Silterra is a project of strategic national interest to promote front-end semiconductor
manufacturing and a catalyst for high technology investments in Malaysia. It was founded in November 1995 as Wafer Technology Malaysia Sdn Bhd and was renamed as Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd in December 1999. Silterra broke ground on first manufacturing facility in Kulim, Malaysia in June 1999 and produced working silicon in November 2000. Since its inception, Silterra has served many top-tier global fabless design and product companies covering the consumer electronics, communications & computing, and mobile device market segments. Silterra offers CMOS design and a broad range of fabrication processes for Integrated Chips (IC) in Advanced Logic, Mixed Signal & Radio Frequency and High Voltage applications. The CMOS High Voltage Technology being used in the design and fabrication of Display Driver ICs (DDI), is widely used in the mobile devices market segment. This includes display drivers for mobile phones, GPS equipment, MP3/4 Personal Media Players (PMP), Digital Cameras and other similar applications. Silterra provides complete design solutions for customers to create leading-edge products, optimized for its high-yielding manufacturing processes, through strategic partnerships with industry-leading Intellectual Property (IP) design library providers, Design Services and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) suppliers. Silterra also offers comprehensive in-house Failure Analysis (FA) services to high-tech companies and universities, performing detailed construction and failure analysis of nano-scale structures.
Silterra Milestones:
1995 2000 1Q95 Company founded known as Wafer Technology Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 4Q97 Opened USA Office at San Jose, California 2Q99 Construction Commenced at KHTP. 4Q99 Rename as Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 2001 - 2005 1Q01
180nm production started
2Q01
ISO 9002 Certified
2Q02
Semiconductor International Top Fab Award
3Q02
ISO 14001 Certified
3Q03
Opened Taiwan Office at Hsin-Chu City.
4Q03
ISO 9001 Certified Best High-Technology Manufacturing Facility Award
3Q03
130nm Pilot Production Ready PRIME MINISTERS HIBISCUS AWARD Notable
Achievement
2Q04
Opened Sales office at Kuala Lumpur.
2006 2010
4Q07 160nm High Voltage Production Ready.
Achieve Sony Green Partner Award 3Q08 130nm High Voltage Production Ready OHSAS 18001: 2007 Certified 1Q09 110nm Pilot Production Ready. 2Q09 Frost & Sullivan Technology Implementation Award. Power MOSFET Production Ready. HR Award - Silver Recognition for HR Excellence Category 1Q10 LG Electric Supplier Appreciation Award. Prime Ministers Product Excellence Award 2009. 2011 2015 1Q11
Named as one of the Best Employers in Malaysia according to Aon Hewitt Consulting - Asia Pacific.
1Q11
Acknowledged in the Export Excellence Category as part of the Prime Minister's
Industry's Excellence Award 2010, organized by Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).
2Q11
Finalist of the Prime Minister's Quality Management Excellence Award (QMEA) 2011.
4Q12
Conferred an award by the Malaysian Scientific Association (MSA) in recognition of
SilTerra's outstanding contribution to Science & Technology.
4Q12
Winner of the Employee's Safety Health Award 2012 (Electric & Electronic Category) conferred by Ministry of Human Resource.
4Q12
Conferred the "Competitive Employer Award" at the 2012 Labour Day Celebration - by the Prime Minister.
4Q12
SilTerra released 180nm Embedded Flash Technology for mass production.
SilTerra qualified CMT's Multiple Time Programming in SilTerra 110nm High Voltage Technology
3Q14
SilTerra entered mass production for Touch with Display Driver IC application using 110nm High Voltage Technology
3Q14
SilTerra started volume production for wearable applications using 110nm High Voltage Technology.
1Q15
SilTerra 110nm Logic CMOS Aluminium Backend Technology entered into mass production phase.
2Q15
SilTerra 180nm BCDMOS technology entered mass production phase.
Vision Make Silterra the cornerstone for expanding the Malaysian Semiconductor Industry. Mission Deliver world-class semiconductor manufacturing services to our customers; Provide our customers with outstanding customer service, logistics, and IP support; Make Silterra a profitable enterprise that is continuously growing with innovation and knowledge and maximize the return on investment for our shareholders. Value Proposition 1. Proven leading foundry matched process 2. Leader in HV CMOS Technology 3. Advanced Power MOSFET Technology 4. Vigorous intellectual property protection 5. Dedicated support teams 6. MyFabTM portal for secured, online access to timely production information 7. Cost competitiveness SILTERRA CORE VALUES -Integrity and Trust -Respect and Responsible -Innovation -Service Excellence
Corporate Structure
Shareholders
The principal investor of Silterra is Khazanah Nasional Berhad which is the investment holding arm of the Government of Malaysia entrusted to manage Government-held assets. One of its key corporate missions is to be a catalyst to develop strategic projects. Board Of Directors Mr. Jalaluddin Bin Dato' Mohd Jarjis, Chairman Ybhg. Dato' Ahmad Pardas Senin, Director Ybhg. Dato' Dr. Mohamed Arif Bin Nun, Director Mr. Nik Rizal Kamil Bin Nik Ibrahim Kamil, Director Mr. Firdaus Abdullah, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
