FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
For the month of
December 2009 No. 4
TOWER
SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
Ramat
Gavriel Industrial Park
P.O.
Box 619, Migdal Haemek, Israel 23105
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in
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On
December 23, 2009, the registrant announces that TowerJazz USA Aerospace and
Defense Division was selected by General Dynamics and the U.S. Air Force for
Large Die ROIC Manufacturing Program.
This Form
6-K is being incorporated by reference into all effective registration
statements filed by us under the Securities Act of 1933.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
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TOWER
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Date:
December 23, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Nati Somekh
Gilboa
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Name:
Nati Somekh Gilboa
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Title:
Corporate Secretary
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TowerJazz
USA Aerospace and Defense Division Selected by
General
Dynamics
and the U.S. Air Force for Large Die
ROIC
Manufacturing Program
MAnufacturing
TEchnology Support (MATES) award targeting large die ROIC
manufacturing
for imagers, sensors and detectors
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., December 23,
2009 – TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced
its USA Aerospace and Defense Division has been awarded a contract by General
Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD),
to support the MATES (MAnufacturing TEchnology Support) program within the U.S.
Air Force for large-die read-out-integrated-circuit (ROIC) production. The MATES
program contract was originally awarded to General Dynamics in 2004. TowerJazz
is a leading manufacturer of ROICs which are key elements in many commercial and
military detectors, sensors, and imaging systems spanning air, land, sea and
space. With this award, it will enhance the ability to support production
requirements of increasingly complex future ROIC designs.
TowerJazz
has recently expanded CMOS production for ROICs used in imaging arrays in both
un-cooled and cooled applications in support of increased demand spanning
0.5-micron to 0.18-micron technology nodes. The two year program with General
Dynamics will focus on 0.18-micron large-die, stitched ROICs. In the 0.18-micron
node, TowerJazz is making available to its ROIC customers a wide range of
features from its commercial technology including high density capacitors (up to
5.6fF/um2), 1.8, 3.3, and 5V FETs, native devices, bipolar devices, resistors
with near-zero temperature coefficients and a wide array of metal options.
TowerJazz also provides cryogenic models for its devices ensuring a high degree
of confidence in the first time success of cooled ROIC designs.
TowerJazz
supports the manufacture of ITAR designs in its Newport Beach, CA 8-inch silicon
factory. This is a full on-shore operation with ITAR mask suppliers continuing a
tradition started over 20 years ago when this facility was the primary
semiconductor manufacturing site for Rockwell International.
“TowerJazz
is extremely excited to have this opportunity to partner with General Dynamics
in support of the Air Force’s MATES Program for large die ROIC fabrication. This
program will leverage past and ongoing accomplishments at TowerJazz in support
of on-shore fabrication critical to our National Defense and assist in enabling
the next generation of essential Aerospace and Defense applications,” said Mike
Scott, Director of Sales and Marketing, USA Aerospace and Defense Division,
TowerJazz.
About
TowerJazz
Tower
Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM, TASE: TSEM), the global specialty foundry
leader and its fully owned U.S. subsidiary Jazz Semiconductor, operate
collectively under the brand name TowerJazz, manufacturing integrated
circuits with geometries ranging from 1.0 to 0.13-micron. TowerJazz
provides industry leading design enablement tools to allow complex
designs to be achieved quickly and more accurately and offers a broad range
of customizable process technologies including SiGe, BiCMOS, Mixed-Signal and
RFCMOS, CMOS Image Sensor, Power Management (BCD), and Non-Volatile Memory (NVM)
as well as MEMS capabilities. To provide world-class customer service, TowerJazz
maintains two manufacturing facilities in Israel and one in the U.S. with
additional capacity available in China through manufacturing partnerships. For
more information, please visit www.towerjazz.com.
Safe
Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
press release includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks
and uncertainties. Actual results may vary from those projected or implied by
such forward-looking statements. A complete discussion of risks and
uncertainties that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements
included in this press release or which may otherwise affect Tower and/or Jazz’s
business is included under the heading "Risk Factors" in Tower’s most recent
filings on Forms 20-F, F-3, F-4 and 6-K, as were filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the Israel Securities Authority and Jazz’s
most recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as were filed with the SEC,
respectively. Tower and Jazz do not intend to update, and expressly disclaim any
obligation to update, the information contained in this release.
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For
TowerJazz
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Company
Contact:
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Media
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Melinda
Jarrell
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Lauri
Julian
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949/435-8181
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949/715-3049
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melinda.jarrell@towerjazz.com
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lauri.julian@towerjazz.com
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Investor
Relations Contact:
Levi
Noit
+972 4
604 7066
noit.levi@towerjazz.com