Amkor Contributes to Xilinx Virtex-II FPGAs "Product of the Year" Award.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2002

Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) announced today its contribution to the Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA family of programmable logic devices, which won Product of the Year award from Electronic Products magazine.

"Amkor has enjoyed a strong strategic manufacturing partnership with Xilinx for over 15 years, during which time we have supported the development of a broad range of Xilinx FPGAs with an increasingly sophisticated array of packaging and test solutions, including PBGA, FlexBGA, Flip Chip and System-in-Package," said Doug Turnage, Amkor's Vice President, U.S. Western Sales. "We understand that fabless semiconductor companies such as Xilinx place an enormous degree of trust in their contract manufacturers. For the past 15 years we have worked closely with Xilinx engineers to ensure that our advanced packaging solutions meet Xilinx's demanding requirements."

"Having the Virtex-II family be recognized as Product of the Year is a tremendous honor for us," said Alelie Funcell, vice president of the Supplier Management of backend manufacturing and engineering at Xilinx. "It's a testament to the dedication and amount of technical expertise that Xilinx's Advanced Product Group R & D team has put into the development of this highly advanced product. As a fabless company, we rely a great deal on the strong relationship we have with our subcontract manufacturing partners like Amkor to bring this product to market. Through solid partnership, we look forward to delivering future generations of highly successful products to our customers."

Amkor is the world's largest provider of contract microelectronics assembly and test services. The company offers semiconductor companies and electronics OEMs a complete set of microelectronic design and manufacturing services. More information on Amkor is available from the company's SEC filings and on Amkor's web site: www.amkor.com.