Amkor Technology, Inc. is a semiconductor product packaging and test services provider. The company has been headquartered in Arizona since 2005, when it was moved from West Chester, Pennsylvania, also in the United States.[5] The company's Arizona headquarters was originally in Chandler,[6] then later moved to Tempe. The company was founded in 1968 and, as of 2022, has approximately 31,000 employees worldwide and a reported $7.1 billion in sales.
With factories in China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Portugal, Taiwan and Vietnam, Amkor is a major player in the semiconductor industry. It designs, packages and tests integrated circuits (ICs) for chip manufacturers.
Etymology
Amkor self-publishes that the name "Amkor" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "Korea".[7]