1st Silicon Fab Starts 2000 Watertight.Business Editors/High Tech Writers KUCHING, SARAWAK, Malaysia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. today announced the completion of all construction activities required to make the new fab watertight. This is a major building milestone, and according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the company, it occurred on-schedule and within budget. Claudio G. Loddo, 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. of the Malaysian foundry said, &uot;Reaching watertight status is crucial for our program. The outer shell of the fab is practically completed. The next step is the coating and sealing of the fab's floors and interior walls, then the ultra-high purity work installation, equipment move-in, and hook-up. We are delighted to have reached this milestone. Our goal is to continue our effort to ensure that we stay on schedule to bring up the fab to support our customers' needs.&uot; Importance of Water Tightness Project Manager for M+W Zander zan·der n. pl. zander or zan·ders A common European pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca) valued as a food fish. [German, from Low German Sander , Gavin Francis explains, &uot;Watertight marks the first major construction milestone for a semiconductor fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. facility. It is an industry-recognized benchmark that signifies the project's change from the 'building construction' to the 'cleanroom installation' phase.&uot; After achieving this milestone, the project focus and construction objectives are shifted to the necessary protocol requirements for &uot;clean build&uot; activities. The production space can now be pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. to eliminate the potential of external contaminants entering the space. Next, specialized chemical coatings are applied to floors, walls and other surfaces, a critical step that precedes the installation of the fab's cleanroom components and high purity process utility systems. About 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. 1st Silicon is a dedicated semiconductor foundry founded in 1998 by the Malaysian State of Sarawak. 1st Silicon's 200mm wafer fab with an ultimate capacity of 30K wafers 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. Sharp is 1st Silicon's technology partner as well as first customer. The company is headquartered in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. A sales and marketing office in Silicon Valley will be announced soon. Homepage: www.1stsilicon.com Editor's Notes Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : 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 San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , 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 Not to be confused with Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation of Malaya. Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah , 93100 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia; Telephone: +60-82-410212, fax +60-82-410213; email: allens@1stsilicon.com 4. M+W (Meissner &Wurst) Zander, a subsidiary of Jenoptik AG, is 1st Silicon's prime contractor. |
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