DR. CHARLES CHAN APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF SILTERRA USA
Chan Strengthens Sales Organization With Scopious Experience

Kulim, Malaysia, April 9, 2007 – Semiconductor wafer foundry veteran Dr. Charles Chan has been named President of Silterra USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Chan, tapped to spearhead Silterra’s sales operations in the U.S., is based in the company’s San Jose, California office and reports directly to Lai Yit Loong, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing.

Chan has over 17 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, most recently with Huahong International (Shanghai, China) where he was Vice President of Foundry Outsourcing. Chan had started-up the US sales office of Chinese wafer foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and was the Vice President for its Americas unit. His wafer foundry experience also included TSMC North America, where he was a Senior Account Manager for strategic accounts. Chan had also held senior technical positions at Intel and Micron Technology. He earned his doctorate, master’s and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in the United States.

“Charles is well known in the wafer foundry business and has a very successful track record,” said Lai. “His experience in the leading foundries and extensive knowledge in the industry are immensely valuable assets for Silterra. With his solid background, Charles can lead us to better serve and increase our successes at key accounts.”

As President of Silterra USA, Charles Chan is responsible for the company’s sales operations in North America, including expanding its customer base and optimizing the sales process.

“The wafer foundry business is very unique in that our performance has a tremendous impact on the success of our customers,” said Chan. “Where Silterra can differentiate from the rest of the industry is to provide a complete solution with the right design expertise, optimized IP, and high quality manufacturing capabilities to customers. The value of our total solution strategy is to provide customers with competitive advantages to win in their own market segments.”

Silterra offers leading foundry matched advanced CMOS process technologies and highly accurate analog and RF models critical for many consumer and communications designs.


About Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.:

Market demand driven, SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd is a semiconductor wafer foundry offering major foundry compatible CMOS logic, high-voltage and mixed-signal/RF technologies down to 0.13-micron feature size. This includes complete, competitive contract manufacturing for fabless and IDM customers’ designs. SilTerra’s wafer fab has a design capacity of 40,000 eight-inch wafers per month.
Environmentally vigilant, SilTerra delivers award winning, world-class performance to its customers seeking flexible capacity, competitive advantages and around the clock customer support. SilTerra is ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 certified. Founded in 1995, the company’s headquarters and factory are located in Malaysia’s Kulim High-Tech Park, and SilTerra has sales and marketing offices in San Jose (California) and Hsinchu (Taiwan). For additional information on SilTerra or its services, please visit www.silterra.com.