1stSilicon's Headquarters Building on 97 Acre Campus Complete; Professional & Support Staff Move In April 20, 2000.Business Editors and High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers KUCHING Kuching (k  `chĭng), city (1991 pop. 277,346), capital of Sarawak, Malaysia, in W Borneo and on the Sarawak River. It is the largest city in the state and a river port. , SARAWAK, Malaysia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2000 1stSilicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. completed phase one of its US$1 billion 0.25um - 0.18um 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 in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Completed ahead of plan, the new headquarters will eventually house 700 professional and support staff. Over one-third of them moved into the new administrative building of the headquarters campus on April 20, 2000. 1stSilicon's completion and qualification schedule for the year 2000 will see equipment installed at the beginning of May and qualified by the end of Q2; following this, process qualification will begin in preparation for production in Q4. At a brief move-in ceremony, 1stSilicon Chief Executive Officer Claudio G. Loddo told the assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. professional and support staff that the clean room production area is 88% complete. Several hundred million dollars worth of process equipment is scheduled for installation in early May to support initial run rates of 20,000 wafers wafers compressed roughage in flat plates useful for feeding to animals in transit. per month. The facility has an ultimate capacity in excess of 30,000 wafers per month. 1stSilicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.'s new address is: 1stSilicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. 1 Silicon Drive Sama Jaya Free Industrial Zone 93350 Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia Telephone: +60 82 354 888 Facsimile: +60 82 363 330 Claudio G. Loddo remarked, "Through the strong support of the Malaysian state and federal governments, the hard work of the M&W construction crew and the exemplary Malaysian local work ethic work ethic n. A set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and diligence. work ethic Noun a belief in the moral value of work , we were able to complete our administrative building ahead of schedule, and establish our world headquarters here today." "Our world headquarters completion and move-in means we are significantly closer to serving the considerable business opportunities now being presented to us. With the cooperation and support that our suppliers, partners and customers are giving us, we are confident that we will be a viable wafer source quickly and become a foundry A semiconductor manufacturer that makes chips for third parties. It may be a large chip maker that sells its excess manufacturing capacity or one that makes chips exclusively for other companies. of choice to our customers." 1stSilicon expects to have its first wafer ramp-up run before Q3 2000. About 1stSilicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. 1stSilicon is a dedicated semiconductor foundry founded in 1998 by the Malaysian State of Sarawak. 1stSilicon's 200mm wafer fab, with an ultimate capacity of 30,000 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. Geometries of 0.18um and below will soon follow. SHARP is 1st Silicon's technology partner as well as its first customer. The company has headquarters in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, with a U.S. registered subsidiary corporation located in 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. , Calif. NOTE: "1stSilicon" and the 1stSilicon logo are trademarks belonging to 1stSilicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. All product names, trademarks or registered trademark referenced herein are the property of their respective companies. |
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