Articles by TowerJazz

TowerJazz , the global specialty foundry leader, announced the closing of the sale of all its holdings in Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. (HHSL), the parent company of HHNEC, one of Mainland China’s leaders in the field of IC foundry service, in a HHSL share repurchase transaction, for $32 M...

TowerJazz announced a signed agreement with Public and Private Consortium Tecnopolis del Sur (Tecnopolis del Sur) to help foster research and technological development in Argentina to enable product competitiveness in the international market. The terms of the agreement include training of the R&D groups of Tecnopolis del Sur by...

TowerJazz announced that it completed its previously announced acquisition of Micron Technology’s fabrication facility in Nishiwaki City, Hyogo, Japan. The acquisition nearly doubles TowerJazz’s current internal manufacturing capacity, cost-effectively increasing production by 60,000 wafers per month. The added capacity to serve the growing needs of its expanding blue chip...

TowerJazz announced availability of its wireless antenna switch SOI process technology applicable to multiple wireless standards. SOI based solutions cost substantially less than legacy solutions based on GaAs PHEMT or silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) technologies. The TowerJazz SOI technology is unique relative to other SOI processes in that it maintains full...

At IMS 2011, TowerJazz (Booth 715) will be spotlighting its 260 GHz, 0.18 um, Third Generation SiGe BiCMOS technology. It is optimized for next generation needs for high speed interfaces in communication protocols, including automotive collision avoidance systems, millimeter-wave radar and GHz imaging. The technology improves performance while reducing...

TowerJazz announced an office opening in Shanghai, China and the appointment of Lei Qin as China Country Manager to increase business presence and activity in this region. Currently, TowerJazz serves fabless companies in China providing RF products such as base station, GPS and others. TowerJazz is focused on providing...

TowerJazz , a global specialty foundry leader, announced its Aerospace and Defense Business Unit has expanded its multi-project wafer (MPW) services to include CMOS image sensors (CIS) in addition to high-speed SiGe and SOI RF CMOS. These offerings will be available for on-shore or ITAR controlled prototype and manufacturing...

TowerJazz , a specialty foundry leader, announced it was selected by Toppan Technical Design Center Co. Ltd. (TDC) as its preferred specialty foundry supplier. TowerJazz has successfully engaged in multiple specialty design projects in Japan with TDC in the area of Silicon Germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS technologies used for high...

TowerJazz , a specialty foundry leader, announced it has joined the IPL Alliance, an organization chartered with establishing an interoperable custom design ecosystem. The IPL Alliance, comprised of major EDA and foundry companies, has devised the first open standard for interoperable Process Design Kits (iPDK) for analog/mixed-signal designs. The...