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Amkor Technology, Inc.
Company typePublic
Traded as
ISINUS0316521006
IndustrySemiconductors & Related Devices
Founded1968; 56 years ago (1968)
FounderHyang-Soo Kim
HeadquartersTempe, Arizona, U.S.
Number of locations12
Key people (corporate VP & CFO)
RevenueDecrease US$6.50 billion (2023)
Operating incomeDecrease US$470 million (2023)
Net incomeDecrease US$362 million (2023)
Total assetsDecrease US$6.77 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease US$3.96 billion (2023)
Number of employees28,700 (2023)
Websiteamkor.com
Footnotes / references

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. The company's Arizona headquarters was originally in Chandler, then later moved to Tempe. The company was founded in 1968 and, as of 2022, has approximately 31,000 employees worldwide and a reported $7.1 billion in sales.

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.

Etymology

Amkor self-publishes that the name "Amkor" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "Korea".

History

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.

In 2000, Amkor acquired Integra Technologies, an Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly And Test (OSAT) provider in United States. In 2005, Amkor spun off Integra Technologies.

In February 2016, Amkor fully acquired J-Devices Corp, the largest Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly And Test (OSAT) provider in Japan.

In June 2017, Amkor Technology was recognized as Supplier of the Year for 2016 by Qualcomm Technologies for a second consecutive year.

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.

In 2019, Amkor Technology was ranked 2nd in overall revenue in the OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test) market.

A $2 billion factory for advanced packaging of chips from TSMC in Arizona was announced in November 2023.

Products

Amkors designs, packages and tests semiconductors for other companies. The company's offers include RF-antenna designs incorporated directly into or onto a chip, CMOS imaging sensors or flip chip packaging with copper pillars bumps. Amkor also offers wire bonding of semiconductors to packages as well as a technology to prevent edge gaps and cracks on semiconductor packaging called "Edge Protection".

See also

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