November 4, 2011 — Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMKR) will convert all of its 19mm through 31mm body size plastic ball grid array (PBGA) packages to pin-gate molding (PGM) over the next few years.
Amkor cites better quality, reliability, and performance, and potentially lower cost than traditional corner gate molding. The transition to pin-gate molding for PBGAs will also extend the use of wire-bonding for smaller silicon nodes, said Pat O