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technology will advance the way flexible electronics, displays and other next-generation consumer devices are fabricated.” http://www.cambridgenanotech.com

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arl Zeiss reports two further orders for the mask registration metrology system PROVE™. The

recently launched system is already installed at custo- mer sites in Asia and USA and enables high resoluti- on in-die registration measurements on photomasks. One striking benefit for the customers is the diffrac- tion limited, high resolution imaging optic working at the lithographic relevant 193nm wavelength. This enables the measurement of arbitrary production features without placing registration marks. The proprietary autofocus and calibration strategy of the new system enables a repeatability of below 0.5nm and an accuracy of below 1nm for best registration measurement performance.

“The first customers using the PROVE tool confirmed the unique performance in terms of repeatability, tool stability, and measurement accuracy.” states Dr. Oliver Kienzle, Managing Director of Carl Zeiss Se- miconductor Metrology Systems Division, a leading supplier for photomask metrology and repair tools. “We are pleased that the impressive measurement results convinced two further Mask Manufacturers to order a PROVE system in order to enable their future mask manufacturing. With the growing installed base PROVE gains rapidly footprint in the market.” Recently Carl Zeiss and Synopsys announced the joint development of a new CATS data preparation output module for PROVE registration measure- ments, which will further improve the PROVE usabi- lity.

The next deliveries for PROVE systems were sche- duled for December 2010. http://www.zeiss.de

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ypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) announced two new families of its leading Tru-

eTouch™ touchscreen controllers that are targeted at stylus-enabled capacitive touchscreen devices. The CY8CTMA340-XXX-03 and CY8CTMA340-XXX-11 fa- milies deliver the industry’s only solution for thin (as small as 1mm) stylus use on capacitive touchscreens. The new families provides all the traditional benefits of Cypress’s TrueTouch technology, including very high signal-to-noise ratio of more than 80:1 RMS, low power consumption (less that 1.3 mA low-power state current), best-in-class water rejection and wet- finger tracking, and more. In addition, they provide highly accurate stylus tracking accuracy better than 0.7mm, along with 120Hz refresh rates for full hand- writing recognition. http://www.cypress.com

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VD Equipment Corporation (NASDAQ: CVV) has received over $8 million for 4th quarter

2010 and $25 million in new orders for 2010 sur- passing the $9.9 million of new orders received in 2009 by 152%. This is the fourth successive quarterly increase in new orders.

New orders for the CVD/FN division of research and production systems in 2010 increased approximately 200% compared to 2009 order levels. The CVD/ FN division continues to benefit from the increased interest in energy generation, energy savings and nanotechnology fields. We anticipate that this increa- sed demand will continue in 2011.

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