Advanced Semiconductor Engineering
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (), also known as ASE Group (), is a provider of independent semiconductor assembling and test manufacturing services, with its headquarters in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Overview The company was founded in 1984 by brothers Jason Chang and Richard Chang, who opened its first factory in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Jason Chang currently serves as company chairman and is on the 2016 ''Forbes'' list of the world's billionaires. As of 1 April 2016, the company's market cap was US$8.77 billion. In May 2015, ASE Group entered into an agreement with TDK to establish a joint venture company in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, named ASE Embedded Electronics Inc. The company manufactures IC embedded substrates utilizing TDK's SESUB technology. On 26 May 2016, ASE and Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) announced that they signed an agreement to form a new holding company, as part of the consolidation in the global semiconductor industry. Both companies said that each will ...
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Jason Chang
Jason Chang (; born 18 May 1944) is a Taiwanese/Singaporean billionaire, currently the chairman of Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE). On the ''Forbes'' 2020 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #836 with a net worth of US$2.5 billion. In September 2015, Chang received a Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International SEMI Award, which recognized his "significant achievements in the development and commercialization of copper wire in the IC assembly process". Personal life Jason Chang's hometown is Wenzhou. Chang ha