AMIS to second source power products

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Aug 13, 2003

Intersil has taken on significant outsourced foundry capacity to meet the high demand for its power solutions.

Intersil has taken on significant outsourced foundry capacity to meet the high demand for its power solutions.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed with AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) to secure identical-process foundry capacity that duplicates Intersil's Palm Bay, Florida facility for high-volume power IC production.

This move to self-second source high-demand products will ensure uninterrupted product flow to Intersil's customers.

Intersil's duplicate foundry capacity will be located at AMIS's manufacturing facilities in Pocatello, Idaho.

"As we completed a very successful 2002, Intersil surpassed the half billion mark for the total number of Endura power ICs shipped", said Rick Furtney, Vice President and General Manager of Intersil's High Performance Analogue Product Group.

"We shipped over 300 million power ICs in 2002 alone.

Our track record clearly indicates a rapidly accelerating trend.

That is why we have entered into an agreement with AMIS - to secure the needs of our growing customer base going forward.

AMIS is a well-known and highly capable semiconductor manufacturer.

We have great confidence in them as a second source for our high-run power products".

According to the 17th March iSuppli Market Watch report (Volume 3, Issue 11), which ranks the world's analogue semiconductor IC manufacturers by revenue, Intersil was listed among the top 12 analogue IC manufacturers for 2002.

This is a move up from the 17th position Intersil held in 2001.

This significant rise in rank is evidence of Intersil's success in targeted computing and information appliance markets.

"We're very pleased to have entered into this strategic, long-term second-source partnership with a technology leader like Intersil", said Rocke Acree, Foundry Marketing Manager for AMI Semiconductor.

"Our ability, experience and expertise in efficiently transferring processes from other manufacturing sites enables us to help ensure Intersil's success in its key end markets".