Industry Consortia
How can an industry consortium help me keep up with the technological changes that affect my industry as a whole?
An industry consortium addresses a common critical technology need of a specific industry sector, eg to help the participating companies acquire some new expertise very quickly, or to develop platform, pre-competitive technologies essential for the next phase of the industry.
Industry members, ranging from MNCs to local companies, have a common avenue to share their needs. Through pooling of their resources, tapping on the RIs and learning from their peers in the consortium, they can reduce risk and accelerate the acquisition of new expertise and technology.
Can you give me an example of how this works?
Electronics Packaging Research Consortium
As the semiconductor industry migrates from single-chip packaging to System-in-Package technologies, local semiconductor companies need to quickly acquire know how and experience in electronic packaging to remain relevant. The Electronics Packaging Research Consortium (EPRC) was set-up to develop assembly technology (wire-bonding, wafer bumping, flip chip, 3D packaging) & reliability and design (electrical, thermal, mechanical) that are needed for the industry. Companies in EPRC will able to tap on the research results, share resources with RI, obtain training for their engineers and have networking opportunities with consortium members.
What are some examples of existing consortia that I can tap on?
| Consortium/Taskforce | Key Driver | Contact |
| Electronic Packaging Research Consortium | IME | Teo Keng Hwa Tel: 6770 5417 |
| Wafer Technology Consortium | IME | Teo Keng Hwa Tel: 6770 5417 |
| IC Design Consortium | IME | Teo Keng Hwa Tel: 6770 5417 |
| BioMEMS Consortium | IME | Teo Keng Hwa Tel: 6770 5417 |
| Plastic Moulding Membership Consortium | SIMTech | Zhao Jianhong Tel: 6793 8595 |
| Precision Equipment Making Taskforce | SIMTech | Chen Xiaoqi Tel: 6793 8257 |
Please contact the respective contacts above for the up-to-date information on existing consortia and how to join them.
| List of completed consortia | Key Driver | No. of companies/Duration |
| DVD Consortium | DSI | 7 companies; completed Dec 2000 |
| Broadband Packaging | SIMTech | 10 companies; Oct 2001 - June 2003 |
| Advanced Substrate & Integrated Passives | SIMTech | 5 companies; Apr 2002 - Sep 2003 |
| Pb-Free Process Implementation | SIMTech | 17 companies; Jun 2000 - Mar 2002 |
| Flip Chip Technology | SIMTech | 24 companies; Oct 1999 - Oct 2001 |
| High-density Substrate | SIMTech | 14 companies; Jan 2000 - Jun 2001 |
| Chip Scale Packaging II | SIMTech | 18 companies; Sep 1998 - May 2000 |
| Wire Bonding Consortium | SIMTech | 8 companies; Sep 1998 - Sep 1999 |
A short list of previous consortia is also provided to give you an idea of the range of technologies in which we can help the industry.
Contact information for further discussions:
For a discussion on what are the latest industry consortia and how you can join one of them, please click here for a profile of our RIs' expertise or contact A*STAR at 6826 6111 or e-mail: a-star_contact@a-star.edu.sg. Please refer to our contact page for more details.