Issued Date: 2020/09/10
Issued By: iST
iST(TWSE:3289) today (September 10, 2020) announced its net revenues on a consolidated basis, the revenues of August 2020 were approximately NTD$ 255 million, which increased 1.75% MoM and 12.78% YoY, compared to the revenues NTD$ 226 million of August 2019.
The growth of iST’s revenues in August benefits from the strong demands of 5G, HPC and AI chips verification on R&D stage, and the application of advanced packaging, as well as the miniaturization and 3D IC trends in advanced manufacturing process, iST said.
iST pointed, the boosting development of new applications including 5G, HPC, IoT and AI, announcing a new age of science and technology. As a result, this momentum of R&D demands has driven the recent orders of iST at a high level.
In addition, the development of wafer foundry market is constantly moving toward 5 nm, 4 nm to 3 nm, even accelerating the R&D pace of 2 nm, and each process adjustment must be conducted with the material analysis (MA) and new process quality verification. As Moore’s Law is confronted with many bottlenecks, the advanced process approaches the physical limit. Another solution is to stack up chips into 2.5D or 3D hierarchy and move towards advanced packaging technology. Thus, failure analysis (FA) and Reliability Assurance (RA) are required to solve the yield and quality problems of advanced packaging caused by heterogeneous integration.
iST is an enterprise for total verification service of electronic industry. It has provided one-stop verification solutions including Reliability Verification (RA), Failure Analysis (FA), and Material Analysis (MA) to thousands of customers over the past 26 years. iST’s customers cover the whole spectrum of the global electronics industry from IC design house, wafer foundry to packaging and testing factory, it is also a third-party laboratory recognized by many global brands. In response to the looming development of 5G applications, advanced packaging and process, the corresponding requirement for verification is expected to be the driving momentum for iST’s business in a long term.
iST(TWSE:3289) August 2020 Revenue Report
(Unit: NT$ thousand)
| Period | August | January to August |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 254,839 | 2,007,584 |
| 2019(Note 1) | 225,952 | 1,538,366 |
| Increase(Decrease) | 28,887 | 469,218 |
| Increase(Decrease)(%) | 12.78% | 30.50% |
Note 1: Since December 2019, iST Taiwan has signed a SPA to transfer iST Shanghai to Chinasti. Hence, for a more accurate comparison, the revenues of 2019 and 2020 in this table does not include revenues of iST Shanghai.
About Integrated Service Technology
Founded in 1994, iST began its business from IC circuit debugging and modification and gradually expanded its scope of operations, including Failure Analysis, Reliability Verification, Material Analysis, Automotive Electronic Verification Platforms and Signal Integrity Testing Services. iST has offered full-scope verification and analysis services to the IC engineering industry, its customers cover the whole spectrum of the electronics industry from IC design to end products.
In response to iST’s mission of providing integrated solutions to customers, iST not only focuses on its core laboratory services but also enters the mass production services of wafer backend process. http://www.istgroup.com