FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of December, 2011
Commission File Number 000- 13355
ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V.
(Translation of registrants name into English)
VERSTERKERSTRAAT 8
1322 AP ALMERE
THE NETHERLANDS
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Exhibit 99.1 | ASM Qualifies New Higher-k Gate Process for 14nm Manufacturing |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 6, 2011 | ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V. | |||
/S/ HANS ZWEERS | ||||
Hans Zweers | ||||
Director Accounting and External Reporting |
ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V.
(THE REGISTRANT)
(COMMISSION FILE NO. 0-13355)
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99.1 | ASM Qualifies New Higher-k Gate Process for 14nm Manufacturing |
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Exhibit 99.1
ASM Qualifies New Higher-k Gate Process for 14nm Manufacturing
Milestone Achieved at Key Customer Development Fab
ALMERE, The Netherlands, December 5, 2011 ASM International N.V. (www.asm.com) (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM), the leader in atomic layer deposition (ALD) of high-k gate materials, today announced the successful demonstration of a new 14nm high-k gate dielectric process that achieved less than 6 angstroms equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) at a customers 14nm R&D line, an improvement of about 40% from the current advanced nodes. The new high-k process improves device performance by enabling faster switching and lower leakage current, while reconfirming the extendibility of hafnium based high-k dielectrics. Using ASMs most advanced Pulsar ALD tool, a hafnium based material with a higher-k value than the current baseline was qualified at the customers R&D facility.
ASM was the first to introduce hafnium-based high-k dielectrics for transistor gates, and we are now working with key device manufacturing leaders on scaling next-generation high-k metal gate technology, said Glen Wilk, Sr. Director of ALD Products at ASM. The new process leverages ASMs extensive understanding of high-k metal gates, our technology leadership in ALD, and the extendibility of our Pulsar ALD process module. Together, these three factors give ASM a clear advantage in providing our customers with the smoothest transition to manufacturing nodes below 20nm, for both planar and 3D devices.
Developed on the Pulsar ALD tool without the need for additional clustered process steps, the new process achieves less than 6Å EOT while maintaining gate leakage below 1A/cm2 to meet 14 nm high-k metal gate (HKMG) logic technology requirements.
About ASM International
ASM International N.V., headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, and its subsidiaries design and manufacture equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices. ASM International and its subsidiaries provide production solutions for wafer processing (Front-end segment) as well as assembly and packaging (Back-end segment) through facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia. ASM Internationals common stock trades on NASDAQ (symbol ASMI) and the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange (symbol ASM). For more information, visit ASMIs website at www.asm.com.
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