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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (35082)	5/8/2000 1:36:00 PM
From: tech101	Read Replies (1) of 70976

How Well Do You Know the Chip Business? Quick! What company is the world's largest independent provider of semiconductor packaging and test services? Give up? Here's a hint -- it's headquartered in West Chester, Pa. Not a good hint, huh? The world leader is Amkor Technology and this week it solidified its position by taking over direct ownership of all of its packaging and test operations. In a deal worth $1.4 billion, Amkor picked up three semiconductor assembly and testing factories in South Korea from Anam Semiconductor and invested $459 million to increase its stake in Anam's silicon foundry business from 19% to 43%. The fab, located in Buchon, South Korea, will be cranking out 25,000 eight-inch wafers per month by the third quarter. Amkor now owns seven chip-assembly and testing factories with more than 3.5 million square feet of manufacturing space and an additional 1 million for future expansion. These seven plants packaged 1.4 billion semiconductors in 1999, or about 6% of the world's supply, according to Amkor. semibiznews.com

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