Chunghwa Precision Test Technology Co (CHPT, 中華精測) has formed a strategic collaboration with US-based Cohu Inc to deliver advanced probe card and interface products, the company said yesterday, as it aims to build a greater presence in the millimeter-wave 5G radio-frequency chip and automotive advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) sensor markets.
Cohu is a global supplier of equipment and services optimizing semiconductor manufacturing yield and productivity, the companies said in a statement.
The cooperation came as 5G chips and ADAS sensors are becoming smaller and creating significant challenges for testing companies, as instrumentation and interface become much more complex, they said.
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“The rapid adoption of 5G and advanced node technologies are increasing the need for simplified, cost-efficient solutions at the high end of the performance spectrum,” Cohu president and chief executive officer Luis Muller said in the statement.
The combination of CHPT’s and Cohu’s technologies would create an optimized turnkey interface solution for probe and final testing, lowering customers’ costs and improving time to market, the companies said.
Their combined engineering and manufacturing resources would enable scale manufacturing of multisite interface products with test speed performance greater than 60 gigahertz, they added.
The companies intend to collaborate on expanding high-performance interface solutions for final testing, and semiconductor probe cards for wafer test, delivering complete solutions to customers in Taiwan and around the globe, the statement said.
The global semiconductor probe card market is to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 6 percent to US$3.66 billion from last year to 2027, CHPT said, citing a third-party forecast.
The probe card business contributed about 24 percent to CHPT’s revenue last quarter, it added.
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