Shutdown, repair and upgrade

[Dick Crane]

Drytek2 users:

In an effort to eliminate electrode water leaks, we are replacing the
current electrode stack with an enhanced, upgraded version which also
has six inch capability. This upgrade will require recharacterizing the
drytek as to etch rate, across wafer uniformity and wafer to wafer
uniformity.

Drytek2 will be shutdown as of Wednesday, December 18. Characterization
testing will start Monday, January 6, and the tool should be up for
general use by Friday, January 10.

Sorry for any scheduling inconvenience, but the upgrade will help
increase long term up-time.

Thanks,

Dick