SCU “Fast Facts"
Q. What kind of test services does STATS ChipPAC Test Services offer? A. STATS ChipPAC's US test facility located in Milpitas, California (Silicon Valley) offers full-service semiconductor test development services that provide customer access to high-end, richly-configured test systems, as well as software and hardware development, wafer sort, final test and other backend services.
Q. How is STATS ChipPAC's test facility in the US different from other such test facilities? A. This facility was designed from the ground up to "mirror" STATS ChipPAC's volume production facilities in Asia. It is a microcosm of STATS ChipPAC's Asian test facilities, featuring matching test system configurations, handlers, probers and interface hardware, as well as identical manufacturing specs, procedures and processes.
Q. What advantages does this "mirroring" provide? A. When pre-production wafer sort or final test is performed at STATS ChipPAC's US test facility, there is a greater rate of success when production is transferred overseas onto matching hardware. Ramping and meeting production volume targets using multiple systems is faster. Customers can offload locally and leave the production offload task to STATS ChipPAC.
Q. What else is unique about STATS ChipPAC's US test facility?
A. STATS ChipPAC's US test facility plays a vital role in STATS ChipPAC’s continuing strategy to offer customers total manufacturing solutions that will help reduce time-to-market. These facilities are specially designed for easy accessibility to enable a "fast ramp." Unique features of the US test facility include:
- Keyed access for 24/7 hour availability
- "Virtual test floor" offices with system test heads located just beyond the office window, creating a quieter engineering environment
- An in-house loadboard designer available to provide quick quotes