Amkor takes CHIPS Act reshoring bait in Arizona

Amkor Technology, the only top-ranked outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) service provider headquartered in the United States, has announced plans to build a US$2 billion facility in the state of Arizona.

The plan, announced on November 30, will no doubt please US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, who is a strong advocate of building advanced integrated circuit (IC) packaging facilities domestically to reduce US dependence on Asia.

Planned in tandem with Apple, which will be Amkor’s first and largest customer, the new facility will assemble, package and test devices made by Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest and most advanced IC foundry which is building its own factories in Arizona.