Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TSEM) 8.54 $TSEM
TowerJazz Receives Supplier Excellence Award from MACOM
Business Wire - Thu Apr 10, 5:00AM CDT
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced it has received the 2013 Supplier Excellence Award from M/A-COM Technology Holdings Solutions Inc. (MACOM), a leading provider of high performance analog semiconductor solutions for use in wireless and wireline applications across the radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter wave spectrum. In 2013, MACOM acquired Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for communications infrastructure applications, which has been a TowerJazz customer for over 10 years. This award recognizes the foundry's continued support, partnership commitment and delivery performance to Mindspeed and now MACOM.
Crocus Technology and TowerJazz Qualify CTSX Magnetic Sensors; Volume Manufacturing Launched
Business Wire - Thu Apr 03, 5:56AM CDT
Crocus Technology, a leading developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies and TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announce that Crocus' CTSX magnetic field sensor family has completed qualification. The CTSX magnetic sensor product family includes CTSX100, 200 and 300 series. They are based on Crocus' proprietary Magnetic Logic Unit(TM) (MLU) technology and are ready for shipping to selected customers.
TowerJazz Announces Completion and Kick-off of its Joint Venture with Panasonic Corporation
Business Wire - Tue Apr 01, 1:30AM CDT
--Will Enable Greater than $900 Million Revenue Annual Run Rate Commencing Q2 2014, and Japanese Operations Consolidation which will Reduce Approximately $130 Million of Present Annualized Fixed Cost
5 of Last Week's Biggest Winners
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Mar 23, 6:30AM CDT
What's better than momentum? Mo' momentum. Let's take a closer look at five of this past week's biggest scorchers. Company March 21 Weekly Gain Endocyte $28.17 106% First Solar ...
Equities Briefing on Top Gainers -- Research on Tower Semiconductor, BioFuel Energy, Flotek Industries and 22nd Century Group
PR Newswire - Fri Mar 21, 8:55AM CDT
The US markets saw a positive sentiment on Thursday, March 20, 2014, with the NASDAQ Composite closing at 4,319.29, up 0.27%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ending the session at 16,331.05, up 0.67% and the S&P 500 edging 0.60% higher to finish the trading session at 1,872.01. During the session, gains in the Information Technology, Financials, and Telecommunication Services sectors positively impacted the broader market. A number of stocks saw large movements, including Tower Semiconductor Ltd (NASDAQ: TSEM), BioFuel Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: BIOF), Flotek Industries Inc. (NYSE: FTK) and 22nd Century Group Inc. (NYSEMKT: XXII). Free technical research on TSEM, BIOF, FTK and XXII can be downloaded upon signing up at:
Why Synta Pharmaceuticals, Herman Miller, and Tower Semiconductor Jumped Today
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 20, 7:00PM CDT
After yesterday's surprise comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen regarding the potential for interest rate hikes by next year, many investors weren't sure how stocks would react the morning after. But encouraging economic news from a rise in the...
Why Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Shares Popped Today
Steve Symington, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 20, 4:19PM CDT
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. -- also known as...
TowerJazz Signs Definitive Agreements with Its Existing Institutional Bondholders to Strengthen Its Balance Sheet
Business Wire - Thu Mar 20, 4:00AM CDT
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced that it has signed definitive agreements with certain existing US and offshore institutional holders, pursuant to which Jazz Technologies, Inc. will issue new un-secured bonds due December 2018 (the "new bonds"
in exchange for approximately $45 million in aggregate principal amount of the approximately $94 million aggregate principal amount of 8% senior bonds due June 2015. The new bonds will be unsecured and are therefore structurally subordinated to the Wells Fargo credit line of up to $70 million due 2018, as are the currently outstanding bonds due June 2015.
TowerJazz Reinforces Strong Presence in Asia Pacific Region, Announces Participation at SEMICON China 2014
Business Wire - Wed Mar 19, 3:00AM CDT
--TowerJazz specialty solutions available for Chinese customers; SOI switches for cellular phones and power platform for mobile applications and LED lighting
TowerJazz and Gpixel Announce World's Highest Resolution, 150 Megapixel Full-Frame CMOS Image Sensor
Business Wire - Tue Mar 18, 4:30AM CDT
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and Gpixel, Inc., a custom IC design house in China, announced today at Image Sensors 2014, the release of Gpixel's world's highest resolution CMOS image sensor using TowerJazz's TS18IS technology. Gpixel's 150 megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor (GMAX3005) will target the demanding medical, industrial and scientific imaging markets. According to a 2014 image sensors report by Yole, sensors for automotive, machine vision, security and surveillance were ranked as fast emerging markets with a CAGR over 20% each. The new sensor from Gpixel and additional products expected to be released this year will answer the growing demand in China for high end image sensors.
Concise Analysis of the International Semiconductor Foundry Market - Forecasts to 2016
M2 - Thu Mar 13, 5:11AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/w52z32/global) has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Semiconductor Foundry Market - Forecasts to 2016" report to their offering. The Global Semiconductor Foundry market is witnessing an increasing consolidation and strategic alliances between market players, which are expected to continue even in the future. Both existing vendors and new entrants prefer the acquisitive route to either enter the market or broaden their portfolio of offerings. For instance, Hua Hong NEC Electronics and Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. completed their merger in 2011. In addition, IBM, Global Foundries, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. have formed an alliance in the market. Since the market is highly fragmented and competitive, players are adopting strategies such as alliances, agreements, and mergers to sustain the competition. According to the report, one of the main drivers is the restocking of inventory by customers. As the demand for semiconductor devices is increasing, customers are replenishing the stock to keep pace with the current as well as near-future market conditions. For the past few years, this has been one of the major contributing factors to the growth of the market. Further, the report states that one of the major challenges in this market is the fluctuating revenue of the Semiconductor industry. The major reason for this fluctuating revenue is the fluctuating demand for the products in this industry. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. List of Abbreviations 3. Introduction 4. Market Research Methodology 5. Scope of the Report 6. Market Landscape 7. Geographical Segmentation 8. Key Leading Countries 9. Vendor Landscape 10. Buying Criteria 11. Market Growth Drivers 12. Drivers and their Impact 13. Market Challenges 14. Impact of Drivers and Challenges 15. Market Trends 16. Key Vendor Analysis 17. Other Reports in this Series Companies Mentioned: - Apple Inc. - Dongbu HiTek Co. Ltd. - GlobalFoundries Inc. - IBM Microelectronics - Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. - Powerchip Technology Corp. - Samsung Semiconductor Inc. - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. - Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (TowerJazz) - United Microelectronics Corp. - Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp - WIN Semiconductors Corp (GaAs) For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/w52z32/global
TowerJazz Announces First 700V 8" 0.18um Power Platform at APEC 2014
Business Wire - Thu Mar 13, 3:30AM CDT
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announces TS18UHV - the first 700V 8" 0.18um Power platform which allows customers to design in a smaller node, very high voltage ICs with an ability for highly functional integration. This also allows integration of an external power device and is suitable for LED driver applications in general illumination and primary controllers in power supplies. In addition, this process offers integration of digital and analog functionality as well as modularity of the platform to fit different needs for various applications. TS18UHV provides a competitive power device Rdson and the best in the industry digital circuit density (up to 125k gates/mm(2)).
TowerJazz Participates at Cadence Design Systems 2014 User Conferences: CDNLive Silicon Valley, EMEA and Israel
Business Wire - Tue Mar 11, 4:30AM CDT
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced its participation at Cadence 2014 Worldwide User Conferences: CDNLive Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, CA on March 11-12, CDNLive EMEA in Munich, Germany on May 19-21, and CDNLive Israel in Tel Aviv on November 3, 2014. TowerJazz is expanding sign-off tool support for Layout Versus Schematic (LVS), design rule check (DRC) and QRC in Cadence's advanced Physical Verification System (PVS) platform. Reference flow 3.0 will be released by the mid 2014 and will include full PVS support and other advance features.
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Looks Forward to Stable GAAP Profits in 2014
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Feb 27, 10:40AM CST
Image source: TowerJazz. Tower Semiconductor , the Israeli chip foundry also known as TowerJazz, reported fourth-quarter results today. Sales decreased 9% year over year due to a contractual volume decrease in the important Micron...
TowerJazz Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Results
Business Wire - Thu Feb 27, 3:35AM CST
--- Margins improve and design wins continue to accelerate ---
Research and Markets: Global Condom Market 2014-2018
Business Wire - Tue Feb 18, 3:12AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5xr4l5/global_condom) has announced the addition of the "Global Condom Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.
UC Irvine and TowerJazz Present 9-Element Fully Integrated W-Band Direct-Detection-Based Receiver at Prestigious IC Design Conference (ISSCC)
Business Wire - Mon Feb 17, 2:30AM CST
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announced today that researchers at the University of California, Irvine's (UCI's) Nanoscale Communication Integrated Circuits (NCIC) Labs presented results from the world's most sophisticated integrated circuit at W-band (75-110GHz) comprising a 9-element fully integrated direct-detection-based receiver (RX) array at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). ISSCC is arguably the most prestigious IEEE technical forum (http://www.isscc.org) and has been the largest technical forum where universities and high-tech companies present the latest advances in integrated circuits design. The fully integrated solution presented by NCIC was fabricated in TowerJazz's advanced 0.18 um SiGe BiCMOS process.
National Rural ACO Selects Lightbeam Health to Deliver End-to-End Population Health Platform
PR Newswire - Wed Feb 12, 8:01AM CST
Lightbeam Health Solutions is excited to announce it has contracted with National Rural ACO to deliver the Lightbeam Health population health platform to its growing network of accountable care organizations. National Rural ACO is a network of rural-based healthcare organizations that benefit collectively from shared care coordination and healthcare technology.
TowerJazz Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Results Conference Call
Business Wire - Wed Feb 05, 2:30AM CST
TowerJazz (NASDAQ: TSEM) (TASE: TSEM), the global specialty foundry leader, will hold a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013 financial results, first quarter 2014 guidance and its business outlook on Thursday, February 27, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (09:00 a.m. Central, 08:00 a.m. Mountain, 07:00 a.m. Pacific and 17:00 Israel Time). TowerJazz will issue the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013 earnings release earlier in the day, on Thursday, February 27, 2014.
TowerJazz Awarded Five-Year Multi-Million Dollar Foundry Improvement and Sustainability Program in Partnership with US Air Force
Business Wire - Wed Jan 29, 3:00AM CST
TowerJazz has announced the award and program kick-off of a Technology Investment Agreement (TIA) with the United States Air Force/Air Force Research Laboratory (USAF/AFRL) of the Wright-Paterson Air Force Base. The Defense Production Act Title III program is a five-year multi-million dollar Large Format Read Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC) Foundry Improvement and Sustainability program focused on continued technology and manufacturing leadership and improvements for TowerJazz's Newport Beach, CA wafer fabrication facility in support of TowerJazz's overall aerospace and defense offering and customers. TowerJazz is a leading manufacturer of state-of-the art ROICs which are key elements in many commercial and military detectors, sensors, and imaging systems spanning air, land, sea and space. This award will enhance TowerJazz's ability to support production requirements of increasingly complex future ROIC designs.
TowerJazz Receives Supplier Excellence Award from MACOM
Business Wire - Thu Apr 10, 5:00AM CDT
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced it has received the 2013 Supplier Excellence Award from M/A-COM Technology Holdings Solutions Inc. (MACOM), a leading provider of high performance analog semiconductor solutions for use in wireless and wireline applications across the radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeter wave spectrum. In 2013, MACOM acquired Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for communications infrastructure applications, which has been a TowerJazz customer for over 10 years. This award recognizes the foundry's continued support, partnership commitment and delivery performance to Mindspeed and now MACOM.
Crocus Technology and TowerJazz Qualify CTSX Magnetic Sensors; Volume Manufacturing Launched
Business Wire - Thu Apr 03, 5:56AM CDT
Crocus Technology, a leading developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies and TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announce that Crocus' CTSX magnetic field sensor family has completed qualification. The CTSX magnetic sensor product family includes CTSX100, 200 and 300 series. They are based on Crocus' proprietary Magnetic Logic Unit(TM) (MLU) technology and are ready for shipping to selected customers.
TowerJazz Announces Completion and Kick-off of its Joint Venture with Panasonic Corporation
Business Wire - Tue Apr 01, 1:30AM CDT
--Will Enable Greater than $900 Million Revenue Annual Run Rate Commencing Q2 2014, and Japanese Operations Consolidation which will Reduce Approximately $130 Million of Present Annualized Fixed Cost
5 of Last Week's Biggest Winners
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Mar 23, 6:30AM CDT
What's better than momentum? Mo' momentum. Let's take a closer look at five of this past week's biggest scorchers. Company March 21 Weekly Gain Endocyte $28.17 106% First Solar ...
Equities Briefing on Top Gainers -- Research on Tower Semiconductor, BioFuel Energy, Flotek Industries and 22nd Century Group
PR Newswire - Fri Mar 21, 8:55AM CDT
The US markets saw a positive sentiment on Thursday, March 20, 2014, with the NASDAQ Composite closing at 4,319.29, up 0.27%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ending the session at 16,331.05, up 0.67% and the S&P 500 edging 0.60% higher to finish the trading session at 1,872.01. During the session, gains in the Information Technology, Financials, and Telecommunication Services sectors positively impacted the broader market. A number of stocks saw large movements, including Tower Semiconductor Ltd (NASDAQ: TSEM), BioFuel Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: BIOF), Flotek Industries Inc. (NYSE: FTK) and 22nd Century Group Inc. (NYSEMKT: XXII). Free technical research on TSEM, BIOF, FTK and XXII can be downloaded upon signing up at:
Why Synta Pharmaceuticals, Herman Miller, and Tower Semiconductor Jumped Today
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 20, 7:00PM CDT
After yesterday's surprise comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen regarding the potential for interest rate hikes by next year, many investors weren't sure how stocks would react the morning after. But encouraging economic news from a rise in the...
Why Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Shares Popped Today
Steve Symington, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 20, 4:19PM CDT
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. -- also known as...
TowerJazz Signs Definitive Agreements with Its Existing Institutional Bondholders to Strengthen Its Balance Sheet
Business Wire - Thu Mar 20, 4:00AM CDT
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced that it has signed definitive agreements with certain existing US and offshore institutional holders, pursuant to which Jazz Technologies, Inc. will issue new un-secured bonds due December 2018 (the "new bonds"
in exchange for approximately $45 million in aggregate principal amount of the approximately $94 million aggregate principal amount of 8% senior bonds due June 2015. The new bonds will be unsecured and are therefore structurally subordinated to the Wells Fargo credit line of up to $70 million due 2018, as are the currently outstanding bonds due June 2015. TowerJazz Reinforces Strong Presence in Asia Pacific Region, Announces Participation at SEMICON China 2014
Business Wire - Wed Mar 19, 3:00AM CDT
--TowerJazz specialty solutions available for Chinese customers; SOI switches for cellular phones and power platform for mobile applications and LED lighting
TowerJazz and Gpixel Announce World's Highest Resolution, 150 Megapixel Full-Frame CMOS Image Sensor
Business Wire - Tue Mar 18, 4:30AM CDT
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and Gpixel, Inc., a custom IC design house in China, announced today at Image Sensors 2014, the release of Gpixel's world's highest resolution CMOS image sensor using TowerJazz's TS18IS technology. Gpixel's 150 megapixel full-frame CMOS image sensor (GMAX3005) will target the demanding medical, industrial and scientific imaging markets. According to a 2014 image sensors report by Yole, sensors for automotive, machine vision, security and surveillance were ranked as fast emerging markets with a CAGR over 20% each. The new sensor from Gpixel and additional products expected to be released this year will answer the growing demand in China for high end image sensors.
Concise Analysis of the International Semiconductor Foundry Market - Forecasts to 2016
M2 - Thu Mar 13, 5:11AM CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/w52z32/global) has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Semiconductor Foundry Market - Forecasts to 2016" report to their offering. The Global Semiconductor Foundry market is witnessing an increasing consolidation and strategic alliances between market players, which are expected to continue even in the future. Both existing vendors and new entrants prefer the acquisitive route to either enter the market or broaden their portfolio of offerings. For instance, Hua Hong NEC Electronics and Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. completed their merger in 2011. In addition, IBM, Global Foundries, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. have formed an alliance in the market. Since the market is highly fragmented and competitive, players are adopting strategies such as alliances, agreements, and mergers to sustain the competition. According to the report, one of the main drivers is the restocking of inventory by customers. As the demand for semiconductor devices is increasing, customers are replenishing the stock to keep pace with the current as well as near-future market conditions. For the past few years, this has been one of the major contributing factors to the growth of the market. Further, the report states that one of the major challenges in this market is the fluctuating revenue of the Semiconductor industry. The major reason for this fluctuating revenue is the fluctuating demand for the products in this industry. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary 2. List of Abbreviations 3. Introduction 4. Market Research Methodology 5. Scope of the Report 6. Market Landscape 7. Geographical Segmentation 8. Key Leading Countries 9. Vendor Landscape 10. Buying Criteria 11. Market Growth Drivers 12. Drivers and their Impact 13. Market Challenges 14. Impact of Drivers and Challenges 15. Market Trends 16. Key Vendor Analysis 17. Other Reports in this Series Companies Mentioned: - Apple Inc. - Dongbu HiTek Co. Ltd. - GlobalFoundries Inc. - IBM Microelectronics - Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. - Powerchip Technology Corp. - Samsung Semiconductor Inc. - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. - Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (TowerJazz) - United Microelectronics Corp. - Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp - WIN Semiconductors Corp (GaAs) For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/w52z32/global
TowerJazz Announces First 700V 8" 0.18um Power Platform at APEC 2014
Business Wire - Thu Mar 13, 3:30AM CDT
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announces TS18UHV - the first 700V 8" 0.18um Power platform which allows customers to design in a smaller node, very high voltage ICs with an ability for highly functional integration. This also allows integration of an external power device and is suitable for LED driver applications in general illumination and primary controllers in power supplies. In addition, this process offers integration of digital and analog functionality as well as modularity of the platform to fit different needs for various applications. TS18UHV provides a competitive power device Rdson and the best in the industry digital circuit density (up to 125k gates/mm(2)).
TowerJazz Participates at Cadence Design Systems 2014 User Conferences: CDNLive Silicon Valley, EMEA and Israel
Business Wire - Tue Mar 11, 4:30AM CDT
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced its participation at Cadence 2014 Worldwide User Conferences: CDNLive Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, CA on March 11-12, CDNLive EMEA in Munich, Germany on May 19-21, and CDNLive Israel in Tel Aviv on November 3, 2014. TowerJazz is expanding sign-off tool support for Layout Versus Schematic (LVS), design rule check (DRC) and QRC in Cadence's advanced Physical Verification System (PVS) platform. Reference flow 3.0 will be released by the mid 2014 and will include full PVS support and other advance features.
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Looks Forward to Stable GAAP Profits in 2014
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Feb 27, 10:40AM CST
Image source: TowerJazz. Tower Semiconductor , the Israeli chip foundry also known as TowerJazz, reported fourth-quarter results today. Sales decreased 9% year over year due to a contractual volume decrease in the important Micron...
TowerJazz Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2013 Results
Business Wire - Thu Feb 27, 3:35AM CST
--- Margins improve and design wins continue to accelerate ---
Research and Markets: Global Condom Market 2014-2018
Business Wire - Tue Feb 18, 3:12AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5xr4l5/global_condom) has announced the addition of the "Global Condom Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.
UC Irvine and TowerJazz Present 9-Element Fully Integrated W-Band Direct-Detection-Based Receiver at Prestigious IC Design Conference (ISSCC)
Business Wire - Mon Feb 17, 2:30AM CST
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, announced today that researchers at the University of California, Irvine's (UCI's) Nanoscale Communication Integrated Circuits (NCIC) Labs presented results from the world's most sophisticated integrated circuit at W-band (75-110GHz) comprising a 9-element fully integrated direct-detection-based receiver (RX) array at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). ISSCC is arguably the most prestigious IEEE technical forum (http://www.isscc.org) and has been the largest technical forum where universities and high-tech companies present the latest advances in integrated circuits design. The fully integrated solution presented by NCIC was fabricated in TowerJazz's advanced 0.18 um SiGe BiCMOS process.
National Rural ACO Selects Lightbeam Health to Deliver End-to-End Population Health Platform
PR Newswire - Wed Feb 12, 8:01AM CST
Lightbeam Health Solutions is excited to announce it has contracted with National Rural ACO to deliver the Lightbeam Health population health platform to its growing network of accountable care organizations. National Rural ACO is a network of rural-based healthcare organizations that benefit collectively from shared care coordination and healthcare technology.
TowerJazz Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Results Conference Call
Business Wire - Wed Feb 05, 2:30AM CST
TowerJazz (NASDAQ: TSEM) (TASE: TSEM), the global specialty foundry leader, will hold a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013 financial results, first quarter 2014 guidance and its business outlook on Thursday, February 27, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (09:00 a.m. Central, 08:00 a.m. Mountain, 07:00 a.m. Pacific and 17:00 Israel Time). TowerJazz will issue the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013 earnings release earlier in the day, on Thursday, February 27, 2014.
TowerJazz Awarded Five-Year Multi-Million Dollar Foundry Improvement and Sustainability Program in Partnership with US Air Force
Business Wire - Wed Jan 29, 3:00AM CST
TowerJazz has announced the award and program kick-off of a Technology Investment Agreement (TIA) with the United States Air Force/Air Force Research Laboratory (USAF/AFRL) of the Wright-Paterson Air Force Base. The Defense Production Act Title III program is a five-year multi-million dollar Large Format Read Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC) Foundry Improvement and Sustainability program focused on continued technology and manufacturing leadership and improvements for TowerJazz's Newport Beach, CA wafer fabrication facility in support of TowerJazz's overall aerospace and defense offering and customers. TowerJazz is a leading manufacturer of state-of-the art ROICs which are key elements in many commercial and military detectors, sensors, and imaging systems spanning air, land, sea and space. This award will enhance TowerJazz's ability to support production requirements of increasingly complex future ROIC designs.
