TowerJazz to produce the touch screen controllers of Microsoft

11 August, 2015

The touch screen controllers were developed by N-trig, and enable capabilities of sensing multi-fingers touch and a digital pen (stylus)

The touch screen controllers were developed by N-trig, and enable capabilities of sensing multi-fingers touch and a digital pen (stylus)

A touch screen powered by N-trig
A touch screen powered by N-trig

The specialty foundry from Migdal Haemek (Israel), TowerJazz, begins high volume production of a touch screen controller developed by N-trig, an Israeli company that was acquired by Microsoft.

Microsoft plans to use N-trig’s digital pen technology was for its Surface products. The touch screen controller enables capabilities of sensing multi-fingers touch and a digital pen (stylus), will be produced using TowerJazz’s advanced 0.18-micron power management process. N-trig’s ICs were designed by N-trig with the support of TowerJazz’s Netanya Design Center (NDC) in Israel and are being manufactured in its Migdal Haemek, Israel fabrication facility (Fab 2).

TowerJazz manufactures integrated circuits, and offers a broad range of customizable process technologies including: SiGe, BiCMOS, mixed-signal/CMOS, RF CMOS, CMOS image sensor, integrated power management (BCD and 700V), and MEMS. During the second quarter of 2015 it achieved record revenues of $236 million, reflecting year over year organic growth of 35%. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, revenues were $462 million, a 26% increase as compared to $367 million in the six months ended June 30, 2014.

During the second quarter of 2015, the company performed a study in regards to the estimated useful lives of its property and equipment. Due to the long life cycle of its existing processes, technologies and products, and determined that the estimated useful lives of machinery and equipment should be extended to 15 years as compared with 7 years previously estimated.

Russell Ellwanger, Chief Executive Officer of TowerJazz, said: “We expect continued quarter over quarter revenue, margins and profit growth. Our customer demand, within existing and new markets, provides strong confidence to maintain and grow our analog specialty foundry leadership position.”

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