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Nikon Step-and_Repeat Systems NSR-205i10c/i9c
1961: First Monolithic Silicon IC Chip. Invented by Robert Noyce, Fairchild
Egon Putzi beat all the odds to make SEZ a consistently profitable wet processing company.
This photo shows a descendant of the first Concept One, almost a decade after its original development as a convent ...
One of the first commercial high current ion implanters.
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Applied Materials - Endura 5500 PVD :1985-89 - The first bullet-proof multichamber, multiprocess system.
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