Press Releases

Tower and Jazz Semiconductor Join Forces with SVTC to Expand MEMS Aerospace and Defense Customer Base
NEWPORT BEACH, California, August 20 -- Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM, TASE: TSEM), and its fully owned U.S. subsidiary Jazz Semiconductor, Inc., today announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SVTC Technologies that will expand Tower and Jazz's Aerospace and Defense (A&D) MEMS customer base while providing SVTC's A&D customers with access to select Jazz technology and U.S. manufacturing facilities.

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SVTC, Roth & Rau announce solar technology collaboration
SEMICON West, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 15, 2009—Responding to emerging opportunities in the U.S. solar market as well as economic stimulus funding, SVTC Technologies and Roth & Rau have renewed and expanded their partnership and are establishing a 30 megawatt (MW) world-class photovoltaic (PV) development and manufacturing center located in California’s Silicon Valley in the City of San Jose.

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SVTC Technologies & PDF Solutions Collaborate to Expand Customer Capabilities
San Jose, CA (June 10, 2009) – SVTC Technologies and PDF Solutions, Inc. have formed a strategic agreement to bring leading-edge product development and yield management services to each other's customers, while creating a platform for seeking mutual clients.

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SVTC Enables Schiltron to Produce Smallest Thin-Film Silicon Transistors for 3D Flash Memories
San Jose, CA, June 4, 2009 – SVTC Technologies, a leading independent company providing technology development and commercialization services to global clients, has partnered with startup Schiltron Corporation to produce the smallest silicon-based thin-film transistors ever made, with 48 nm gate length and 35 nm channel thickness.

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SVTC Delivers Millionth Test Wafer
Sapporo, Japan (1 June 2009) – SVTC Technologies, the leading provider of development and commercialization services for silicon-based technologies, today marked the delivery of over a million test wafers by honoring a key customer at the 2009 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC).

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