Friday, February 20, 2009

Microtune 10K

Employees: As of December 31, 2008, we had a total of 220 employees worldwide, including 147 in research and development, 37 in sales and marketing and 36 in operations, finance and administration. Of these employees, 141 were located in the United States.

Top Customers: Cisco (Cable) = 29%, Unihan (subsidiary of Asustek serving ARRIS) = 13%, Panasonic (Cable and Automotive) = 12%

Wafer Foundry and processes: "........IBM, Jazz Semiconductor (a Tower Group Company) and X-FAB, to help ensure our future demands are in line with their manufacturing technology roadmaps and capacities. These foundries offer a mature BiCMOS production process. In addition, IBM and Jazz Semiconductor offer advanced silicon germanium (SiGe) process technology.

Assembly, probe and test: We use Amkor in South Korea and in the Philippines and ASE in South Korea for IC packaging and final test. We use Criteria Labs in Austin, Texas for wafer probe and in Penrose, Colorado for tape and reel packaging. We also use ISE in Austin, Texas for wafer probe. We also perform RF testing at our facility in Plano, Texas.