STATS ChipPAC Completes Expansion of 300mm Wafer Bump and WLCSP Operation in Taiwan

SINGAPORE--11/17/2011, UNITED STATES--(Marketwire - Nov 16, 2011) - STATS ChipPAC Ltd. ("STATS ChipPAC" or the "Company") (SGX-ST: STATSChP), a leading semiconductor test and advanced packaging service provider, today announced that it has completed the expansion of its 300mm wafer bump and Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging (WLCSP) operation in Taiwan. STATS ChipPAC has invested more than US$150 million in Taiwan to provide a strong full turnkey wafer bump and WLCSP offering. With the recent expansion, production capacity at STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Co., Ltd. ("STATS ChipPAC Taiwan") has increased to 420,000 bumped wafers per year and 60,000 WLCSP devices per year. An official inauguration was held at STATS ChipPAC Taiwan with more than 80 honoured guests and company management participating.

"The continued success and growth of our wafer bump, flip chip assembly and advanced wafer level chip scale packaging is a testament to our commitment to manufacturing excellence to drive form factor and performance requirements for our customers at advanced technology nodes and cater to the most demanding needs of mobile and consumer devices," said Wan Choong Hoe, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, STATS ChipPAC. "We have significantly increased our ability to support customers with 300mm production capacity and can leverage the benefit of higher efficiencies and economy of scale to deliver cost effective packaging solutions."

For WLCSP, all of the manufacturing process steps are performed in parallel at the silicon wafer level rather than sequentially on individual chips. The result is a package that is essentially the same size as the die, achieving one of the most compact semiconductor package footprints with increased functionality, improved thermal performance and finer pitch interconnection to the printed circuit board. STATS ChipPAC Taiwan's advanced wafer level process technologies include low cure temperature polymers and the use of copper for under bump metallization (UBM) and redistribution layers (RDL) to achieve higher densities and increased package reliabilities.

"The addition of fully integrated wafer level processing capabilities in our Hsin-chu Hsien facility increases our ability to provide customers with more cost-effective, high density wafer level packaging solutions for thin, light weight, portable products. We have tripled our Class 100 cleanroom space to 3,478 square meters or 37,437 square feet and significantly increased both our 300mm bump and WLCSP capacity. We have been working to expand our technology processes to support bump pitches down to 40um," said Richard Weng, Managing Director, STATS ChipPAC Taiwan. "Our customers have responded favourably and we are working closely with them to accelerate our production ramp to support the strong growth in demand for full turnkey wafer bump and wafer level packaging services."

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About STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
STATS ChipPAC Ltd. is a leading service provider of semiconductor packaging design, assembly, test and distribution solutions in diverse end market applications including communications, digital consumer and computing. With global headquarters in Singapore, STATS ChipPAC has design, research and development, manufacturing or customer support offices in 10 different countries. STATS ChipPAC is listed on the SGX-ST. Further information is available at www.statschippac.com. Information contained in this website does not constitute a part of this release.