Applied Materials Inc, Santa Clara, California has a $30m agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co: the order includes multiple Precision 5000 CVD Precision 5000 Etch and Endura 5500 PVD, and the first phase calls for nearly $8m in shipments to begin in August and September 1991, with the rest following over the next 15 months; the Precision 5000 CVD and Precision 5000 Etch systems are repeat orders but the multiple Endura 5500 PVD systems are the first 5500s to be shipped to a Taiwanese firm.
