台積電購併加拿大EMT，拓展晶片設計服務

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:::2007 年 10 月 24 日
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加拿大渥太華公民報(Ottawa Citizen)10月13日報導，加商Emerging Memory Technologies Inc. (EMT)最近將其辦公處所公司名牌改掛「台積電公司」(Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.，TSMC)名牌，公司主要業務為為我商台積電設計客戶導向之記憶晶片。
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一、台積電係全球最大之應顧客要求製作晶片(made-to-order chips)公司，該晶片用於通訊、電腦及手機的主要記憶體，今(2007)年營收下降2%，但市場預期明年對晶片製造將需求大增，台積電因而營收將成長15%，持續占有製作客戶導向型晶片全球市場之占有率50%以上。此次係第1次與加商合作。

" z7 Z5 |# H5 n/ u9 s0 c二、EMT公司聲稱與台積電簽有不公開協定，不願透露與台積電交易情形。有鑑於甫成立於2004年的EMT人才濟濟，透過藉助該公司優越的晶片設計能力，預料有助於台積電之市場拓展規劃，亦即不只是目前全球最大晶片製造工廠，未來亦將在晶片設計服務領域占有領先地位。

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Hsinchu, Taiwan and Torrance, CA – MediaTek Inc., (TWSE: 2454, “MediaTek”) a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital media solutions, today announced that K-WILL Corporation, leading provider of video quality monitoring and video quality measurement, has become one of MediaTek’s subsidiaries through the purchase of K-WILL’s Japanese parent company’s shares. This deal will forge a path for even more innovative digital video and audio quality evaluation based on K-WILL’s patented Video DNA technology.

“K-WILL fits succinctly with our corporate innovation-driven philosophy of providing our customers with the most competitive products and the best services through innovation and teamwork to the entertainment, communication, and information industries. We are pleased to have K-WILL as a part of the MediaTek team,” said Mingto Yu, spokesperson of MediaTek.
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“We’re excited about the infinite possibilities this acquisition provides for product development and market penetration. By combining MediaTek’s semiconductor innovations with K-WILL’s award-winning technologies, we are positioned to offer even more best-in-class video quality measuring and monitoring technologies,” commented John Alexenko, General Manager-Americas of K-WILL Corporation.
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About K-WILL

Based in Torrance, CA, K-WILL Corporation is pioneering the objective evaluation and measurement of digital video and audio quality through its patented Video DNA technology. K-WILL’s products serve the entire video industry including content producers, professional broadcast equipment manufacturers, broadcasters, CATV companies and satellite and telecom carriers. More information can be found at www.kwillcorporation.com.