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FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
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EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January, 2003
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
No. 1, R&D Road 1
Science-Based Industrial Park
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Republic of China
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| ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD. (Registrant) | ||||||||
| Date: January 23, 2003 |
By: |
/s/ S.J. Cheng | ||||||
| Name: S. J. Cheng Title: Deputy Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
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EXHIBITS
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| 1.1 Press Release |
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Exhibit 1.1
For Immediate Release
Contact:
| ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD. |
The Global Consulting Group | |||
| Investor Relations/Media Relations |
Investor Relations |
Investor Relations | ||
| Dr. S.K. Chen |
In US: |
In Hong Kong: | ||
| 886-6-507-7712 |
Mark Jones |
Andrew Mak | ||
| s.k._chen@chipmos.com.tw |
1-212-807 5027 |
852-2905 3181 | ||
| mark.p.jones@tfn.com |
andrew.mak@tfn.com.hk | |||
ChipMOS Introduces Advanced COF Assembly and
Testing
Technology
Tainan,
Taiwan, January 23, 2003 – ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD. (Nasdaq: IMOS) (“ChipMOS/Bermuda”) today introduced its newly developed COF (Chip on Film) assembly and testing technology with inner lead pitch below 40um at an
advanced technology development show held at its Tainan fab. With COF set to become the mainstream assembly technology used for LCD driver ICs going forward, the Company believes its technology leadership in this area will help to further strengthen
ChipMOS/Bermuda’s position as the largest LCD driver IC testing and assembly company in Taiwan. The Company also introduced its advanced COF module technologies which have been successfully commercialized and are being used by some of its
customers in cellular phone manufacturing. This breakthrough COF technology project, developed by ChipMOS/Bermuda and financially supported by the Taiwanese government, was realized through technological collaboration over more than two years
between the Company, its customers and suppliers.
“I am pleased to announce the launch of these innovative technologies and would
like to thank all those who have been dedicated to the project over the past two years. The COF assembly and testing technology was developed by ChipMOS and is not license to anyone till now. The COF technology has been qualified by many customers
and is now in mass production with 38um inner lead pitch. We are currently developing finer inner lead pitch COF technologies, and expect the COF technology with 30um inner lead pitch to be announced within this year,” said S.J. Cheng, Deputy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ChipMOS/Bermuda.
COF, with advantages in terms of reducing cost and chip size, is expected to
replace TCP as the mainstream LCD driver IC assembly technology in the future. Soaring demand for TFT LCD panels in various end markets is expected to stimulate demand for TFT LCD driver ICs. For example, according to DisplaySearch, the leading flat
panel display market research and consulting firm, global demand will result in shipments of LCD monitors increasing by 36.6% from 32.2 million units in 2002 to 44 million units in 2003 By 2006, DisplaySearch projects that shipments of LCD monitors
will increase to 113 million units.
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“The COF technology we announced today will, I believe, have quite a significant impact on the
industry. With the increasing market demand for high resolution and smaller-sized consumer electronics, only COF technologies can satisfy the requirements of these high-end products. COF technology is well known for its high pin counts and fine
inner lead pitch. It can supply higher resolution with more I/Os in a single chip as requested by the application. In addition, COF tape is more flexible to be wrapped around the panel to further reduce the dimension of the finished panel. ChipMOS,
currently the largest LCD driver IC assembly and testing company in Taiwan with a capacity of 18 million units per month and customers in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, USA and Hong Kong, is well positioned to benefit from these developments,” continued
S.J. Cheng.
In addition to the COF technology, the high-end COF module technology developed by ChipMOS/Bermuda and displayed at the
advanced technology show, can satisfy the integration and modularization requirements of consumer electronics, the end products in which COF modules are used. The Company’s in-house developed COF modules have been applied for use in cellular
phones and have received high recognition from our customers. With strong demand for increasingly complex handsets, the Company believes that there will be significant business opportunities for COF modules in the near future. According to Daiwa
Research Institute, the market demand for cellular phones will increase from 400 million units in 2002 to 440 million units in 2003.
About ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.:
ChipMOS/Bermuda is a leading provider of semiconductor testing and
assembly services to customers in Taiwan, Japan and the U.S. With advanced facilities in the Hsinchu and Tainan Science-Based Industrial Parks in Taiwan, ChipMOS/Bermuda and its subsidiaries provide testing and assembly services to a broad range of
customers, including leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries. For more information, please visit its company website at http://www.chipmos.com.tw
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