Amkor Technology
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Amkor Technology, Inc. is a semiconductor product packaging and test services provider. The company has been headquartered in Arizona, since 2005, when it was moved from West Chester, Pennsylvania, also in the United States.[5] The company's Arizona headquarters was originally in Chandler,[6] then later moved to Tempe. The company was founded in 1968 and, as of 2022[update], has approximately 31,000 employees worldwide and a reported $7.1 billion in sales.
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| ISIN | US0316521006 |
| Industry | Semiconductors & Related Devices |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Founder | Hyang-Soo Kim |
| Headquarters | Tempe, Arizona, U.S. |
Number of locations | 12 |
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| Revenue |  US$6.50 billion (2023) |
| US$470 million (2023) | |
| US$362 million (2023) | |
| Total assets | US$6.77 billion (2023) |
| Total equity |  US$3.96 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | 28,700 (2023) |
| Website | amkor |
| Footnotes / references [3][4] | |
With factories in China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Portugal, Taiwan and Vietnam, Amkor is a major player in the semiconductor industry. It designs, packages and tests integrated circuits (ICs) for chip manufacturers.
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Amkor self-publishes that the name "Amkor" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "Korea".[7]
Amkor's origins can be traced back to ANAM Industries, a business in Seoul dealing with imported Japanese goods, including bicycles, and founded by Hyang-Soo Kim in 1935. In March 1968, ANAM Industries underwent a transformation into ANAM Industrial Co. Ltd., becoming South Korea's first semiconductor business. One month later, his son Joo-Jin (James) Kim founded Amkor Electronics, Inc. and inaugurated its sales office in Philadelphia. Its semiconductor production and export began in 1970. In 1998, Amkor began publicly trading on Nasdaq.[7]
In 2000, Amkor acquired Integra Technologies, an Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly And Test (OSAT) provider in United States.[8] In 2005, Amkor spun off Integra Technologies.[9]
In February 2016, Amkor fully acquired J-Devices Corp, the largest Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly And Test (OSAT) provider in Japan.[10]
In June 2017, Amkor Technology was recognized as Supplier of the Year for 2016 by Qualcomm Technologies for a second consecutive year.[11]
Amkor Technology has competitiveness for chip assembly by thermal compression as well as wafer level packaging. In September 2018, Amkor Technology opened a manufacturing and test plant at Longtan Science Park in Taiwan.[12]
In 2019, Amkor Technology was ranked 2nd in overall revenue in the OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) market.
- ASE Technology – $11.87 Billion
- Amkor Technology – $7.1 Billion
- JCET – $3.97 Billion
- SPIL – $2.79 Billion
- Powertech Technology – $2.17 Billion
A $2 billion factory for advanced packaging of chips from TSMC in Arizona was announced in November 2023.[13]
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Amkors designs, packages and tests semiconductors for other companies. The company's offers include RF-antenna designs incorporated directly into or onto a chip,[14] CMOS imaging sensors[15] or flip chip packaging with copper pillars bumps.[16][17] Amkor also offers wire bonding of semiconductors to packages[18] as well as a technology to prevent edge gaps and cracks on semiconductor packaging called "Edge Protection".[19][20]
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