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Santa Clara, California and Milan, Italy, Feb. 25, 2004 - Intel Corporation and Media Lario International S.A., a leading
manufacturer of high-accuracy optical components, today announced two agreements aimed at the development of key optical components
for Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography. The agreements include an equity investment by Intel Capital and a commercial agreement
that is designed to accelerate Media Lario's research and development activity for EUV. Specific terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
EUV Lithography is positioned for commercialization by 2009, but several technical hurdles have to be overcome for the timely delivery
of the technology. In particular, some of the most stringent technical requirements need to be addressed through the design and manufacture
of very high accuracy reflective optical components, the core capability of Media Lario.
Media Lario has a 10-year history in the manufacturing of high-accuracy optical components and systems on the basis of a proprietary
process based on electro-forming. The company's core technology allows for the high-volume production of reflective optical components
of unprecedented physical quality with compelling cost of ownership. Among its many achievements, Media Lario was a key contributor to
the success of the European Space Agency XMM mission, which resulted in the launch in 1999 of the most powerful X-Ray telescope ever built.
"These agreements will help accelerate the development, and commercialisation, of high accuracy reflective mirrors and mirror systems to
meet the ever-stringent optical performance and cost of the current and Next Generation Lithography equipment (EUV)," commented Dr Giovanni
Nocerino, president and CEO of Media Lario. "We're delighted with Intel's support of our efforts to provide enabling EUV optical mirror
systems. Their highly valued sponsorship of collaborative work with lithography and source suppliers will lead to the timely establishment
of EUV Lithography systems."
"Developing EUV optics technology to enable affordable EUV source and lithography systems for high-volume manufacturing on the 32nm node
in 2009 is a key challenge at Intel," said Peter Silverman, Intel Fellow and director of Intel's Lithography Capital Equipment Development.
"These agreements will help enable Media Lario to focus on the development of EUV optics technology to meet the technology performance and
cost requirements."
About Media Lario S.A.
Media Lario International S.A. is a world leader in the manufacturing of high-accuracy reflective optical components. It specialises in
the design manufacture, characterisation and assembly of high precision mechanical and opto-mechanical systems. The core competence is
based on a highly accurate replication technology that uses a high-precision electroforming nickel process specially developed for the
production of X-Ray, optical and radio frequency telescopes. The Company has developed its leading technology position over the last 10
years through its involvement in the aerospace and defence sectors, where it has supplied groundbreaking optical components to a variety
of customers including the European Space Agency ("ESA"), the Italian Space Agency ("ASI") in cooperation with The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration ("NASA"), Alcatel, EADS-ASTRIUM, Alenia and other major industry participants worldwide.
For more information on Media Lario visit www.media-lario.com
About Intel Corporation
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional
information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom
About Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel's strategic investment program, focuses on making equity investments and acquisitions to grow the Internet economy
in support of Intel's strategic interests. Intel Capital invests in hardware, software and services companies in several market segments,
including computing, networking, and wireless communications.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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