as nasdaq mtsn industry semiconductor equipment and materials founded 1988 founders brad mattson headquarters fremont california united states key people fusen ernie chen chief executive officer president and director j. michael dodson chief financial officer chief operating officer tyler purvis chief accounting officer dec 2012 products dry strip rapid thermal processing etch revenue 119.43 m dec 31 2013 website www.mattson.com mattson technology inc nasdaq mtsn is an american technology company which was founded in 1988 by brad mattson and is based in fremont california . the company is both a manufacturer and supplier in the market of semiconductor equipment globally . its main products are dry strip system rapid thermal processing and etching . the company provides products for customers and manufacturers ; such as foundries memory and logic devices . 1 2 the main offices for mattson served as the filming location for cyberdyne systems from terminator 2 judgment day . contents 1 products and services 2 research and development 3 references 4 external links products and services edit the company s major products are semiconductor wafer processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits ics . its dry strip products suprema incorporates its faraday shielded inductively coupled plasma icp radio frequency source and platform used in the production at the 65 nanometer node and below . in addition its rapid thermal processing rtp products helios helios xp and millios are used in annealing applications . these products use dual sided lamp based heating technology to control the chip manufacturing . its etch products paradigme and alpine with a combination of faraday shielded icp and etch bias control for on wafer performance . etching is the process of removing any deposited materials or layers from the wafer s surface to create the desired pattern on the wafer s surface . 2 in may 2016 mattson technology and beijing etown e town dragon jointly announced that the previously announced acquisition of mattson by e town had been completed . 3 research and development edit mattson technology is one of the leaders in the dry strip market and is the second largest supplier of rtp products . there are several important technologies widely used in its products namely 45 nm transition ; etch alpine paradigm si ; strip suprema suprema xp5 ; tpg helios helios xp millios . 4 in december 2013 mattson technology announced its paradigme xp next generation etch system extending the company s etch technology and enabling chipmakers to address processing challenges for leading edge three dimensional semiconductor manufacturing . this new system has been qualified in nov. by advanced dram device technologies . 5 references edit business summary . a b company full description . by staff semiconductor online . mattson technology inc. announces completion of acquisition by beijing e town dragon semiconductor industry investment center . may 11 2016 . june 2 2016 . technology . mattson introduces a new etch system addressing the demands of advanced semiconductor technologies and increasing its market presence in etch . external links edit official website this technology article about a corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mattson technology & oldid 723383644 categories technology companies established in 1988publicly traded companies of the united statescompanies listed on nasdaqcompanies based in fremont californiatechnology companies based in californiatechnological company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 june 2016 at 18 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view