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MILPITAS, Calif., April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC), announced a new, high-throughput defect inspection / metrology / review system for leading-edge chip manufacturers: the CIRCL(TM) suite. Designed for operation in lithography, outgoing quality control (OQC) and other process modules, this new cluster tool monitors the front side, back side and edge of the wafer for defects and, in parallel, measures wafer edge profile, edge bead...

MILPITAS, Calif., April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KLA-Tencor Corporation has been recognized as one of 19 companies receiving Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for their performance in 2011. KLA-Tencor Corporation is recognized for their significant contributions providing Intel with inspection and metrology capital equipment and services, deemed essential to Intel's success. "We are honored to receive this prestigious award from Intel in recognition of...

MILPITAS, Calif., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC), the world's leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related industries, today announced that the company will conduct a live audio webcast to review its third quarter fiscal year 2012 results on Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. PDT. The live webcast will be available on the Investor Relations page of KLA-Tencor's website at...

CHICAGO, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for XOM, BIIB, KLAC, VFC, and EGO. To see what our analysts have discovered about these stocks read the Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts at http://www.iotogo.com/s/032712B (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB), KLA...

MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC), the world's leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related industries, today announced that the live audio webcast of the company's presentation at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference is scheduled for Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at 2:10 p.m. PST. The live webcast will be available on the Investor Relations page of...

CHICAGO, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT), Lam Rearch (Nasdaq: LRCX), Novellus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVLS), KLA-Tencor Corporation (Nasdaq: KLAC) and CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA). (Logo:...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- D2S®, a supplier of computational design platforms, today announced that it has bolstered its management team with the hiring of three semiconductor industry veterans with deep business and technology expertise in electron beam (eBeam), photomask and lithography technology. Sterling Watson has joined D2S as vice president of engineering, Anthony Adamov has joined the company as vice president of business development, and Ryan...

MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.35 per share on its common stock payable on March 1, 2012 to KLA-Tencor stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 21, 2012. About KLA-Tencor: KLA-Tencor Corporation, a leading provider of process control and yield management solutions, partners with customers around the world to develop...

MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) today announced operating results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2012, which ended on December 31, 2011, and reported GAAP net income of $111 million and GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.66 on revenues of $642 million. "A resurgence in demand from foundry customers drove strong order growth in the second quarter and has given KLA-Tencor excellent momentum as we begin calendar 2012," said Rick...

MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC), announced three new wafer defect inspection systems for leading-edge chip manufacturers: the 2900, Puma 9650 and eS800 systems. This new flagship suite is designed to address the wide range of defect issues that new materials, structures and design rules have imposed on manufacturers of advanced chips. The new 2900 Series broadband optical wafer defect inspection platform extends optical...