Planar Semiconductor develops, manufactures, sells, and services. semiconductor capital equipment used to clean silicon wafers. Its Pulsar 3000 is based on a revolutionary wafer cleaning technology that employs several unique -- and extensively patented -- techniques and features. In extensive testing by major semiconductor device manufacturers, the Pulsar 3000 has been proven to deliver materially superior cleaning efficiencies without causing any damage to the wafer or device structures as well as to provide higher throughputs and lower capital and operating costs.