Benzinga | Oct 28, 2021 08:35AM EDT

Axcelis Announces Multiple Shipments Of Purion High Current And High Energy Implanters To Leading Memory Device Manufacturer; Terms Not Disclosed

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACLS), a leading supplier of enabling ion implantation solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced today shipments of the Company's Purion(tm) high current and high energy implanters to a leading memory device manufacturer located in Asia. The shipments include multiple follow on orders for the Purion H(tm) high current implanter and the Purion XE(tm) high energy implanter. The systems shipped in the third and fourth quarters and will be used in high volume production of DRAM and NAND memory devices supporting 5G, data analytics and AI markets.

Executive Vice President of Product Development, Bill Bintz, commented, "To keep pace with global demand, manufacturers of DRAM and NAND flash memory need to maximize productivity, while maintaining the highest levels of quality, consistency and reliability. Axcelis maintains a strong and growing position in this market by helping memory manufacturers address these challenges with the industry's most advanced ion implantation solutions. These shipments represent the early stages of a memory capacity build, and we expect additional memory expansion in 2022."