News: Microelectronics
2 May 2025
Partstat and WIN Semiconductors forge strategic partnership
Supply chain solutions firm Partstat of Winter Springs, FL, USA (which specializes in semiconductor storage and inventory ownership) has announced a strategic partnership with WIN Semiconductors Corp of Taoyuan City, Taiwan — which provides pure-play gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafer foundry services for the wireless, infrastructure and networking markets. The collaboration aims to provide comprehensive long-term storage solutions for semiconductors, including die and wafer banking.
Combining Partstat’s expertise in inventory management and storage with WIN’s semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, the partnership aims to ensure that customers receive semiconductor products with reliable long-term storage solutions, addressing critical challenges in the supply chain.
Partstat specializes in delivering supply chain solutions that add value across the entire product lifecycle. By leveraging working capital, it aims to enables companies to achieve just-in-time delivery of inventory without burdening their balance sheets. Services encompass inventory ownership, consignment, semiconductor storage and fulfillment, and OEM legacy product support. ISO-certified warehouses and semiconductor vaults adhere to ESD and MSL protocols.
Founded in October 1999, WIN was the world’s first pure-play 6-inch GaAs foundry and has established compound semiconductor fab services to meet the growing demand for cost-effective manufacturing of GaAs and GaN MMICs and RFICs. WIN operates three fabs providing HBT, pHEMT and BiHEMT processes for RF and optical applications. With an annual capacity exceeding half a million wafers, WIN has an approximate 65% market share among compound semiconductor foundries.
Features of the partnership include:
- semiconductor die, wafer and even physical mask-set storage if desired;
- completely secure and environmentally hard facilities;
- a cost-efficient and administratively simple solution.
“This collaboration aligns with our commitment to enhancing supply chain efficiency and reliability for WIN Semiconductors’ customers,” says Partstat’s president & CEO Dennis Menefee.
“With the growing concerns over supply chain risk, many companies are recognizing the need for a secure and flexible supply chain for their products,” says WIN’s VP of business development Russ Wagner. “This new partnership with Partstat highlights WIN Semiconductors’ commitment to robust supply solutions for our customers. This will enable them to store their die, wafers and mask sets external to Taiwan with easy access while safeguarding their technologies.”
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