Powerchip Semiconductor
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Powerchip Technology Corporation (力晶科技股份有限公司; ) is a maker of memory chips and also provides foundry
services to the customers.
Powerchip was incorporated in 1994 at Hsinchu Science Park
in Taiwan
. The company became a publicly listed company on the Taiwan GreTai Securities market, or the GTSM
. Its outstanding global depositary shares, or GDSs, became publicly listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange in November 1999 and quoted on SEAQ International of the London Stock Exchange in October 1999 before being transferred for trading on the International Order Book of the London Stock Exchange on September 24, 2001.
Powerchip has three fabrication lines, of which handle 300mm silicon wafers.
The major businesses of Powerchip include research, development, manufacturing, foundry, and selling of all types of IC products, and furthermore operate import & export trading business related to the company’s operations.
Foundry (electronics)
In the microelectronics industry a semiconductor fabrication plant is a factory where devices such as integrated circuits are manufactured....
services to the customers.
Powerchip was incorporated in 1994 at Hsinchu Science Park
Hsinchu Science Park
Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park is an industrial park established by the government of the Republic of China on December 15, 1980 with investment from the Kuomintang. It straddles Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County on the island of Taiwan....
in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. The company became a publicly listed company on the Taiwan GreTai Securities market, or the GTSM
Gre Tai Securities Market
The Gre Tai Securities Market is a foundation which organized for serving the over-the-counter market and bond trading of Taiwan. It was formally found on November 1, 1994. The initial fund of the foundation was donated by the Taiwan Stock Exchange, Taiwan Securities Association, and Taiwan...
. Its outstanding global depositary shares, or GDSs, became publicly listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange in November 1999 and quoted on SEAQ International of the London Stock Exchange in October 1999 before being transferred for trading on the International Order Book of the London Stock Exchange on September 24, 2001.
Powerchip has three fabrication lines, of which handle 300mm silicon wafers.
The major businesses of Powerchip include research, development, manufacturing, foundry, and selling of all types of IC products, and furthermore operate import & export trading business related to the company’s operations.