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Semiconductors
Selected
Semiconductor Portfolio Companies:
United
Microelectronics Corp.
 UMC
was founded in 1980. It was the first major spin-off from
ITRI and has since been credited for pioneering the semiconductor
industry of Taiwan. It has achieved a 40% annual rate of growth
for the first decade of its operation, and has extended a
network of sales to North America, Europe, Japan and Southeast
Asia. UMC went public in 1985 and has maintained its position
as the leading IC manufacturer in Taiwan. Today, the Company
is the second largest IC foundry in the world and is also
listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the trading
symbol of UMC.
Taiwan
Mask Corp. (TMC)
 TMC
was founded in 1988 as a spin-off company from ITRI. ITIC
assumed the key lead investor role in the formation of TMC.
Since its inception, TMC has experienced high rate of growth
and has been the primary provider of mask service to Taiwan’s
IC fabs. At present, TMC is advancing its technology to deep
sub-micron applications. TMC went public in 1995. It was selected
by Forbes magazine as one of the 100 best foreign small companies
in its November 3rd, 1997 issue. Today, TMC is the largest
industry player in Asia except Japan.
Analog
Technology Corp
 Founded
in 1996, Analog Technology is one of the few semiconductor
companies that fabricate both digital and analog IC devices.
The Company manufactures a variety of products, including
DC-Fan driver Ics, EEPROM ICs, CD-ROM driver ICs, DC-DC converter
ICs, nonvolatile Memory ICs, etc. Analog Technology has both
design and manufacturing capabilities. The Company targets
its market at PC, monitor, communications and PCMCIA card.
Analog Technology is one of the major analog IC suppliers
for Taiwan’s PC industry. The Company went public in
2000, the Yulon Group acquired a controlling stake in 2001
and formally changed its name to Antek Semiconductor Corp.
in 2002.
Chipbond
Technology, Inc.
 Chipbond
was founded in 1997 by a group of semiconductor industry veterans
and was spun-off from ITRI. The Company was the early pioneer
in Taiwan to provide wafer bumping services, primarily in
gold bumping and solder bumping services. Chipbond also provides
TCP (tape carrier packaging) and COG (chip on glass) turnkey
solutions. The Company went public in 2001 and is currently
the 2nd largest gold bumping service provider.
Gallant
Precision Machining Ltd.
(Original Investment:
Kingbond
Semiconductor, Inc.)
 Kingbond
was founded in 1997 with technical joint venture between ITRI
(means of technology transfer) and Toshiba Corp. and became
Taiwan’s first company specialized in IC packaging front-end
equipment manufacturer. Products include wafer taping, wafer
detaping, wafer mount, die bonding, die pack & place,
etc. Based on similar product lines and business model, Kingbond
was merged with Gallant Precision Machining, Ltd. (Listed
on Taiex) in the 2nd half of 2002. Today, it is one of the
leading IC packaging manufacturer in Taiwan.
Precision Silicon Corp.
 Precision
Silicon was founded in 1998 in Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. The Company
is one of the leaders in providing silicon epitaxial wafers
and epitaxial services. The Company went public in December,
2002 and currently has offices in Tokyo, Japan and Hsin-Chu
Taiwan.
Ardentec Corp.
Established in late 1999 by ITRI veterans and industry experts, Ardentec provides wafer test services to fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers, and independent wafer foundries. As one of the major players in the market, the Company went public in early 2005.
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