When Silex built the 8” Fab in 2008, we were the first pure-play MEMS foundry to offer a dedicated line for 8” wafer MEMS processing. The main driver for setting up the 8” line was the integration and post-processing on CMOS wafers. We have subsequently seen Silicon Photonics enter as a key driver in the telecom industry for the need to do advanced post processing on wafers coming from a Silicon Photonics foundry. Silex, as a MEMS foundry, has the widest portfolio of capabilities in terms of noble metal processing, AuSn solders, Optical coatings and III-V materials processing that customers may need to differentiate.
