AEM (SGX) $SGX-AWX - Venturing into CMOS Image Sensor Test System Solution

Thanks to Desmond for the article.

Link: https://cutt.ly/jJ12whq

- UTAC Holdings Ltd. (UTAC), a global semiconductor test and assembly services provider and AEM, a leading semiconductor test and handling solution provider - announces a new cost-effective, next-generation test system solution for CMOS image sensors.

- Driven by the rapidly growing demand for advanced image sensors in applications such as security, automotive safety, autonomous vehicles, and industrial application, CMOS image sensor products are expected to significantly grow during the decade and beyond.

- Assembly and test of CMOS image sensors is the primary focus area of growth for UTAC. UTAC is already in high-volume assembly production for image sensor for the automotive and industrial markets.

- “We delivered our fully integrated CMOS Image Sensor Test Cell to UTAC in 2021, complete with a tester, illuminator, and handler."

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CMOS Image Sensor is a product which I personally had come to understand well during my study and analysis into $AEMULUS / 0181 (AEMULUS HOLDINGS BERHAD) where they're making the tester for the company indirectly linked to Omnivision (third largest player in this space with 10% market share) to cater for the Chinese market.

From my personal analysis and having attended many briefings of AEMULUS, I got the sense of the potential size of this market segment.

AEM (SGX) now is also venturing into this vertical, and offering not just the tester, but a full set which also includes illuminator and handler.

It's yet to be seen if both are targeting the same market, but for AEM, to be positioned in this space, is good preparation for the future.

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