Semiconductor engineering services provider ISE Labs, Inc. has opened a second U.S. facility in San Jose, California. Accordingly, this will broaden customer access to its world-class capabilities.

ISE Labs is a subsidiary of ASE Group, offers a wide portfolio of technology and solutions for IC test program design. Also, for front-end engineering test, wafer probe, wafer bump, substrate design and supply. In addition, its solutions also suit wafer level packaging, flip chip, system-in-package, and other manufacturing services.

Together, the Fremont and San Jose sites will double ISE’s available R&D lab and business space. Thus, reinforcing the company’s commitment to Silicon Valley while expanding its North American footprint. It will also help to strengthen the U.S. semiconductor supply chain.

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ISE Labs purchased the building in late 2023 and has built it out specifically to accommodate the engineering needs of its North American customers. Many of whom are working on solutions for emerging semiconductor applications. Among them, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and high-performance computing (HPC), to name a few. In addition, ISE Labs is seeking several highly skilled engineers and technicians for the new site.

According to Kenneth Hsiang, Chief Executive Officer, ISE Labs, “As semiconductor manufacturing supply chain reshoring continues to escalate, demand for our proven engineering expertise is growing in parallel. Expanding our operations by adding a second facility is vital to support our growth. Ease of access in the South Bay was a key consideration in selecting our new site.”

The San Jose facility will primarily house qualification and reliability processes. These include environmental, mechanical, electrostatic discharge (ESD), failure analysis, and burn-in. ISE Labs’ high-power burn-in solutions – vital to detecting early failures in a semiconductor device – are among the best and highest-performing in the industry.

Moreover, the Fremont site will expand its already robust set of test functions, including automated test equipment (ATE) test program development, test hardware design, device characterization, wafer probing, and engineering, pre-production and final test, and system-level test.

“We are firmly committed to our investment in Silicon Valley. It both contributes to the region’s revitalizing its position in the semiconductor industry and supports U.S. manufacturers more broadly. Adding this new high-end facility to our existing local footprint is an important step,” said Dr. Tien Wu, Chief Executive Officer, ASE, Inc.

12 July 2024