Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. ·  Singapore ·(Singapore: CHARTERED)(NASDAQ (GS): CHRT)

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing is among the world's largest silicon foundries, well behind industry titans Taiwan Semiconductor and United Microelectronics, and neck-and-neck with Semiconductor Manufacturing International. Chartered works from customers' designs to produce communications chips in its own wafer fabrication plants (fabs). Besides its own fabs, Chartered operates joint venture facilities with other firms. It offers chip assembly and test services through sister firm STATS ChipPAC. Customers in the US account for around two-thirds of sales. Top customers include Broadcom and QUALCOMM. In 2009 Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) agreed to aquire Chartered for about $3.9 billion. To read the full description, subscribe now.