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News Release from: AMI Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 June 2007
MagnaChip becomes second source for
SmartPower
MagnaChip Semiconductor is to manufacture AMI Semiconductor's 0.35um SmartPower technology and continue existing joint development of ULP technology.
MagnaChip Semiconductor is to manufacture AMI Semiconductor's 0.35um SmartPower technology and continue existing joint development of ULP technology This agreement follows a November 2005 announcement of a 0.18um development and foundry relationship between the two companies
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Developed in conjunction with AMIS, the process is targeted at battery powered and other key low-power consumer and medical devices.
Another part of the agreement covers the SmartPower process transfer from AMIS to MagnaChip along with a capacity agreement that allows AMIS to use MagnaChip's foundry services to address significant growth opportunities in the high-voltage telecom market.
AMI Semiconductor's SmartPower 0.35um mixed-signal process supports up to 80V operation and combines high-density digital circuits, high-voltage circuitry and high-precision analogue blocks on a single chip.
"We are pleased to have MagnaChip as a manufacturing partner to supplement our own manufacturing operations", says Chris King, CEO of AMIS.
"The collaborative effort of both companies will provide our customers with leading-edge technology and, thus, advanced products for low-power medical applications, such as hearing aids and implantable devices, as well as high-voltage telecom products, such as highly-integrated power-sourcing equipment, that use SmartPower technology".
"We appreciate the confidence AMIS has shown in MagnaChip by embracing us as a manufacturing partner in two key process technology areas", says Sang Park, Chairman and CEO of MagnaChip.
"We believe that this relationship will enable our two companies to grow in the ultra-low-power and SmartPower markets and provide customers top-level quality and capabilities in their end products".
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