American Semiconductor, Inc. Realizes Increase in Custom Fabrication Business.BOISE, Idaho “Boise” redirects here. For other uses, see Boise (disambiguation). Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the county seat of Ada County and the principal city of the Boise metropolitan area. -- American Semiconductor, Inc., a pure-play foundry provider for Flexfet(TM) SOI (Silicon On Insulator) A chip architecture that increases transistor switching speed by reducing capacitance (build-up of electrical charges in the transistor's elements), and thus reducing the discharge time. The power requirement is also reduced in some designs. 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. fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. and advanced custom process development, is realizing a significant increase in custom process fabrication demand for on-shore U.S. manufacturing. "We are seeing a significant increase in the number of requests for custom process development and fabrication from both large and small customers," states Doug Hackler, American Semiconductor President and 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. . There is a sizable market segment that is being underserved and constraining new product/business development both in the U.S. and abroad due to the lack of foundry services for prototype and low-volume custom processing. American Semiconductor's business model supports low-volume custom R&D and fabrication which is an enabling service for technology industry growth. Many of these projects do not fit into the business model of typical foundry operations; however, they fit well within the custom process capability at American Semi. Custom capability includes advanced process modeling to optimize first prototype results for low-cost proof-of-concept. American Semi maintains relationships with a wide range of development labs to provide extensive custom capability and processes can be transferred to production fabrication sites. American Semiconductor is currently expanding both of these manufacturing capabilities due to the increase in custom job requests. "We continue to focus on our new advanced Flexfet(TM) SOI CMOS process capability and its transfer into production; however, the custom process services product line is providing a great opportunity to meet customers' needs for new technology development." About American Semiconductor American Semiconductor, Inc. is a pure-play foundry for SOI CMOS wafer fabrication Wafer Fabrication is a procedure composed of many repeated sequential processes to produce complete electrical or photonic circuits. Examples include production of radio frequency (RF) amplifiers, LEDs, optical computer components, and CPUs for computers. and custom process development/prototyping. The company is a U.S.-based corporation founded in November 2001. The focus is on foundry and custom process development support for fabless and IDM (1) See identity management. (2) (Integrated Device Manufacturer) A company that performs every step of the chip-making process, including design, manufacture, test and packaging. Examples of IDMs are Intel, AMD, Motorola, IBM, TI and Lucent. commercial organizations and research institutions. American Semiconductor is dedicated to providing maximum IP protection and fast service production of designs using Flexfet(TM) SOI CMOS processes and custom development/fabrication of customer defined processes. American Semiconductor is active in advanced technology research for agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense. |
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