FSI International, Inc. (FSI) designs, manufactures, markets and supports equipment used in the fabrication of microelectronics, such as advanced semiconductor devices. During the fiscal year ended August 30, 2008 (fiscal 2008), the Company provided surface conditioning technology solutions and microlithography systems, and support services to manufacturers of integrated circuits. FSI manufactures, markets and supports surface conditioning equipment that uses wet, vapor, cryogenic and other chemistry techniques to clean, strip or etch the surfaces of silicon wafers. The Company’s POLARIS Microlithography systems business provides products that are used to deposit and develop light-sensitive material onto the surface of silicon wafers and similar substrates.