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Technology
	NOVELLUS CHARTS EARLY LEAD IN UV-ASSISTED THERMAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR POST-DEPOSITION TREATMENT OF ADVANCED FILMS Nov 30, 2004	53.1 KB
	SEMICON Japan, CHIBA, Japan, Nov. 30, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, has reached a critical milestone in its development of proprietary ultraviolet-assisted the... Read more
	NOVELLUS LAUNCHES ALTUS® DIRECTFILL™ TUNGSTEN NITRIDE/TUNGSTEN DEPOSITION SYSTEM FOR 65 NM AND BELOW Nov 24, 2004	9.2 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 24, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced the introduction of ALTUS DirectFill--a single-system solution designed to meet ... Read more
	NOVELLUS SHIPS 100TH ALTUS® PNL™ MODULE FOR TUNGSTEN DEPOSITION Sep 23, 2004	8.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 23, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced the shipment of its 100th ALTUS® PNL™ (Pulsed Nucleation Layer) module for t... Read more
	UMC TAKES DELIVERY OF 250TH VECTOR® PECVD SYSTEM FROM NOVELLUS Sep 1, 2004	8.9 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 1, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today shipped multiple VECTOR plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) systems to one of Taiw... Read more
	NOVELLUS SALUTES CHARTERED AS "2004 TOP FAB" AWARD WINNER AND EARLY ADOPTER OF COPPER TECHNOLOGIES Jul 13, 2004	7.6 KB
	SEMICON WEST, SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today paid tribute to Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world's top three d... Read more
	NEW HYNIX 300-MM FAB EQUIPPED WITH LARGE SUITE OF NOVELLUS TOOLS Jul 12, 2004	7.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., July 12, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. will equip its new 300-mm T1 facility with a di... Read more
	NOVELLUS EXTENDS 300-MM HDP CVD TO 65 NM WITH NEW SPEED® NEXT™ SYSTEM Jul 12, 2004	8.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., July 12, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced a significant enhancement to its chemical vapor deposition (CVD) SPEED platform. The ... Read more
	NOVELLUS SYSTEMS TO HOST ADVANCED COPPER INTERCONNECT SYMPOSIUM AT SEMICON WEST 2004 Jul 6, 2004	6.5 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., July 6, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS) will host a high-level advanced copper interconnect technology symposium on July 12, 2004 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. With presentations by four distinguished authorities on copper interconnect technologies at 45 nm and below, the symposium will hig... Read more
	NOVELLUS INTRODUCES ADVANCED PLANARIZATION SYSTEM FOR 65-NM AND SMALLER TECHNOLOGY NODES Jun 21, 2004	10.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., June 21, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS) today introduced Xceda, a 300-mm chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) platform designed to exceed both the technical and economic requirements of CMP at 65 nm and beyond. Engineered to address the challenges associated with planarizing next-generation multi-level coppe... Read more
	NOVELLUS EXTENDS COPPER BARRIER/SEED ROADMAP WITH ACQUISITION OF ALD TECHNOLOGY FROM ANGSTRON SYSTEMS Apr 12, 2004	8.9 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., April 12, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, has extended its copper barrier/seed roadmap with the acquisition of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Angstron ... Read more
	NOVELLUS EXPANDS 300-MM COPPER MARKET SHARE AT LEADING DEDICATED FOUNDRIES Apr 12, 2004	7.0 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., April 12, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing ... Read more
Financial
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBCAST OF ITS PRESENTATION AT LEHMAN BROTHERS' 2004 TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE Nov 30, 2004	5.9 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Kevin Royal, vice president and chief financial officer, will present on Wednesda... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBCAST OF ITS PRESENTATION AT CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON'S 2004 TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE Nov 24, 2004	5.6 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 24, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Jeff Benzing, executive vice president and chief business officer, will present o... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES MID-QUARTER UPDATE CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST FOR FOURTH QUARTER 2004 Nov 15, 2004	5.9 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 15, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it will provide its mid-quarter update for the fourth quarter 2004 in a conferenc... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBCAST OF ITS PRESENTATION AT PRUDENTIAL EQUITY GROUP'S 2004 TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE Oct 21, 2004	5.9 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 21, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Jeff Benzing, executive vice president and chief business officer, will present o... Read more
	NOVELLUS SYSTEMS REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2004 RESULTS Oct 13, 2004	109.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., October 13, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVLS) today reported net sales and results of operations for its third quarter ended September 25, 2004. Net sales for the quarter were $415.9 million, up 23.0 percent from $338.2 million in the second quarter of 2004 and up 88.1 percent from the third quarter 2003 net sales of... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY AND TIMING OF THIRD QUARTER 2004 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST Sep 30, 2004	5.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 30, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it will provide its third quarter 2004 earnings results in a conference call t... Read more
	NOVELLUS INCREASES STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM Sep 20, 2004	6.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 20, 2004--Novellus Systems Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that its board of directors has approved an increase to Novellus' previously authorize... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBCAST OF ITS PRESENTATION AT BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES' 2004 TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE Sep 17, 2004	5.9 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept.17, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Jeff Benzing, executive vice president and chief business officer, will present o... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBCAST OF ITS PRESENTATION AT SMITH BARNEY CITIGROUP'S 2004 TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE Aug 25, 2004	5.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 25, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Richard S. Hill, Novellus' chairman of the board and chief executive officer, wil... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY AND TIMING OF MID-QUARTER UPDATE CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST FOR THIRD QUARTER 2004 Aug 12, 2004	5.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., August 12, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it will provide its mid-quarter update for the third quarter 2004 in a conferen... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBCAST OF ITS PRESENTATION AT SCHWAB SOUNDVIEW'S 2004 SEMICONDUCTOR CONFERENCE Aug 4, 2004	5.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., August 4, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Jeffrey C. Benzing, Novellus' executive vice president and chief business officer, ... Read more
	NOVELLUS SYSTEMS REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2004 RESULTS Jul 12, 2004	61.9 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., July 12, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS) today reported net sales and results of operations for its second quarter ended June 26, 2004. Net sales for the quarter were $338.2 million, up 28.7 percent from $262.9 million in the first quarter of 2004 and up 41.5 percent from the second quarter 2003 net sales of $23... Read more
	NOVELLUS SYSTEMS HOSTS PRESS AND ANALYST CONFERENCE AT SEMICON WEST 2004 Jun 29, 2004	5.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., June 29, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS) the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it will host a press and analyst event on Monday, July 12, 2004 from 10:30 a.m. to 12... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY AND TIMING OF SECOND QUARTER 2004 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST Jun 29, 2004	5.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., June 29, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it will provide its second quarter 2004 earnings results in a conference call to be ... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBCAST OF ITS PRESENTATION AT BEAR STEARNS' 15TH ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE Jun 7, 2004	5.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7, 2004 --Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Richard S. Hill, Novellus' chairman and chief executive officer, will present on ... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBCAST OF ITS PRESENTATION AT SMITH BARNEY CITIGROUP'S SEMICONDUCTOR CONFERENCE May 19, 2004	5.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Tom St. Dennis, Novellus' executive vice president of sales and customer satisfaction... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY AND TIMING OF MID-QUARTER UPDATE CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST FOR SECOND QUARTER 2004 May 17, 2004	5.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., May 17, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it will provide its mid-quarter update for the second quarter 2004 in a conference ca... Read more
	NOVELLUS SYSTEMS REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2004 RESULTS Apr 12, 2004	42.2 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., April 12, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS) today reported the results of operations for its first quarter ended March 27, 2004. First quarter 2004 net sales were $262.9 million, up 16.0 percent from $226.5 million in the previous quarter, and up 10.3 percent from first quarter 2003 net sales of $238.4 million. The ... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES A CHANGE IN THE TIME OF THE FIRST QUARTER 2004 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST ON APRIL 12, 2004 Apr 7, 2004	5.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., April 7, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced a change in the time of its first quarter 2004 earnings results conference call to be ... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY AND TIMING OF FIRST QUARTER 2004 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST Mar 29, 2004	5.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., March 29, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it will provide its first quarter 2004 earnings results in a conference call to be ... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBCAST OF ITS PRESENTATION AT MORGAN STANLEY'S SEMICONDUCTOR AND SYSTEMS CONFERENCE Mar 26, 2004	5.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 26, 2004 --Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that Thomas St. Dennis, executive vice president of sales and customer satisfaction and ... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES RENEWAL OF STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM Feb 23, 2004	6.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., February 23, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that its board of directors has renewed a stock repurchase program originally approve... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY AND TIMING OF MID-QUARTER UPDATE CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST FOR FIRST QUARTER 2004 Feb 17, 2004	5.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 17, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it will provide its mid-quarter update for the first quarter 2004 in a conference ca... Read more
	NOVELLUS SYSTEMS REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END RESULTS Jan 26, 2004	70.6 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., January 26, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS) today reported the results of operations for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2003. Fourth quarter 2003 net sales were $226.5 million, up 2.4 percent from $221.1 million in the previous quarter, and up 4.1 percent from fourth quarter 2002 net sales of $21... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY AND TIMING OF FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL YEAR 2003 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL WEBCAST Jan 12, 2004	42.8 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced that it will provide its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2003 earnings results in a confer... Read more
Corporate
	NOVELLUS NAMES DR. FUSEN CHEN AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ASIA-PACIFIC OPERATIONS Oct 25, 2004	7.9 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 25, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced the appointment of Dr. Fusen Chen (45) as senior vice president of Asia-Pacific Oper... Read more
	NOVELLUS ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH APPLIED MATERIALS Sep 27, 2004	8.3 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 27, 2004--Novellus Systems Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and technology leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, has signed an agreement with Applied Materials that settles all pending patent infringement claims b... Read more
	NOVELLUS TO ACQUIRE GERMANY'S PETER WOLTERS AG Jun 2, 2004	8.5 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., June 2, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Peter Wolters AG, a privately held manufacturer of high-precision machine manufacturing tools headquartered in Rendsburg, Germany. The transaction will add a series of industry-leading machine tools to Novellus' exist... Read more
	FORMER NOVELLUS BOARD MEMBER AND ADVISOR PASSES AWAY May 21, 2004	5.7 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., May 21, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced the passing of former board member, Joseph (Joe) Van Poppelen. A valued contributor to... Read more
	NOVELLUS APPOINTS TWO NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Apr 19, 2004	6.1 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., April 19, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today named two new members to its board of directors. The incoming members are Neil R. Bonke, 62, fo... Read more
	NOVELLUS NAMES DR. SASSON SOMEKH AS PRESIDENT Jan 26, 2004	43.5 KB
	SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2004--Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NVLS), the productivity and innovation leader in advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization processes for the global semiconductor industry, today announced the appointment of Dr. Sasson (Sass) Somekh (57) as President. Dr. Somekh will join Rich... Read more

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