ProMOS Technologies Inc.

05/01/1997

ProMOS Technologies Inc., Taiwan, has placed a $105 million order with Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, CA, for semiconductor production equipment. The ProMOS purchase includes the Etch MxP+ Centura, DPS Centura, DxZ Centura, WxZ Centura, Endura HP PVD, Multiple RTP Centura, and Polycide Centura systems. Delivery to ProMOS` fab in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is scheduled for the first half of the year. ProMOS, a joint venture between Mosel-Vitelic Corp. and Siemens Semiconductor Group, will begin producing 64-Mbit DRAMs by the end of calendar 1997, with a transition to 256-Mbit DRAMs expected at a future date.