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ON Semiconductor – The Most Trustworthy Semiconductor Supplier.

ON Semiconductor is one of the few semiconductor distributors in Fortune 500, but it has been relegated to Fortune 1000(512) in 2020, according to recent news. In North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific, ON Semiconductor operates a broad network of production facilities. They also operate sales and layout center communities. The headquarters of ON Semiconductors is in Phoenix, Arizona. It is a worldwide leader in semiconductor sales of $3,907 billion (2016).

The Establishment Of ON Semiconductor

In 1999, ON Semiconductor was founded. The company started out in the Semiconductor Components Group of Motorola as the byproduct. Motorola’s discreet, standard analog, and standard logical devices are still produced. The acquisition of Cherry Semiconductor by ON Semiconductors was completed in April 2000. ON Semiconductor acquired AMI Semiconductor in March 2008 at a cost of $915 million. The purchase of Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. by the ON Semiconductor Corporation for $115 million on July 17, 2008, has been announced by On Semiconductor Corporations, Inc. The purchase approval was announced on 9 October 2008 by Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. The purchase was completed on 10th October 2008 by ON Semiconductor Corporation. ON Semiconductor completed its $17M purchase in November 2009. In July of 2014 (including the settlement of a grant offer for foundries and a permanent agreement whereby ON Semiconductors is a 10 percent partner of Fujitsu’s 8-inch wafer fabric in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan) ON Semiconductors and Fujitsu Semiconductor announced a Strategic Partnership. In April 2019, ON Semiconductors acquired the 300 mm manufacturing facility of GlobalFoundries in East Fishkill, New York.

ON Semiconductors Products

In conjunction with digital signal processors, FM receivers, extension controllers, and modulators, ON Semiconductors supplies application-precision Standard Products (ASSP). In addition, they provide a wide range of Digital Signal Processor (DSP) hearing aid structures. The ON Semiconductors HCT CMOS logic family works with 2 to 6 V Vcc, and ESD safety over 3 company standards (HBM, MM, CDM). Inputs compatible with TTL are included in the HCT logic family. The limited portfolio of Fast Switch Technology (FST) switches comes from ON Semiconductor. The ON Semiconductor Bipolar Metal Gate Family has a Vcc-spectrum of 3 to 18 V, work temperature range between -55 to +125 C, and latch-up immunity greater than 500 mA. ON Semiconductor’s VHCT CMOS logic family runs at 2.0 to 5.5 V Vcc and shows delays in propagation of just 3.8 ns. TTL compatible inputs are available in the VHCT logic family. The ON Semiconductors ACT CMOS logic family has a power current of 24 mA and Vcc operates from 3.0 to 5.5 V. The TTL-compatible inputs in the ACT logic family. ON Semiconductor’s AC CMOS logical family has a powerful cutting-edge of 24 mA and Vcc range of 3.0 to 5.5 V. ON Semiconductors supplies a number of 1-gate and 2-gate MiniGate standard logic devices, in superior micro-packages.

Hassane El-Khoury, The CEO

Hassane El-Khoury was appointed as ON Semiconductor and Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC’s president and chief executive officer in December 2020. In the meantime, El-Khoury was President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of Cypress Semiconductor’s Board of Directors until it was sold to Infineon in April 2020, before becoming an officer of ON Semiconductor.
For 13 years at Cypress, he played numerous roles in the control of business units, product improvement, program engineering, and business improvement. Mr. El-Khoury began his profession as a senior design engineer at Continental Automotive Systems. After moving to the United States from Lebanon, El-Khoury graduated from Lawrence Technological University with a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in engineering from Oakland University. He was awarded a Silicon Valley 40 under the age of 40 in 2018 and is now a member of the KeraCel board.

Sherman Fairchild Arthur Rock, The Founder

Rock was born in Rochester, New York, in a Jewish family. He was an only child and his father owned a small sweet keep wherein Rock labored as a youth. He graduated from the University of Syracuse in 1948 with a B.A. from Harvard Business School and received his MA in Business Management in 1951.
Based out of Silicon Valley, California, he was an early investor in most important companies which include Intel, Apple Computer, Scientific Data Systems, and Teledyne. He joined the United States Army all through World World War II however the battle ended earlier than he was deployed. He then went to university at the G.I. Bill. Rock commenced his profession in 1951 as a securities analyst in New York City, after which joined the company finance branch of Hayden, Stone & Company in New York, wherein he centered on raising cash for small high-technology companies.

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United Microelectronics Corporation – Taiwan’s First Semiconductor Company.

Taiwan is the manufacturing hub for most of the world’s biggest electronics and IT companies. Apart from providing land for manufacturing and labor for work, Taiwan has also given some big-name companies that are leaders of their respective fields. UMC, aka United Microelectronics Corporation, is one such Taiwanese company that has made its mark on the international level. In fact, it is the first semiconductor company in Taiwan.

UMC was founded in 1980, and its headquarter is based in Hsinchu Science Park Hsinchu, Taiwan. The founding of the company is a result of the spinning off of the government-sponsored organization, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

About United Microelectronics Corporation

As said earlier UMC is a spin-off company of a state-owned institution. The company is the first semiconductor company in Taiwan, and it is known to manufacture integrated circuit wafers for other companies which produce fabless semiconductor. Though the company is based in Taiwan, it does most of its business outside the country, TSMC and GlobalFoundries being its major competitors and the automotive industry being its major area of service. The company operates through its four different fabs (300 mm), based in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and China, to provide better service to its customers.

UMC incorporates the latest technologies and innovative techniques to manufacture and process IC manufacturing. Logic/Mixed-Signal, embedded High-Voltage, embedded Non-Volatile-Memory, RFSOI, and BCD, etc., are some of the techniques used by the company. The company has over 12 fab productions and produces about 800,000 wafers every month.

UMC trades as a public company and has listed on New York Stock Exchange as well as Taiwan Stock Exchange. The company employs over 19,500 people worldwide, and as per 2019 records, the company made annual revenues worth US$5 billion.

The Founding and Growth

UMC became the first Taiwanese semiconductor company when it got spun off from the state-owned ITRI. It became the pioneer of the commercial semiconductor industry for Taiwan. In 1985, UMC listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange. The company ran on the IDM model for about fifteen years from its inception, and then in 1995, the company switched to the pure-play foundry model and started to manufacture its own products.

The next year, UMC spun off multiple design units, resulting in the formation of AMIC Technology, MediaTek, ITE Technology, Novatek, Faraday Technology, and Davicom. In 1999, the company established its first 12A, Taiwan’s first 12-inch wafer fab in Tainan Science Park. The next year, UMC became Taiwan’s first-ever semiconductor company to list on the New York Stock Exchange. The same year, the company started to manufacture the chips using copper process technology. It also brought the first 0.13-micron ICs to the industry.

In 2024, the Singapore-based wafer fab of the UMC started mass production, and in 2008, UMC listed some of its stocks on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). The company also made some acquisitions like Hejian Technology Wafer Fab of China in 2013 and Japan-based Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor in 2019. In 2015, UMC entered China by establishing a 12-inch wafer fab in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, where the company started the 28 nm mass production in 2017.

Stan Hung: The Chairman at UMC

Stan Hung is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Strategy Officer in United Microelectronics Corporation. He joined the company in 1991 and became the chairman in 2008. Hung is a native of Taiwan. He completed his school education from a local high school and earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Tamkang University, Taiwan.

Other than being the chairman of UMC, Hung also holds a prime position in some prominent companies. He has been appointed as the chairman of the board in Fortune Venture Capital Corp., TLC Capital Co., Ltd., and Faraday Technology Corporation. Hung also serves Triknight Capital Corporation and UnitedDS Semiconductor (Shandong) Co., Ltd. as the director.

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Tokyo Electron: A 57-years old Japanese Semiconductor Company leading in Asia.

Leave a Comment / Founder, Story, Tech Story / By Annasha

Tokyo Electron Limited, mostly known as TEL was founded in 1963. The company then was established as Tokyo Electron Laboratories. Present day TEL is based on Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The founder of the company is Tokuo Kubo. TEL currently serves Japan, China, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, North America, and Europe. Tokyo Electron Group has many subsidiaries which include TEL as well.

In the semiconductor industry, TEL is involved in producing Semiconductor Production Equipment (SPE) for thermal processing, photoresist development, wet surface preparation, material doping, wafer probing, etc. TEL invests a hefty amount in the research and development cell of the company. Some of the company’s leading technology and development centers are situated in Nirasaki, Sendai, Albany, etc. Let’s have a detailed look at the journey of TEL and milestones received in these 57 years.

The Early Age of Tokyo Electron

The company was founded in 1963 as Tokyo Electronic Laboratories with a capital amount of 5 million yen. It was established as an affiliate of the Tokyo Broadcasting System. At this time TEL dealt with the sales and delivery of diffusion furnaces, leak detectors, and IC production systems. After one year of its establishment, it started selling diffusion furnaces manufactured by Thermo Products Corp. In the following years, TEL came into partnership with Fairchild Semiconductor Corp, established Pan Electron Inc, and opened many new branches of the company.

In the 1970s, many new subsidiaries of TEL were established like TEL Engineering Inc, TEL America, Tokyo Process Development Inc, etc. In 1973, TEL opened its first European office and in the following year, it received an award from Fairchild Semiconductor Corp as TEL expanded the sales of their IC testers. Till now the company was involved in the production and export of consumer electronic goods but in 1975 TEL withdrew from it. In 1978, the company was renamed Tokyo Electron Limited and established Japan’s first IC test center.

Growth and Expansion

The next decade started with TEL receiving the Noda Institute of Economic Research Excellence Management Award and getting listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In 1982, the company established Central Research Laboratory and a few new subsidiaries in Japan. From 1983 the company was in the number 4 position in Nikkei Excellent Companies Ranking for three consecutive years. After a year TEL was listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and by the end of the decade, it was among the top companies in terms of sales in the semiconductor industry.

In the next ten years, many more subsidiaries of the company were developed such as Tokyo Electron Device Ltd, Tokyo Electron Saga Ltd, etc. In 1994, the company shipped its first single-wafer CVD system. The company expanded its many subsidiaries in Massachusetts, Phoenix, Texas, Arizona, Israeli, etc. In 1999, TEL received the Annual Award for Excellence in Disclosure from Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Digital Era

With the advent of the digital era, TEL formulated its new corporate message as “People. Technology. Commitments. ” TEL acquired Supercritical Systems Inc and Timbre Technologies Inc in 2000 and 2001 respectively. In 2003, TEL received the Prime Minister’s award for its excellent contribution to Industry-Academia-Government collaboration. In 2008, TEL received the Intellectual Property Achievement Award. Next year, the company entered a new sector of photovoltaic production business after acquiring Swiss Oerlikon Solar.

In 2011, Tokyo Electron Scholarship was launched at Peking University. The same year TEL was named as one of the world’s most sustainable companies. In 2014, the company’s single wafer cleaning system, CELLESTA won “Semiconductor of the year 2014.” In 2018, the company made it into the list of Top 100 Global Tech Leaders by Thomson Reuters. Last year, the company was recognized as “Most Honored Company” in the All-Japan Executive Team Rankings for five years in succession.

CEO of Tokyo Electron

Tetsuro Higashi has been working at Tokyo Electron for 42 years from 1977 to 2019. He contributed immensely in TEL and for his vivid contributions in both TEL and the semiconductor industry, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star Award in the 2020 Spring Conferment of Decorations. The position of Tetsuro Higashi in TEL was offered to Toshiki Kawai as he became the President and CEO of TEL in 2016.

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SK Hynix: The Second-largest Memory Chipmaker in the World

Leave a Comment / Founder, Inspiration, Story, Tech Story / By Yashica Vashishtha

South Korea is known for its innovative and advanced technologies. There are several companies from South Korea making big in the technology industry. SK Hynix of South Korea is the third-largest semiconductor company and the second-largest chipmaker in the world. The company, with its innovation, has given the world multiple discoveries in the field of semiconductor and memory chips.

A Brief Introduction

SK Hynix is the world’s largest provider of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and flashes memory chips. The company headquarters in Icheon, South Korea, and its worldwide customer list includes Apple, HP Inc., Dell, etc. Hynix’s memory products are used in DVD players, mobile phones, set-top boxes, networking equipment, hard disk drives, etc. The company has its manufacturing units in various countries, including the US, Taiwan, and China. As of 2016, 22,254 are working at Hynix, and the total recorded revenue of the company as of 2018 was US$35.27 billion.

History and Formation of SK Hynix

Though the company was founded on 1 October 1949, it became famous only after it was rebranded in 1983. The company started its journey as Gukdo in 1949 and got a new name, i.e., Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. in 1983. There was mass production of 256K DRAM in the company, and it also started to produce the Multifunctional Phone LX-2 in 1985. The company partnered with IBM to establish a PC sales agency and entered the US with the establishment of the US corporation (HEA).

In 1986, other than its B2B clients, Hyundai started to focus on B2C clients through its Hyundai Blue Chip PC. The company was manufacturing the car radios, developed CMOS type 256K EPROM, and also started the production of a key phone-based private switchboard, PABXHX50. The company developed the 4th generation switchboard HX-400 in 1987 and partnered with MOS Electronic Co. to develop the 256K SRAM. It also launched a satellite broadcasting receiver during the same time. In 1988, Hyundai came with the automatic answering machine and established its European corporation, HEE. At that time, it was at the top in the export of PCs in South Korea.

Hyundai became the first company to export PCs to Japan in 1989. It also developed the 256K Fast SRAM in the same year. It was the 20th largest company in the semiconductor market in the world. In 1990, the company was mass-producing cameras and started to export them to the US. Along with that, it established the HEA Semiconductor and Computer R&D Center and also started to develop bps Pagers and 1M DRAM, becoming the first company in Korea to do that.

Hyundai developed the smallest and the lightest mobile phone in South Korea in 1991. The company also entered the Singapore market in the same year by establishing the Singapore corporation (HES) which was into 486 PC production. The next year, the company came with G4 FAX, a private switchboard HNT-832, built-in car audio systems, and completed the construction of FAB 2 B-Line. By the mid-90s, Hyundai had become the major supplier of semiconductor devices, car-audio, telecom products manufacturer, and provider of monitor & terminal category products. The company acquired Maxtor (US HDD manufacturer) and also developed the CD autochanger in 1993.

Hyundai is credited for the development of the world’s first MPEG-2 SAVI decoder chip and the world’s first 256M SRAM. In 1996, Hyundai had its first IPO on the Korea Stock Exchange. It also developed the world’s first Synclink DRAM test product and 1G synchronous DRAM using SOI technology. Hyundai acquired a large stockholder’s share of LG Semiconductor and merged into LG’s LG Electronics division in 1999.

In 2000, there was a spin-off in the company, forming Hyundai Image Quest, Hyundai Autonet, and Hyundai Calibration & Certification Technologies. Hyundai Electronics was rebranded as Hynix Semiconductor Inc. in 2001, after another spin-off from the Hyundai Group. In 2006, Hynix recorded its highest revenues since the formation of the Hyundai Group.

In 2010, Hynix partnered with HP for the development of Next Generation Memory Products, ReRAM. SK Group of South Korea acquired a 21.05% stake in Hynix in 2012, and the company started to operate as SK Hynix. The acquisition has been great for the growth of SK Hynix.

The CEO: Lee Seok-Hee

SK Hynix CEO — Image Source: kedglobal.com

Lee Seok-Hee is serving as the President and CEO, SK Hynix Inc since 2018. He became a member of the board of the company in 2017. Lee did his graduation and post-graduation from Seoul National University and went for further studies at Stanford University to complete a Ph.D.

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Advantest- The firm that turned helpful in shaping the future of Japan’s nascent semiconductor industry.

Leave a Comment / Founder, Story, Tech Story / By Jayshri

Semiconductors are available on earth in more than enough quantity. However, these are the core component used in a variety of electronic devices. Like smartphones, PCs, electrical household appliances. As well as constitute the parts of automobiles and many other devices. These all devices, in fact, are indispensable to the lives of people. Thus the semiconductors used in such devices must be high in quality, and performance. Many firms are working in this field, and Advantest is one of the names dominating the field. In the semiconductor industry, technology updates alter every single day. While Advantest has always been delivering the product and solutions as per this changing technology.

It is well-known for bestowing to remarkable efficiency in production in the electronics industry. As well, secure and easier the lives of people through its innovative products.

About Advantest

It is a well-known semiconductor firm based in Japan. Manufactures semiconductor products, component test system products, and mechatronics-related products. It is headquartered in Tokyo in Japan. The firm also sells the used electronics components and products through exhibitions. Also, leased the products for commercial use. Additionally, the firm is active in research and development, measuring, and testing technologies.

Network of Advantest

The firm offers it’s services and products to foundries, semiconductor firms, and other firms in the manufacturing industry. It has built a strong network in Japan. As well as covers the other Asian regions, Europe, America, and other parts of the continents.

The backstory of Advantest

Back in 1954, Ikuo Takeda builds the foundation of Advantest as Takeda Riken Industries. Sooner or later, the firm shifted to Oyaguchi-Cho in Itabashi Ward, later on shifting again in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward. In 1957, Advantest release the first product for current measurement. It was Micro Ammeter. One more milestone of Advantest, that time Takeda Riken is the first-ever electronic counter made in Japan.

The TR-124B counter helped in exploring the business for the firm and gave it fame as the digital counter company. As well, marked the beginning of innovative products in the companies history. Thereafter, Advantest released many electronics components that were made in Japan for the first time. Such as vibrating capacitance ultra-low-current electrometer, digital voltmeter, etc. The firm touched the new level when it introduced the TR-3189 105 MHz electronic counter, the highest-performance product in the world. Soon this product popular all over the world; in 1962, selected as one of the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun’s “Top 10 New Products”.

Services and products

To verify the quality, reliability, and performance of the semiconductors that will be used in electronic components, Advantest has Automated Testing Equipment/ATE. With this electrical test, the complex and defects in semiconductors can be detected with great accuracy. It also enabled another method for semiconductor testing i.e. using peripheral devices. Advantest has also been active in Nanotechnology Business, Field services, SLT business, and many other related businesses.

Apart from that, the firm also conducts the sale of use semiconductors, commercial mechatronic products, component test systems. As well, it is active in the device leasing business.

Exploring the business

Starting from its establishment, Advantest used cut edge technology. It developed products that reflect the innovative nature of the firm. In 1980, it released the first tester made in Japan. Thereafter, it launched a memory system having a capacity of 20MHz.

During the 1980s, Advantest’s T-3300 series remarked as one of the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun’s “Top 10 New Products”. Moreover, the firm produced an intelligent spectrum analyzer of series TR-4172. Because of its multifunction features, it became popular among communications equipment manufacturers. To explore the business furthermore, Advantest acquired Astronics Corporation in 2019. It was working in the field of semiconductor system-level test business. As well as it captured Essai, Inc in 2020, so that it can enable high-precision test solutions than earlier.

Recognition and Awards

Advantest has been selected for FTSE Blossom Japan Index and FTSE4Good Index. The first index measures the performance in environmental practices, and the second one is related to CSR. It is also honored as a 5-Star Company. Also, marked its name in 10 BEST List in VLSIresearch Customer Satisfaction Survey. Not for the first time but for the 31st Consecutive Year.

Yoshiaki Yoshida- CEO

He is serving as CEO at Advantest since 2017. Yoshiaki has been working with the firm for a long time. In fact, he joined the company in 1999.

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AMD – The evolution of semiconductor firm from designing simple Shift register to high tech processors

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The semiconductor industry is one of the inherently risky industries. Because we know that technology evolves every year, and people also demand products that use cut edge technology. But the product development cycle generally takes three to five years, so companies need to stay one step ahead of the customer’s demand. It means, the firms need to develop such products in advance that customers will demand a few years later. Thus, if any semiconductor firm doesn’t follow the update then it will be out of competition, surely.

In such a scenario, very few old firms succeed to keep their dominance in the semiconductor industry. Advanced Micro Devices i.e. AMD is one of such names that still have a high reputation and has acquired a large market globally. Since 1969, the firm has gone through lots of evolution as well as up-downs but succeeds to meet the exceptions of every generation.

What is AMD?

A USA based multinational semiconductor firm AMD is well-known all over the world. It is headquartered in Santa Clara in California. The firm is recognized for its computer processors and the development of other technologies for business as well as personal consumers. Mainly the firm has manufacturing units of microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, graphics processors, and embedded processors. These are used for PCs, servers, workstations, and embedded system applications.

How it is formed?

To see the history of AMD’s establishment we have to look back to the year 1969. Yes, it is that old and still stands out than other Rivals. Meanwhile, in 1969, the former executives of Fairchild semiconductor established Advanced Micro Devices to develops their own products. They were almost seven colleagues including Jerry Sanders III, John Carey, Ed Turney, Sven Simonsen, Jack Gifford, and the other three members.

Soon after a year of establishment, the firm released the first product. It was a 4-bit MSI shift register of series Am9300. Also, it launched the logic counter of series Am2501, which was commercially successful. As well, it was the fastest multiplier available at that time. Thereafter, AMD developed many other products including RAM chips, processors, etc.

Products Of AMD

Since 1969, AMD acquired large business as well as consumer market due to its promising products. US Department of Energy also favors AMD’s chips for its project of the supercomputer. As well, the firm is a powering exascale class supercomputer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Moreover, the Ryzen processor is a well-known product of AMD. Recently, the firm released the third generation of this product. Another processor called Epyc is a milestone of Advanced Micro Devices, designed for data centers. Apart from processors, firm design CPU, APU, RAM, Graphics products, etc. Athlon, Opteron, Radeon, Radeon Instinct are some of the products of AMD.

Strategy

Standing out in the competition in the semiconductor industry is not a cakewalk. When there are tough competitors like Intel, it gets more difficult. Despite all challenges, AMD stands strong in the industry since it’s the foundation. For this, credit goes to the policymakers and founders. The firm adopted a unique strategy and focus on areas of development of high-performance processors, computing architecture, and gaming graphics chips. While stayed away from entering technology related to mobile phone development, basically the areas outside its core Competencies.

Some of the key founders of AMD

AMD Founders — Jerry Sanders, Jack Gifford, John Carey, Larry Stenger

Walter Jeremiah Sanders III

He is an American businessman and one of the core founding members of AMD. As well, he served as the CEO of the firm for a long time. Before that, Jerry worked at Fairchild semiconductor, a firm that design the first IC.

Edwin James Turney

He shares great contributions in the establishment of AMD i.e. Advanced Micro Devices. Before that, he also worked at Fairchild Semiconductor. At AMD, he served as a vice president of sales and administration for a long time.

Other Founders

The Fairchild Semiconductor’s former employees Jack Gifford, Larry Stenger, John Carey, Frank Botte, Sven Simonsen, Jim Giles also helped in the AMD Foundation.

Later success

Lisa Su is presently serving as the CEO of AMD since 2014. Under her policy, AMD achieved great success and stability in the commercial market. Though the firm business is affected due to the US-China trade war as well as disruptions due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the firm’s shares are increased by more than 1,300%. Currently, AMD is focusing on the global data center market. While other high-tech companies focusing on next-generation technologies such as 5G, IoT, AI, etc. Last year, AMD stock was the best performing stock in the S&P 500. As well, it is in growing about 150% during this year.