CHARTERED HONORS TOP SUPPLIERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN FAB SUPPORT 
SINGAPORE - February 25, 2005 - Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT and SGX-ST: Chartered), one
of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries, today honored its equipment, materials and services suppliers
during Supplier Day 2005, the company's annual event honoring the achievements of its value-chain partners.
"Overall, we see an improvement in our suppliers' performance due to their greater participation and contribution
of technical expertise and experience to support successful execution in our fabs," said Tang Yong "TY" Ang, vice
president, quality and fab support operations at Chartered. "As Chartered enters into volume manufacturing at our
300-millimeter Fab 7, our priorities are fast yield ramp and excellent equipment performance. To achieve these goals,
we are involving our suppliers in engineering projects with Chartered's manufacturing teams to aggressively drive
throughput and productivity improvements, and lower cost of ownership."
Chartered evaluated its suppliers based on criteria of quality, service, innovation, delivery and cost. The Gold and Silver winners of Chartered's supplier awards are as follows:
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Equipment Category:
Gold Supplier Award
Silver Supplier Award
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Tokyo Electron Limited
Ebara Corporation
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Materials Category:
Gold Materials Supplier Award
Silver Materials Supplier Award
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Honeywell (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Air Products Singapore Pte Ltd
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Services Category:
Gold Services Supplier Award
Silver Services Supplier Award
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Hewlett-Packard Singapore Pte Ltd
Sun Microsystems Pte Ltd
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About Chartered
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT, SGX-ST: CHARTERED), one of the world's top dedicated
semiconductor foundries, offers leading-edge technologies down to 90 nanometer (nm), enabling today's system-on-chip
designs. The company further serves the needs of customers through its collaborative, joint development approach on
a technology roadmap that extends to 45nm. Chartered's strategy is based on open and comprehensive design enablement
solutions, manufacturing enhancement methodologies, and a commitment to flexible sourcing. In Singapore, the company
operates a 300mm fabrication facility and four 200mm facilities. Information about Chartered can be found at
http://www.charteredsemi.com.
