1st Silicon Establishes U.S. Subsidiary, Opens Silicon Valley Office.Business/Technology Editors KUCHING, SARAWAK, Malaysia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. today announced the launch of its U.S. subsidiary company, 1st Silicon (America) Inc., and the opening of the firm's first North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. office. The principal charter for 1st Silicon (America) Inc. is to develop business partnerships and manage the foundry's sales and marketing efforts in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. &uot;The opportunity to be a new foundry provider to support the fast growing semiconductor industry is very exciting to all of us at 1st Silicon,&uot; said Claudio G. Loddo, the company's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , &uot;having a full time presence in North America is an extremely important element of our business and our commitment to address the needs of our customers in a timely and efficient manner.&uot; He added, &uot;the opening of this office demonstrates the readiness of 1st Silicon to establish business partnership and build what we hope will be long term relationships with foundry customers here in Silicon Valley. This office will be instrumental in solidifying so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. these partnerships.&uot; The new office, located at 2635 North First Street, Suite #203, San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , CA 95134 (telephone: 408 943 8131; facsimile: 408 943 8135), will house sales and marketing personnel as well as customer support staff. The company is actively hiring internationally to support the factory ramp plan in 2000. About 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. 1st Silicon is a dedicated semiconductor foundry founded in 1998 by the Malaysian State of Sarawak. The company is well on schedule in the construction of the fab as well as technology transfer with Sharp Corporation (Japan). Sharp is 1st Silicon's technology partner as well as first customer. 1st Silicon's 200mm wafer (1) A small, thin continuous-loop magnetic tape cartridge that has been used from time to time for data storage and specialized applications. (2) The base unit of chip making. It is a slice taken from a salami-like silicon crystal ingot up to 12" (300mm) in diameter. fab with an ultimate capacity of 30K wafers wafers compressed roughage in flat plates useful for feeding to animals in transit. per month will be operational in Q3 2000. The facility will commence production with 0.25um digital and mixed signal CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. technology, followed by 0.18um and below. The company is headquartered in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. Homepage: www.1stsilicon.com
Editor's Notes:
1. &uot;1st Silicon&uot; and the 1st Silicon logo are trademarks belonging
to 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
2. U.S. press inquiries should be directed to Kim Alfaro, The
Leapfrog Group, 1812 Webster Street, San Francisco, CA 94115,
USA. Telephone: 415 563 4769, Fax: 415 563 8913, email:
kimpr@holonet.net
3. All International press inquiries should be directed to Allen R.
Sangco, 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Level 2, Riverbank
Tower, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, 93100 Kuching, Sarawak,
Malaysia; telephone +60-82-410212, fax +60-82-410213; email:
allens@1stsilicon.com
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