CHARTERED HOSTS 2005 TECHNOLOGY FORUMS 
Annual Taiwan and U.S. events to highlight 90nm and 65nm common platform solutions,
market-specific SoC solutions and leading-edge manufacturing capabilities
MILPITAS, Calif. - September 2, 2005 - Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT and SGX-ST: Chartered), one of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries, today announced details for its annual Technology Forum series. Entitled "Ready for the Smart Choice," the industry and technical events will address the transition occurring in the semiconductor industry and the changing foundry model; present complete and innovative platform solutions for optimizing SoC designs at cutting-edge and mainstream technology nodes; and discuss manufacturing strategies for enabling fast yield ramp and customers' sourcing flexibility.
The dates and locations for the forums are:
- Wednesday, September 7 Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Thursday, September 22 San Jose, California
"As semiconductor designs become increasingly complex and market windows continue to rapidly shrink, companies are concerned with the economic viability of their SoC designs and yield performances ramping to volume production," said Mike Rekuc, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Chartered. "Our Technology Forums will explore the critical issues designers face and the choices and solutions that Chartered, in concert with our value-chain partners, provides to help customers optimize their system-level needs in silicon."
The Technology Forums will include presentations on Chartered's technology roadmap to 45 nanometer (nm); common platform solutions for 90nm and 65nm; optimizing 0.13-micron designs; innovative high-voltage and embedded non-volatile memory product solutions; and leading-edge manufacturing capabilities.
Dr. Satish Gupta, general manager of IBM Engineering & Technology Services (E&TS) Division, and Rob Thomas, director of IBM E&TS for the Asia-Pacific region, will be the keynote speakers, respectively, for the U.S. and Taiwan events. They will share their experiences with helping customers target their single designs for multi-sourcing opportunities on the 90nm and 65nm common platform.
At the Technology Forum in San Jose, Chartered and IBM will detail the scope of compatibility for the common platform. Additionally, there will be an executive panel on "Managing Variability - Designing in Unpredictability" to examine the critical issues of and approaches to managing variability in multiple areas, ranging from design through volume manufacturing. Ron Wilson, semiconductor editor of EE Times, will moderate the panel. Panelists include Dr. John Kibarian, president and CEO of PDF Solutions; Tom Reeves, vice president of semiconductor products for IBM Systems & Technology Group; Dr. Walden C. Rhines, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Mentor Graphics; Dr. James Ryan, vice president of technology at Albany NanoTech; and Dr. Craig Sander, corporate vice president of technology development for the Microprocessor Solutions Sector at AMD.
The Technology Forums will also feature a Partner Pavilion for showcasing Chartered's strategic value-chain partners. The partners exhibiting at one or both locations include: Amkor Technology, Inc.; Analog Bits, Inc.; Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE); ARM Limited; Cadence Design Systems, Inc.; ChipIdea Microelectronics S.A.; Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.; EE Solutions Inc.; eMemory Technology Inc.; FSA; Hoya; Legend Design Technology, Inc.; Magma Design Automation Inc.; Mentor Graphics; Qthink; QualCore Logic Inc.; Aragio Solutions (formerly Solid Silicon Technology); STATS ChipPAC Ltd.; Synopsys, Inc.; Taiwan Mask Corp.; Toppan; True Circuits, Inc.; UTAC America Inc.; and Virage Logic Corp.
Registration information is available at http://www.charteredsemi.com/forum/.
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.
