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Production Capacity to 2.5 times to Respond to a Significant Increase in Market Demand



Oyama, Tochigi; July 29, 2022 &#8212; <a href="https://gigaphoton.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gigaphoton Inc.</a> (Head Office: Oyama, Tochigi; President and CEO: Katsumi Uranaka), <a>a manufacturer of lightsources</a> used in semiconductor lithography, has announced that it will increase its production capacity by 2.5 times through the construction of the new building.


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perspective drawing of new building







In recent years, demand for semiconductors has increased significantly, and as major semiconductor customers in various countries are strengthening their supply chains, investment in the semiconductor industry is further accelerated.



Gigaphoton, a leading manufacturer of lightsources used in semiconductor lithography, is also seeing increased market demand. To meet this increase in demand, Gigaphoton has invested about 5 billion yen in the construction of the new facility to increase its production capacity. Construction began in July of this year, with completion expected in June 2023. This will increase our total production capacity by 2.5 times compared to FY2020.



Katsumi Uranaka, President &amp; CEO of Gigaphoton said, “With demand for semiconductors on the rise around the world, we will do our utmost to meet the demand from our customers. This past fiscal year, we have already completed a new building thereby doubling our production capacity, and we will further strengthen our production by 2.5x through this newly announced additional investment. Furthermore, we have confirmed that there is an area for additional expansion of production facilities just east of our buildings. As a supplier of lithography lightsources which are essential for semiconductor manufacturing, we will continue to contribute to semiconductor industry by strengthen the supply and service of our products”.



About GIGAPHOTON



Since it was founded in 2000, GIGAPHOTON has delivered valuable solutions to semiconductor manufacturers throughout the world as a manufacturer of light sources. In every stage from R&amp;D to manufacture, sales, and maintenance services, GIGAPHOTON is committed to providing world-class support delivered from the perspective of everyday users. For more information, please visit <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://gigaphoton.com" target="_blank">https://gigaphoton.com</a>



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Gigaphoton Increases Production Capacity for Excimer Laser Light Sources with Construction of New Building

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Gigaphoton is proud to announce that we have earned the<a href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/2022-epic-supplier-program-awards.html"> Intel EPIC Valued Supplier Award for Technology</a>. We are one of just 12 companies in all of Intel&#8217;s global supply chain to win an EPIC Valued Award for 2022. #intelEPIC

Intel EPIC Valued Supplier Award Winner 2022 for Technology

We do not observe any damage or impact on employees’ lives, buildings, production facilities, customer support, etc. due to the Earthquake off the coast of Fukushima on March 16th.



I would like to express my heartfelt sympathy to the affected people due to the earthquake that occurred at 23:36 JPT on March 16th off the coast of Fukushima as an epicenter.



As of today, we have confirmed that all Gigaphoton employees and facilities in Oyama, Hiratsuka, and other locations in Japan are unharmed. And we have also confirmed that it has not affected on our production facilities..



<ol><li>Overview We had started checking the safety of our buildings and facilities since the morning of the 17th, and we have confirmed that there is no damage that would affect our business activities.</li><li>Details ・No damage has been observed on our production facilities. We resumed production activities&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;since 9:00 JPT on March 17th. ・Our customer support capabilities are unaffected. ・We are currently investigating the impact on our supply chain.</li></ol>



GIGAPHOTON Inc President Katsumi Uranaka



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Impact of the Earthquakes off the coast of Fukushima upon GIGAPHOTON’s Business

Excimer Laser ‘G300K’ for Processing Applications Adopted for Research into Integrated Circuit Packaging Technologies


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2022.2.16 ‘G300K’, which was developed under the concept of ‘optimizing processing’ for the likes of micro ablation, was adopted as it was judged to be the best possible excimer laser for carrying out the research.



Katsumi Uranaka, President &amp; CEO of Gigaphoton said, “The G300K of our GIGANEX series, which is being deployed in fields other than semiconductor lithography, was developed based on lithography light source technology cultivated by Gigaphoton over many years, achieving a 99% or more high-level of availability and high output. I am certain that the G300K will contribute to the success of this project. I have high hopes that the GIGANEX series, which is capable of providing solutions to a wide range of customers, will continue to be used for new applications and contribute to the development of the next generation of the industry sector.”



<a href="/products/7670" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Product Introduction : G300K</a>



About Gigaphoton As a leading company in the development and manufacture of DUV light sources used in semiconductor lithography, Gigaphoton has provided many solutions that make full use of its advanced technology to semiconductor manufacturers around the world since its establishment. Gigaphoton is also working on developing DUV light sources for areas other than EUV light sources and lithography. In every stage from R&amp;D to manufacture, sales, and maintenance services, as a team of experts with a wealth of knowledge and experience, Gigaphoton will continue to provide world-class support delivered from the perspective of everyday users.



For more information, please visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gigaphoton.com/en/">www.gigaphoton.com</a>



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Gigaphoton Sells KrF Excimer Laser to National Research Institute in

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In December 17,2021 to Dec. 20, at Tokyo Big-Site (Tokyo, Japan),&nbsp;Yuya Sashikubi, Skills Competition Team in Gigaphoton, got a&nbsp;fighting-spirit award&nbsp;at&nbsp;Tokyo Skill Olympic 2021&nbsp;at his first invitation of factory-electric-equipment tournament as a representative player from Tochigi prefecture.



 



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Since 2016, staffs in Gigaphoton have participated in&nbsp;The Skill Olympic every year and has got awards in each year (except &#8217;16). The Skill Olympic is an irreplaceable tournament of engineers&#8217; skill in Japan. About the field of factory-electric-equipment, many skillful players gather from many kinds of famous company and schools,&nbsp;and compete with other players hardly. Yuya was only one player from Gigaphoton&nbsp; in this year, who was under pressure, but he did his best, and got an award with a silver medal.



 



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Gigaphoton&nbsp;continues to contribute to the industry with&nbsp;tireless efforts, and&nbsp;we will work to develop human resources who can play an active role in the world by developing excellent engineers.&nbsp;



 



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote has-small-font-size">The Skill Olympic is the traditional tournament since 1963, which engineers (over&nbsp;40 kinds of skills) participate in&nbsp;and compete with other engineers for getting champion, on&nbsp;purpose to grow up young engineers in Japan. Only under-23-years-old engineers can participate in. In the 2021 tournament, it held with no audiences concerned about COVID-19 effects.<cite>reference ( notice : Japanese Only ) : <a href="https://www.javada.or.jp/jigyou/gino/zenkoku/">https://www.javada.or.jp/jigyou/gino/zenkoku/</a></cite></blockquote>

Yuya Sashikubi got an award in Tokyo Skill Olympic 2021

<h5>Gigaphoton survey reveals important data that can unleash intelligence for the semiconductor industry</h5>



January 7, 2022



OYAMA, Japan – January 7, 2022 – Gigaphoton Inc., (Head Office: Oyama, Tochigi; President and CEO: Katsumi Uranaka), a manufacturer of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, today released the results of a survey that provides insights into the current state of the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The results reveal significant gaps in semiconductor manufacturing analytics capabilities that could help solve the semiconductor shortage and unleash intelligence for the global semiconductor industry.



The Gigaphoton survey reveals unmet analytics needs that offer a roadmap to what the semiconductor industry must do to meet growing demand and help solve the chip shortage. Shrinking chip sizes and advancing technology are challenging the ability of semiconductor manufacturers to sustain uptime and yield. At the same time, worldwide demand is increasing, and shortages throughout the supply chain have forced semiconductor manufacturers to focus their attention on using analytics to gain efficiencies with their equipment and processes.



“As semiconductor manufacturing processes have become more complex, we’ve seen an increase in customer requests for more advanced intelligence into our tools, and each customer needs something unique. Since COVID, we believe these requests will be compounded further as semiconductor manufacturers scale up their chip production,” said Yuji Minegishi, General Manager at Gigaphoton.



As manufacturing processes continue to require greater precision, it has been challenging for chip manufacturers to achieve the depth and breadth of intelligence they need to increase or even sustain uptime. Currently, intelligence is siloed among proprietary analytics solutions developed by tool manufacturers and third-party analytics platforms. This creates barriers to usability which are becoming more problematic as processes become more complex.



Gigaphoton conducted a survey with 276 responses from semiconductor manufacturing respondents in all aspects of the manufacturing process. The survey showed that 73% of chip manufacturers must piece together multiple equipment analytics solutions. Despite all the solutions they use and the large investments they make on software, most still don’t have the efficient advanced analytics capabilities they need to increase uptime and output.



“The survey results reveal a significant gap in semiconductor manufacturing analytics capabilities that can’t really be filled by a single software vendor. This is a global semiconductor industry problem that will need an industry-wide solution,” said Mario Faria, Vice President and Partner, Americas at the MAX Group.



“This study has helped us uncover the industry’s critical need for more advanced and intelligent analytics capabilities,” said Katsumi Uranaka, President and CEO of Gigaphoton. “We are committed to providing state of the art advanced platforms and solutions to help our customers increase productivity and output.”



Download the full report from <a href="https://fabscape.net/survey">https://fabscape.net/survey</a> to learn more.







<figure class="wp-block-table is-style-regular"><table><tbody><tr><td>About Gigaphoton Since it was founded in 2000, Gigaphoton has delivered valuable solutions to semiconductor manufacturers throughout the world as a manufacturer of light sources and equipment analytics software. In every stage from R&amp;D to manufacture, sales, and maintenance services, Gigaphoton is committed to providing world-class support delivered from the perspective of everyday users. For more information about Gigaphoton, visit <a href="https://www.gigaphoton.com/">https://www.gigaphoton.com</a>. For information about Fabscape, a secure, open equipment monitoring and analytics platform developed by Gigaphoton, visit <a href="https://www.fabscape.net">https://www.fabscape.net</a>. Media Contact: Yuji Minegishi Gigaphoton Inc. <meta charset="utf-8">E-mail web_info@gigaphoton.com or visit <a href="https://fabscape.net/contact">https://fabscape.net/contact</a></td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

Semiconductor Manufacturing Survey Reveals Insights to End Chip Shortage

<h5 style="text-align: center;">Achieving enhanced yield and tool availability with the latest technology to meet the rapid increase in demand for semiconductor</h5>
October 27, 2021
Oyama, Tochigi; October 26, 2021 &#8212; <a href="https://www.gigaphoton.com/en/">Gigaphoton Inc.</a> (Head Office: Oyama, Tochigi; President and CEO: Katsumi Uranaka), a manufacturer of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, has announced that advanced ArF immersion lithography light source “GT66A” is now fully up and running at semiconductor manufacturers around the world.
In recent years, the number of digital devices and cloud facilities has increased rapidly all over the world, and the demand for semiconductors used for such devices and facilities has also increased dramatically. Furthermore, with semiconductors playing a central role in social infrastructure, such as with the widespread adoption of DX at companies, the increase in EV production toward a carbon-neutral society, and the shift to renewable energy, the demand for semiconductors has gained further traction. Increasing demand for high-end devices that combine high-speed computing with low power consumption, especially autonomous driving and high-performance servers, is further driving this acceleration in demand.
The GT66A is a model that also supports 5 nm-node and beyond manufacturing required by semiconductors for such as leading-end devices.
The GT66A providing a feature of enhancing the EPE (Edge Placement Error) performance by reducing the speckle contrast (30%).  EPE is a key process performance requirement that there is misalignment between the layout and resist exposure pattern, needed to improve toward advanced process Node  As a result of this enhancement, the LER (line edge roughness), which indicates deviations from the edge of the designed line is not completely smooth, and the LWR (line-width roughness), which indicates the variation in width caused by this unevenness, can be suppressed, and thus an improvement in yield can be expected. In addition, the introduction of highly durable components extends the maintenance cycle by 30%, thereby improving the availability of equipment run-time and providing further productivity.
Katsumi Uranaka, President &amp; CEO of Gigaphoton said, “GT66A was launched with the goal of delivering stable and high-yield production of advanced semiconductors, especially to improve the productivity of advanced process nodes. At Gigaphoton, we will continue to work to maximize the productivity of all semiconductor plants.”
 


<figure class="wp-block-table is-style-regular"><table><tbody><tr><td>About Gigaphoton As a leading company in the development and manufacture of DUV light sources used in lithography, Gigaphoton has provided many solutions that make full use of its advanced technology to semiconductor manufacturers around the world since its establishment. Gigaphoton is also engaged in developing EUV light sources. In every stage from R&amp;D to manufacture, sales, and maintenance services, as a team of experts with a wealth of knowledge, Gigaphoton will continue to provide world-class support delivered from the perspective of everyday users. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.gigaphoton.com/en/">https://www.gigaphoton.com</a>. Media contact: Gigaphoton Inc Kenji Ohishi Tel: +81-285-37-6931 E-mail: web_info@gigaphoton.com</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

The Latest “State-of-the Art” ArF Immersion Lithography Light Source “GT66A” Qualified into HVM

<h5 style="text-align: center;">Production Capacity to Double to Respond to a Significant Increase in Market Demand</h5>
September 15, 2021
Oyama, Tochigi; September 15, 2021 &#8212; <a href="https://gigaphoton.com">Gigaphoton Inc.</a> (Head Office: Oyama, Tochigi; President and CEO: Katsumi Uranaka), a manufacturer of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, has announced that it will double its production capacity of excimer laser light sources by 2023.
In recent years, demand all over the world for semiconductors has increased significantly, and major semiconductor manufacturers in many countries are accelerating investment in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Gigaphoton, a manufacturer of light sources used in semiconductor lithography, is also seeing increased market demand, with demand expected to remain firm in the future.
To meet this increase in demand, Gigaphoton is constructing a new facility, with its doors to open in April 2022, in order to establish a more stable supply system. Through this initiative, Gigaphoton will double its production capacity by 2023 while maximizing the use of production equipment and streamlining and optimizing its production process.
Katsumi Uranaka, President &amp; CEO of Gigaphoton said, “With demand for semiconductors on the rise around the world, we will do our utmost to meet the demand from our customers. This fiscal year, we will make full use of our existing resources for production and improve the efficiency of our production planning and lead times. Next year, the new facility will be completed and we will have a more stable supply system in place. As a manufacturer of lithography light sources, which are essential for semiconductor manufacturing, we will continue to contribute to the industrial sector by supporting the supply and operation of our products in a responsible manner.”
About GIGAPHOTON
Since it was founded in 2000, GIGAPHOTON has delivered valuable solutions to semiconductor manufacturers throughout the world as a manufacturer of light sources. In every stage from R&amp;D to manufacture, sales, and maintenance services, GIGAPHOTON is committed to providing world-class support delivered from the perspective of everyday users. For more information please visit <a href="https://www.gigaphoton.com/en/">https://www.gigaphoton.com/en/</a>
Media contact:
GIGAPHOTON Inc
Corporate Planning Division
Kenji Takahisa
TEL: +81-285-37-6931
E-mail: web_info@gigaphoton.com

Gigaphoton to Boost Production Capacity for Excimer Laser Light Sources

2021/8/19



On August 19, to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus throughout the country, the Japanese government has extended the declaration of a state of emergency to 13 prefectures (from August 20 to September 12), including Tochigi Prefecture, where Gigaphoton&#8217;s headquarters are located.



We request our customers and suppliers to refrain from visiting our company’s headquarters as much as possible. If a visit is unavoidable, please make an appointment with our contact person and note that you will be asked to fill out a &#8220;Prior Confirmation&#8221; form.



For information about visiting our offices outside of Japan, please contact our overseas offices listed at the end.



＜Our countermeasures against new coronavirus infection&gt;



<ol><li>Mandatory handwashing and mask wearing</li><li>Employee temperature check every morning</li><li>Distribution of the New Coronavirus Infection Response and Employee Behavior Manual</li><li>Prohibition of unnecessary business trips, both domestic and overseas, except for service support.</li><li>Telecommuting for all employees who can work from remote locations</li><li>Recommendation of online meetings with customers and suppliers.</li></ol>



*If you have any questions, please contact us at the contact information below.



We offer our deepest condolences to those who have died due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and wish a speedy recovery of infected people and sincerely hope that the infection will be contained soon



GIGAPHOTON INC. President and CEO Katsumi Uranaka



<figure class="wp-block-table is-style-regular"><table><tbody><tr><td>Media inquiries Corporate Planning Department Kenji Takahisa:&nbsp;web_info@gigaphoton.com TEL: +81-285-37-6931 For inquiries regarding supply chain Purchasing Section, Production Department Hidenobu Kameda:&nbsp;hidenobu_kameda@gigaphoton.com Rika Shimizu:&nbsp;rika_shimizu@gigaphoton.com TEL: +81-285-28-8433 For inquiries regarding service support and distribution Customer Support Department (Japan) Takayuki Mizokami:&nbsp;takayuki_mizokami@gigaphoton.com (Overseas) Kenny Oka:&nbsp;kenji_oka@gigaphoton.com TEL: +81-285-8409/8423 For inquiries regarding business discussions Sales Department Kiyotaka Uchida:&nbsp;kiyotaka_uchida@gigapoton.com TEL: +81-285-28-8415 For other inquiries Administration Department Mayumi Nakamura TEL: +81-285-28-8410 Overseas Offices Contact InformationGigaphoton Korea 史承學 (Seung Hak, Sa): sh_sa@gigaphoton.com Gigaphoton Taiwan Eiji Miyamoto: eiji_miyamoto@gigaphoton.com Limei Cheng: limei_cheng@gigaphoton.com Gigaphoton China Tetsuya Ogawa: tetsuya_ogawa@komatsu.com.cn 何胜杰:&nbsp;heshengjie@komatsu.com.cn Singapore Branch Jason Lim:&nbsp;Jason_lim@gigaphoton.com Gigaphoton USA Dennis Smith:&nbsp;dennis.s@gigaphotonusa.com James Graves:&nbsp;james.g@gigaphotonusa.com Gigaphoton Europe Erik de Bekker: GPE_inquiry@gigaphoton.com</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

The Impact of the Japanese Government’s Declaration of a State of Emergency (7th Report)

Gigaphoton has been selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) as as one of the assignee for the project &#8220;Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information and Communications Systems&#8221; and was introduced on the Ministry&#8217;s website.
Please take a look.
Gigaphoton&#8217;s development themes are listed in the following ” 3. Adoption results “
(two PDF files).
<a href="https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2021/0616_001.html">Click here for the link.</a>

Gigaphoton has been selected by METI asone of the assignee for the project “Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information and Communications Systems”.

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