Amkor Contributes to Xilinx Virtex-II FPGAs "Product of the Year" Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2002 Amkor Technology Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR) is a high-tech semiconductor product manufacturer that includes Intel and IBM among its primary customers. Previously headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, Amkor recently announced that it will move to Chandler, , Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR AMKR Amkor Technology ) announced today its contribution to the Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. family of programmable logic devices See PLD. , which won Product of the Year award from Electronic Products magazine. Amkor uses its Flip Chip A chip packaging technique in which the active area of the chip is "flipped over" facing downward. Instead of facing up and bonded to the package leads with wires from the outside edges of the chip, any surface area of the flip chip can be used for interconnection, which is typically done and other advanced packaging technologies to manufacture the advanced FPGA family. Xilinx received the award based on the significant advances in technology, design innovations and price-performance capabilities found in the Virtex-II FPGA family. "Amkor has enjoyed a strong strategic manufacturing partnership with Xilinx for over 15 years, during which time we have supported the development of a broad range of Xilinx FPGAs with an increasingly sophisticated array of packaging and test solutions, including PBGA PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array , FlexBGA, Flip Chip and System-in-Package," said Doug Turnage, Amkor's Vice President, U.S. Western Sales. "We understand that fabless semiconductor companies such as Xilinx place an enormous degree of trust in their contract manufacturers. For the past 15 years we have worked closely with Xilinx engineers to ensure that our advanced packaging solutions meet Xilinx's demanding requirements." "Having the Virtex-II family be recognized as Product of the Year is a tremendous honor for us," said Alelie Funcell, vice president of the Supplier Management of backend manufacturing and engineering at Xilinx. "It's a testament to the dedication and amount of technical expertise that Xilinx's Advanced Product Group R & D team has put into the development of this highly advanced product. As a fabless company Fabless Company The Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) defines fabless as follows: Fabless (without fab) refers to the business methodology of outsourcing the manufacturing of silicon wafers, which hundreds of semiconductor companies have adopted. , we rely a great deal on the strong relationship we have with our subcontract manufacturing partners like Amkor to bring this product to market. Through solid partnership, we look forward to delivering future generations of highly successful products to our customers." Amkor is the world's largest provider of contract microelectronics assembly and test services. The company offers semiconductor companies and electronics OEMs a complete set of microelectronic design and manufacturing services. More information on Amkor is available from the company's SEC filings and on Amkor's web site: www.amkor.com. |
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