FREMONT, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 4, 2012) - Mattson Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ MTSN ]), a leading supplier of advanced process equipment used to manufacture semiconductors, today announced that it has received follow-on orders for its Helios® XP rapid thermal processing (RTP) system from a major Asian foundry. The first of these systems has already shipped and is currently being installed at one of the customer's manufacturing facilities, and a subsequent shipment to another fab is scheduled for the first quarter of 2012.

"Our customer is rapidly accelerating the manufacture of advanced process ICs in its expanding foundry operations, and we are very pleased to support its production ramps with the Helios XP, which offers the proven performance that enables leading-edge foundry technologies by minimizing pattern-related thermal effects to help increase production yields on low power mobility ICs," said Andreas Toennis, senior vice president and general manager of Mattson Technology's Thermal Products Group. "The Helios XP achieves these benefits with the use of its unique and highly effective pattern-loading reduction technology."

Toennis continued, "This order, from one of the industry's leading foundries, is testament to the success of our RTP growth strategy of expanding into the foundry/logic market. We expect our new foundry positions to add incremental revenue through 2012 as we gain share in this market area."

About Mattson Technology, Inc.
Mattson Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets semiconductor wafer processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. We are a leading supplier of plasma and rapid thermal processing equipment to the global semiconductor industry, and operate in three primary product sectors: Dry Strip, Rapid Thermal Processing and Etch. Through manufacturing and design innovation, we have produced technologically advanced systems that provide productive and cost-effective solutions for customers fabricating current- and next-generation semiconductor devices. For more information, please contact Mattson Technology, Inc., 47131 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA, 94538. Telephone: (800) MATTSON / (510) 657-5900. Internet: [ www.mattson.com ].

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