tools for critical numerous wafer demos, AMEC's Primo performing technology at the leading edge
process steps that offer higher tools demonstrated better on-wafer with lower CoO advantages.
productivity and superior on-wafer performance than the competition. Three
performance at a lower cost of ownership. beta tools have already been installed at circle6 Corporate progress: Substantial
leading-edge fabs in three Asia regions. funding, promising process brain-trust,
But this is no ordinary start-up. In its high-profile global advisors, well-
short life, AMEC has raised more than The Etch tool, in particular, has established global sales & support
$160M from elite global VCs, financial demonstrated exceptional performance, infrastructure.
institutions and corporate venture funds even exceeding AMEC’s original
that include Goldman Sachs, Walden expectations. More systems are slated for circle6 Substantial technology gains:
Intl., Lightspeed, Qualcomm, Samsung shipment this year to multiple regions in Developed and commercialized cutting-
Ventures, Shanghai Venture Capital Co. Asia. Exhaustive process and hardware edge (65/45-nm) tools with extendibility
Ltd., among others. This figure includes a marathon wafer runs at AMEC's R&D to 32nm devices. Tools demonstrating
$58M round that closed just last month. facility consistently demonstrate 35% productivity and CoO gains when
This, in an industry where the barriers to productivity improvements of more than compared to nearest competitors.
entry are extraordinarily high and funding 35% and a CoO gain of 35% when
is thin. The executive team boasts a who's compared to competitive tools. Interest in circle6 Significant customer traction: 3 beta
who of the global semiconductor AMEC is high. Beyond the differentiated, tools already in the field; more slated for
equipment industry. In fact, its top cost-efficient tools, the company's Asia- shipment this year.
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