Nova Receives Multiple Orders for its Advanced Software Solutions

REHOVOT, Israel, April 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. NVMI, a leading innovator and a key provider of optical metrology solutions for advanced process control used in semiconductor manufacturing, announced today that multiple leading edge customers have placed multimillion orders for its newly introduced software solutions. The orders include Nova's Hybrid Metrology and Fleet Management software solutions for high volume production at the most advanced 2X and 1X technology nodes.

Nova's Hybrid Metrology solution is part of Nova's holistic approach to utilize multiple sources of information to enhance the overall metrology performance for better process control. The Hybrid Metrology solution combines data from a range of metrology tools with Nova's own metrology measurements to provide improved performance.

Nova's Fleet Management software is Nova's advanced solution for managing large fleets of metrology tools. It is designed to address the needs of metrology and process engineers in the fab, enabling high productivity and efficiency across a large fleet of metrology tools.

Both solutions were qualified following intensive technical evaluations during the last few months with leading customers and in multiple sites.

"We are very excited to receive these initial orders for our new advanced software solutions," said Eitan Oppenhaim, President and CEO of Nova. "These orders are clear evidence that our strategic decision to invest in these proprietary software solutions, which are based on our leading edge modeling engines, was the right one in order to enhance the metrology performance required in the most advanced technology nodes. We expect additional orders of our software solutions from these and other customers throughout the year. Our leadership in the Hybrid Metrology, which we have demonstrated in concept over the past several years in multiple publications and technical papers, can now been seen in our leading edge customers' sites, with active deployments underway to support their complex challenges and high volume production efforts."                                                                                                                                                               

About Nova: Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. develops, produces and markets advanced integrated and stand alone metrology solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Nova is traded on the NASDAQ & TASE under the symbol NVMI. The Company's website is: www.novameasuring.com

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