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Anam Semiconductor Receives TI'S 2001 Supplier Excellence Award; Anam is the Only Foundry to Receive Award.


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CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 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,  (Nasdaq:AMKR AMKR Amkor Technology ) said that Anam Semiconductor, Inc. has been awarded Texas Instruments See TI.

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 Supplier Excellence Award for 2001.

Each year TI recognizes a select group of companies who contribute significantly to TI's business success. Suppliers are rated on the basis of environmental responsibility, technology, responsiveness, supply assurance, cost and quality. Only 28 companies in TI's worldwide supplier base received the award this year. Anam was the only foundry to be so honored.

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 to receive this award, which recognizes that strategic manufacturing partnership that exists among Amkor, Anam and TI," said Amkor Executive Vice President Eric Larson. "This award is a tribute to the dedicated employees of Anam and Amkor 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.  Services who have worked hard to support TI's success."

Anam Semiconductor fabricates digital signal processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
  • Designed for real-time processing
 chips for TI at its wafer foundry in Korea; Amkor Wafer Fabrication Services provides support for Anam in the US. Earlier this year, Anam and Amkor completed their fourth Technical Assistance Agreement with TI, assuring continued technical cooperation between the companies. The Anam foundry, established in 1998, was developed with technology transferred from TI. The foundry currently produces 8-inch semiconductor wafers wafers

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 using a range of sub-micron process technologies at the 0.35, 0.25, 0.18 and 0.15-micron process levels. Manufacturing capacity is approximately 30,000 wafer-starts per month.

About Amkor:

Amkor Technology, Inc. is the world's largest provider of contract semiconductor assembly and test solutions. 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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