2005 Press Releases
SILTERRA AND ESSENSIUM TO JOINTLY DEVELOP EUROPEAN
CUSTOMERS
COMPANIES TO FOCUS ON ADVANCED SYSTEM-ON-CHIP APPLICATIONS
Kulim, Malaysia and Leuven, Belgium (November 15, 2005)
– Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and Essensium have agreed to
jointly develop and support European semiconductor customers.
Essensium will provide system-on-chip (SoC) design and silicon
intellectual property (IP) development expertise to integrated
device manufacturers (IDM) and fabless semiconductor companies
in Europe. Silterra will provide world-class wafer
manufacturing services to these customers.
Essensium, a provider of silicon integration services, is
headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. The company is a spin-off of
leading international microelectronics and nanotechnology
research consortium IMEC and has vast experience in wireless
and complex system-on-chip design and system-in-package
implementation.
“Essensium’s expertise in complex and advanced
System-on-Chip design is a key differentiator in the
semiconductor design service and IP space,” said Bruce Gray,
Chief Executive Officer of Silterra. “As a team, Silterra
and Essensium are in excellent position to provide seamless
technical and manufacturing solutions to European customers
and with the top-notch support level they demand.”
Europe, which accounts for almost twenty percent of the global
semiconductor market, is a hotbed for innovative wireless and
telecommunications technologies. Through the partnership,
Essensium and Silterra are able to provide a complete turnkey
solution, from high-level technical specifications to packaged
components expeditiously and cost effectively.
Johan Danneels, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of
Essensium, stated: “Our unique capabilities and network of
alliances enable us to provide high value-added design
services to customers. Silterra is a strategic and reliable
foundry partner that offers advanced process technologies that
are great platforms for the applications where our customers
excel.”
The companies have started to market each other’s products
and services and plan to conduct joint marketing programs
starting in the fourth quarter of 2005.
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.
Silterra
Contact
Koh Meng Kong
Tel:
+6-012-491-0425 (Cell phone)
Tel:
+604-401-4166 (o)
Email: mengkong_koh@silterra.com
Lu Ping Chiang
Tel : +886-3-574-1587 (o)
Email:
pingchiang_lu@silterra.com
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