Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing

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Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing
Type	Public (SGX: C27), (NASDAQ: CHRT)
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Woodlands, Singapore
Key people	Ho Ching, Chairman, and Chia Song Hwee, CEO
Industry	Semiconductor integrated circuitry
Revenue	▲ SGD1.435 billion (2006)
Employees	4,681
Website	Main Corporate

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing SGX: C27 NASDAQ: CHRT (abbreviated CSM) is the world's fourth largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Woodlands Industrial Park, Kranji Singapore. The company is listed on the Singapore Exchange under the trading symbol of CHARTERED, as well as on NASDAQ (CHRT).

Chartered provides comprehensive wafer fabrication services and technologies to semiconductor suppliers and systems companies. Chartered's customer base is primarily high-growth, technologically advanced companies operating in the communication, computer and consumer sectors. It does not provide design services and works from customers' designs to produce communications chips.

Besides its own fabs, Chartered operates joint venture facilities with other firms, it offers chip assembly and test services through sister firm STATS ChipPAC. Chartered owns 5 fabrication facilities, all of which are located in Singapore, including the newest, Chartered's first 300-mm facility which started commercial shipment in June of 2005.

The other major semiconductor foundries include TSMC and UMC.

In 2006 AMD announced that it will manufacture CPUs with Chartered on a 65 nanometer process. It also has alliances with IBM, Infineon, Samsung and Agere Systems.