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Amkor and TSMC to Expand Partnership and Collaborate on Advanced Packaging in Arizona
TEMPE, Ariz. & HSINCHU, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) and TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) announced today that the two
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[{"type":"text","content":" TEMPE, Ariz. & HSINCHU, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAmkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) and TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) announced today that the two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and bring advanced packaging and test capabilities to Arizona, further expanding the region’s semiconductor ecosystem.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241003738370/en/\nAmkor and TSMC have been closely collaborating to deliver high volume, leading-edge technologies for advanced packaging and testing of semiconductors to support critical markets such as high-performance computing and communications. Under the agreement, TSMC will contract turnkey advanced packaging and test services from Amkor in their planned facility in Peoria, Arizona. TSMC will leverage these services to support its customers, particularly those using TSMC’s advanced wafer fabrication facilities in Phoenix. The close collaboration and proximity of TSMC’s front-end fab and Amkor’s back-end facility will accelerate overall product cycle times.\n\nThe companies will jointly define the specific packaging technologies, such as TSMC’s Integrated Fan-Out (InFO) and Chip on Wafer on Substrate (CoWoS®) that will be employed to address common customers’ needs.\n\nThe agreement underscores the shared commitment to supporting customer requirements for geographic flexibility in front-end and back-end manufacturing, as well as fostering the development of a vibrant and comprehensive semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem in the United States. The companies’ shared vision is to enable seamless technology alignment for customers across a global manufacturing network.\n\n\"Amkor is proud to collaborate with TSMC to provide seamless integration of silicon manufacturing and packaging processes through an efficient turnkey advanced packaging and test business model in the United States,” said Giel Rutten, Amkor’s president and chief executive officer. “This expanded partnership underscores our commitment to driving innovation and advancing semiconductor technology while ensuring resilient supply chains.\"\n\n“Our customers are increasingly depending on advanced packaging technologies for their breakthroughs in advanced mobile applications, artificial intelligence and high-performance comp...