Alphatec Group

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Business

• Affiliation of 15 companies to become the world's second largest independent provider of semiconductor-related manufacturing services
• Provide management and strategic direction for a group of separately financed and individually operated companies
• Revenue : Over $1 billion in 1995
• Employee : Approximately 7,000 in 1996
• Headquaters: Dual headquaters in
  • Santa Clara, California
  • Bangkok, Thailand
• WWW Site : http://www.alphatec.com/

Historical Background

• 1989 Alphatec Electronics Bangkok Ltd. established
• 1991 Initial production began; Ceramic Package
• 1992 Plastic Package production began
• 1993
  • NS Electronics Bangkok (1993) Ltd. acquired from National Semiconductor
  • Alphatec Electronics Bangkok PCL listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand
• 1994
  • Alphatel acquired from AT&T
  • First Wafer Fabrication in Thailand established and named SubMicron Technology
• 1995
  • Indy Electronics acquired and renamed Alphatec USA
  • Wafer Fabrication (DRAMs) as joint venture with Texas Instrument (TI) established and named Alpha-TI
  • Alphatec Electronics Shanghai as joint venture with Shanghai Government & Microchip Technology established (IC Assembly & Test)
• 1996
  • Alpha Memory as joint venture with TI and TI Acer established (DRAM IC Assembly & Test)
  • Alpha Precision, Lead Frames Factor established

Alphatec Affiliation

• Wafer Fabrication

  • SubMicron Technology PCL -- Bangkok

    • World class 200mm wafer fabrication facility
    • Capable of 5000 wafers - out per week
    • Start up on 0.65 / 0.5 micron CMOS
    • Located in Alpha Technopolis
    • Class 0.1 Mini-Environment
    • SMIF - style
    • Construction started Q3 1995
    • First production wafer - Q2 1997
    • Technology agreement with Rockwell Semiconductor Systems
    
    

  • Alpha-TI Semiconductor Ltd. -- Bangkok (JV)

    • DRAM Wafer fabrication company
    • Joint Venture: TI - 26%, Charn Uswachoke - 74%
    • 200 mm wafer - 0.35 micron
    • 10K wafer starts per month in phase 1
    • 10K more in phase 2
    • Located in Alpha Technopolis
    • Construction started in Q1 1996
    • First production wafer - Q3 1997
  
  

• IC Assembly & Test

  • Alphatec Electronics Bangkok PCL -- Bangkok

    • Established 1998 - Bangkok, Thailand
    • 2,200 Employees
    • 228,000 square feet
    • IC Assembly & Test - Plastic & Hermetic
    • Major Customers
      • Advanced Micro Devices
      • CyPress Semiconductor
      • Phillips Semiconductor
      • Texas Instruments Inc.
      • Microchip Technologies
    
    

  • Alphatec Electronics Shanghai -- Shanghai (JV)

    • Joint Venture Partners
      • Alphatec Electronics
      • Microchip Technology Inc.
      • Shanghai Instrumentation & Electronics Holding Group
    • IC Assembly & Test
    • Phase 1 - 75,000 Square feet
      • PDIP/SOIC/PLCC - 200 million/year
      • Production Started Q3 1996
    • Phase 2 - 75,000 Suare feet
      • TSOP/PQFP/TQFP - 100 million/year
      • Production Starts 1999
    
    

  • ALphatec Electronics USA -- California USA

    • Acquired 1993 - Manteca, California
    • Name Change in 1995
    • 825 employees
    • 85,000 square feet
    • IC Assembly & Test
      • Plastic, Hermetic & MAQUAD
      • Quick turn domestic assembly
    • Major Customers
      • IBM
      • Hewlett Packard
      • Texas Instruments
      • National Semiconductor
      • VLSI Technology
    
    

  • Digital Test Service (DTS) -- California USA

    • Acquired 1995 - Santa Clara, California
    • 50,000 square feet
    • 117 employees
    • Wafer probe & Test Services
    • Wide range of test platforms
      • Sentry 7 -10 MHz/60 pins to
      • HP 83000 -330 MHz/384 pins
    
    

  • NS Electronics Bangkok (1993) Ltd. -- Bangkok

    • Established 1973 as National Semiconductor
    • The first company to produce IC in Thailand
    • Acquired in 1993
    • 2,900 employees
    • IC Assembly & Test - Plastic & Ceramic
    • Major Customers
      • Catalyst Semiconductor
      • Microchip Technologies
      • National Semiconductor
      • Phillips Semiconductor
    
    

  • Alpha Memory -- Bangkok (JV)

    • Joint Venture: Charn Uswachoke, TI & TI-Acer
    • Memory Assembly and Test
    • Lead-on-Chip for DRAM Assembly
    • 150 Million units/year in 1st phase
    • Construction starts mid 1996
    • Located in Alpha Technopolis Technology Park
    • Operation 2nd half 1997
    
    

  • Thai Micro System -- Bangkok

    • Management Responsibility 1996
    • 400 Employees
    • 35,000 square feet
    • IC Assembly & Test - Plastic package
    • Major Customers
      • Advanced Micro Systems
      • Microlinear Corporation
  
  

• Finished Products

  Alphatel/Alphasource

  • Acquired 1994 / established 1990, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Develop/Design/Market-Communications Products
    • Original Designs
    • Licensed Products
    • Private Label Products
  • 1,500 Employees
  • 270,000 square feet
  • Organized into 2 divisions
    • AlphaSource PCL : Telephone handset, PCB & OEM Product Assembly & Test
    • Alphatel Ltd. : Communication Product Design
  
  

• Support Companies

  • Micron Group -- Bangkok

    • Alpha Precision
      • Formed 1996
      • Lead Frame Supplier: Stamping, etching and plating of IC lead frame
      • Located in Alpha Technopolis
    • CS Plastics
      • Plastic Injection Molding: Shipping tubes, handling trays, piece parts, etc.
      • Bangkok
    • Micron Precision
      • Precision Machining: Spares, tool, and die
      • Bangkok
    
    

  • Alpha Stone International -- Bangkok

    • Providing the World of Enhanced Telecommunications
    • Merging Computer and Telecommunication Technologies
    • Global Network Vision Being Established-- Regional Centers:
      • Dallas, Texas
      • Bangkok, Thailand
      • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    
    

  • Alpha Commsat -- Bangkok

    • Projects
      • Interactive Communication
      • Local Area Networks and Wide Area Network throughout all major cities and countries
      • Bidder for 8th National Plan fixed-line Privatization scheme
      • Local Multi-point Distribution Services (LMDS)
      • Energy Conservation
    • Lines of Developing Opportunities
      • Converging Technology
      • Alpha Commsat System Integrating
      • Trading Services
      • Project Bidding
      • Business Alliances
      • International and Regional Investment
      • Manufacturing Sourcing
    
    

  • Alpha Technopolis -- Bangkok

    • Thailand's first high technology industrial park 2,000 acres
    • Import/Export trade zone
    • Self-contained utilities / Communications
    • Housing / Shopping / Hospital / School
    • Research & Development Center
    • Training Center
    • Technical University
    • Test & Calibration Lab

Positions available

All relevant disciplines are welcomed.