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July 1999: set-up of Altis Semiconductor,
a 50/50 joint venture between IBM and Infineon Technologies |
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a 55 hectare site |
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25,000 m2 of clean rooms |
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Annual 2005 sales: EUR ~450 million
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EUR 1 billion invested since its
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R&D spending: ~10% of total sales |
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42,000 of 200 mm diameter per month |
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technology from 0.25µm to 0.13µm |
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workforce of ~2,000 including 400
engineers |
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15 nationalities present on the
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