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SILTERRA TO INTRODUCE NEW CHIPS
Kulim, Kedah, April 22, 2008 – SilTerra
Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. plans next month to unveil its new range of chips
for small and large panel displays used in handheld devices and
liquid crystal display (LCD) panels.
Chief
Executive Officer, Eg Kah Yee told StarBiz that Silterra used the
latest CMOS logic technology to develop chips, designed to give
higher colour resolution for display panels.
"Measuring
0.13-micron in size, these chips are high-voltage (HV) types
commonly used in MP3 players and handphones."
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Workers manning a machine at Silterra’s plant in Kulim
Hi-Tech Park.
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"We
are also developing another range of HV 0.18-micron chips used for
LCD screens," Eg said.
He
said Silterra expected to ship out about 184 million HV 0.16-micron
and HV 0.13-micron chips this year.
The
HV 0.16-micron chips released late last year is the predecessor of
the HV 0.13-micron chips.
"The
units to be shipped out makes 15% of the 1.2billion handphones
expected to be released this year," he said.
Eg
said Silterra was now more focused on its production of chips.
"Previously,
we also produced chips used in modems, routers and ADSL
devices. We are now focusing on making chips used in
handphones and display panels," he said.
Eg
said Silterra spent US$30mil to US$40mil annually on research and
development.
Established
in 1995, Silterra has since invested about US$1.6bil in its wafer
manufacturing facility at Kulim Hi-Tech Park.
The
principal investor of Silterra is Khazanah Nasional Bhd.
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.
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