Semiconductor International Announces 2008 Editors' Choice Best Product Award Winners; Information on the 20 Winners Available at www.semiconductor.net/awards

Semiconductor International bestowed its 2008 Editors' Choice Awards for excellence in semiconductor manufacturing on 20 commercially proven industry products (www.semiconductor.net/awards). These awards will be presented at a ceremony in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 16, during SEMICON West. The 2008 winners exemplified state-of-the-art equipment and materials installed and used in numerous fabs around the world.

The 2008 Editors' Choice Best Product Award winners are:

Aerotech Inc.

Ensemble Motion Controller

Agilent Technologies

N9201A Parametric Test Option

Applied Materials

Centura RP Epi

Applied Materials

Producer APF PECVD

ASM America

Pulsar 3000

Carl Zeiss SMT

Orion Helium Ion Microscope

Cascade Microtech

Grypper BGA Test Sockets

CyberOptics Semiconductor

WaferSense ATS

DuPont Performance Elastomers

Kalrez 9100

Energetiq Technology

EQ-10 Series

F&K Delvotec Semiconductor

Desk Top Micro Factory Series 56XX

Honeywell Analytics

Vertex Multi-Point Gas System

InnerSense

Smart Wafer

Keithley Instruments

Model 4200-CVU

Lorex Industries 

Piezocon

Mentor Graphics

Calibre nmOPC

Olympus

LEXT OLS-3100 Microscope

Particle Measuring Systems

AirSentry II

Sosul

PES-2300 200-mm Wafer Bevel Etching Tool

Swagelok

CR-288 Concentration Monitor

"Our Best Products program is different from others in that we are recognizing proven products and materials that have been acknowledged by their users as providing superior performance and/or capabilities that were not possible with competing tools or materials," said Laura Peters, editor-in-chief of Semiconductor International. "Weare pleased to honor the manypeople and companies that have worked so hard to bring these innovations to the market."

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For more information about the Editors' Choice Product Awards program, go towww.semiconductor.net/awards.