December
9, 2002, TAIPEI, TAIWAN--- WIN Semiconductors Corporation
(WIN), the world leading 6-inch wafer pure-play GaAs RFIC/MMIC
foundry services provider, and Roke Manor Research (Romsey,
UK), a leading design services provider, today announce
a strategic alliance to provide customers with a broad range
of services in advanced product and system design.
WIN
and Roke Manor Research are partnering together to utilize
WIN's full spectrum of GaAs process technologies and Roke
Manor Research's many years of experience and expertise
in RFIC and MMIC design.
"We
are very pleased to work with Roke Manor Research. Coupling
WIN's state-of-the-art process technologies with Roke Manor
Research's expertise in RFIC and MMIC design will provide
customers with a complete solution from design to finished
parts," said Simon Yu, General Manager and Associate
Vice President of North America and Europe sales at WIN.
"This will greatly decrease the product turn around
time for IDM, fab-less, module and system clients which
is key in rapidly growing industries such as telecomms and
automobile."
"This
alliance will provide our customers with the one-stop shop
ability to achieve custom MMIC solutions, quickly, efficiently
and with an optimum cost result - especially for high volume,
fast time to market, commercial wireless products,"
said Roger Hopper, Principal Skill Group Leader of the GaAs
IC Group at Roke Manor Research. "By leveraging our
pHEMT receiver and HBT Power Amplifier design experience,
with WIN's fast turn around, 6" wafer processing capabilities
we are confident that we can provide the best design solution
for our customers." |
