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Powertech Technology
IndustryTech Hardware & Semiconductors
Founded1997
Headquarters,
Number of employees
+18,000
Websitepti.com.tw

Powertech Technology Inc. (PTI; Chinese: 力成科技; 6239. TW) is a Taiwanese semiconductor assembly, packaging and testing company. Powertech is Taiwan's biggest chip tester and packager.[1]

In 2010 the company entered a strategic alliance with Japan's Elpida Memory and Taiwan's largest chip foundry United Microelectronics Corporation to develop advanced semiconductor packaging technology.[2]

The company is purported to be manufacturing Apple Inc.'s Apple S1 chip for their recently announced Apple Watch.

References

  1. ^ "Powertech to acquire two Japanese firms". Taipei Times. April 15, 2017. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ [1] 21 June 2010 (Reuters) "Japan's Elpida Memory Inc 6665.T said on Monday that it would tie up with Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp (2303.TW: 行情) and Powertech Technology Inc (6239.TW: 行情) to develop advanced semiconductor packaging technology. The companies said in a statement the alliance would leverage the strengths in Elpida's DRAM, PTI's assembly and UMC's foundry logic technologies to develop a "one-chip solution" "