Amkor Technology Announces Expansion of Worldwide Test Services Organization.Business Editors CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2001 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, (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AMKR AMKR Amkor Technology ) is expanding its product test capabilities by adding two additional Test Development Centers to its Worldwide Test Services Organization. They are 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., and Wichita, Kan. The new San Jose development center will provide test engineering services to U.S.-based customers to assist in transitioning their new products to high-volume production in Amkor's off-shore production facilities. The center will focus on the test development of high-end digital and advanced mixed-signal devices. Several new automated test equipment (ATE) platforms are currently installed and several more will be installed during the first quarter of 2001. Additional test engineering resources are also being added at the same time. "With the addition of the development centers, we have enhanced the ease in which we can transfer the latest test technology from the development arena to high-volume manufacturing. Our goal is to which can improve our customer's time to market for their products," said Joe Holt holt n. Archaic A wood or grove; a copse. [Middle English, from Old English.] holt Noun the lair of an otter [from , vice president of Amkor's Worldwide Test Services group. The Wichita development center will focus on strip-test software development. Various ATE platforms are already in place and additional platforms will be added during early 2001. As with the San Jose development center, additional test engineering resources are also being added. "Amkor is committed to providing our customers the best test services available," said Holt. "These additions of new equipment and engineers adds to Amkor's already significant test development resources in San Jose, Wichita, Chandler, the Philippines and Korea and will give our customers the technology support they need. About Amkor Technology: Amkor Technology, Inc. is the world's largest provider of contract microelectronics manufacturing solutions. The company offers semiconductor companies and electronics OEMs a complete set of microelectronic design, manufacturing and test services, including deep sub-micron 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. ; 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. probe, wafer mapping, characterization and reliability testing; IC packaging design and assembly; multi-chip module A Multi-Chip Module or MCM is a specialized electronic package where multiple integrated circuits (ICs), semiconductor dies or other modules are packaged in such a way as to facilitate their use as a single IC. design and assembly; and final testing. More information on Amkor is available from the company's SEC filings and on Amkor's web site: www.amkor.com. 2001-36 2/13/01 Amkor Technology Announces Expansion of Worldwide Test Services Organization |
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