Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1995 |
| Seat | Singapore |
| management | Chia Song Hwee ( CEO ), Ho Ching ( Chairman ) |
| Number of employees | 5800 |
| sales | approx. 1.66 billion US $ (2008) |
| Branch | microelectronics |
| Website | www.charteredsemi.com (formerly) |
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing was the world's third largest contract manufacturer for semiconductor products ( foundry ) in2009. Since January 2010 the company has been part of the contract manufacturer Globalfoundries .
Structure and cooperation
The company headquarters and all manufacturing facilities were located in Singapore . Chartered operated five factories for processing 200 mm wafers and one for 300 mm wafers with structure widths of up to 65 nanometers . On the latter, the company worked closely with IBM as well as with Infineon and Samsung ; for IBM it manufactured CPUs for the Xbox 360 game console as well as cell processors from the second half of 2006 . It also manufactured processors for AMD . In 2008 Broadcom and Qualcomm each contributed more than 10% of revenue.
Ownership
In September 2009, the Abu Dhabi Emirates Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing announced that they had entered into a binding agreement to acquire ATIC's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing. ATIC already owns the majority in Foundry Globalfoundries .
On January 13, 2010, Globalfoundries announced the incorporation of Chartered into the company.
Web links
- Theo Valich: AMD tech is saving Xbox 360 CPU . On: theinquirer.net. April 7, 2006 (article with manufacturing details).
Individual evidence
- ↑ corporate overview Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd . July 2, 2008, accessed January 15, 2010.
- ↑ Foundry rankings change as shortages near http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217800121
- ^ A b Christof Windeck: AMD manufacturing division Globalfoundries and Chartered merge . Heise online, January 13, 2010, January 15, 2010.
- ↑ 2008 Annual Report http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/93/93866/2008AR/2008AnnualReport.pdf
- ↑ Chartered Semiconductor: ATIC presents takeover offer , online article dated September 7, 2009