Corporate Profile for Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, dated Oct. 11, 1996.

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Published Date:   Oct. 11, 1996

Company Name:     Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing

Address:          Headquarters:

                  60 Woodlands Industrial Park D
                  Street 2
                  Singapore 738406

                  United States:

                  2290 North First St., No. 101
                  San Jose, CA 95131

Main Telephone
 Number:          65-362-2838 (Singapore)
U.S. Office
 Telephone:       [phone]

Chief Executive
 Officer:         Tan Bock Seng

Public Relations
 Contact:         Barbara Kalkis/Maestro Marketing & Public Relations
 Business number: 408/996-9975
 Home number:     408/996-8534
 e-mail address:  [e-mail]

Industry:         Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication

Company description: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Inc. is an independent, dedicated foundry, providing advanced technology wafer manufacturing services for the global semiconductor industry.

Systems manufacturers tap Chartered's comprehensive range of submicron CMOS process technologies for the production of digital logic, analog, and memory chips used in such diverse applications as multimedia, communications, computing and networking.

Chartered's two semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Singapore are among the most advanced in the world and can produce nearly 60,000 wafers a month. Both fabs are ISO 9002 certified. A third fabrication facility under construction will begin operations in 1997.

An international company with a diverse population, Chartered employs approximately 1,800 people at its headquarters in Singapore and its operations in Taiwan and San Jose, Calif.

Chartered is a member company of Singapore Technologies Semiconductors (STS). The STS companies provide the full range of services for the global semiconductor industry: design, wafer fabrication, assembly, test, marketing and distribution. STS is a strategic business division of Singapore Technologies, which comprises more than 100 companies whose total revenues exceed US$1.5 billion.

Chartered's revenues for 1995 were US$285 million. The company is privately held.

CONTACT: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing