Aviza Technology Announces Participation in Investor Conference SEMInvest 2008

Business Wire, July 12, 2008

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Aviza Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVZA), a supplier of advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, today announced that Jerry Cutini, President and CEO, is scheduled to participate in the investor conference, SEMInvest 2008[TM].

SEMInvest 2008 will be held in conjunction with SEMICON West and represents a partnership between SEMI and JPMorgan in order to provide small cap Semiconductor Equipment and Consumables companies a venue to present to investors. Aviza Technology will participate in the first of three panels, which are: Front End Equipment; Components and Sub Systems; and Materials and Consumables.

The event will be held on Monday, July 14, 2008 at the San Francisco Marriott, 55 Fourth Street, in San Francisco, California. The event will not be web cast. The slides presented by Mr. Cutini will be made available by the Company on the Investor page of Aviza Technology at www.aviza.com.

About Aviza Technology, Inc.

Aviza Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells and supports advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets. The Company's systems are used in a variety of segments of the semiconductor market, such as advanced silicon for memory devices, advanced 3-D packaging and power integrated circuits for communications. Aviza's common stock is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ GM: AVZA). Aviza is headquartered in Scotts Valley, Calif., with manufacturing, R&D, sales and customer support facilities located in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. Additional information about the Company can be found at http://www.aviza.com.