SEOUL, South Korea and BEIJING, Feb. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip") (NYSE: MX), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, announced today that it will be hosting its first Foundry Technology Symposium of 2016 at the Hilton Beijing Wangfujing Hotel in Beijing on March 15, 2016. After two successful symposiums in Shanghai and Shenzhen China in September and November of 2015, this upcoming technology symposium in Beijing, China, is a continuation of MagnaChip's global foundry strategy to enhance MagnaChip's brand awareness in the China market.

Major topics to be discussed are MagnaChip's current and future semiconductor foundry business roadmap, specialty technologies, target applications and end-markets. This symposium is a direct response to the increased interest and demand coming from our Chinese fabless customers for advanced analog and mixed-signal specialized foundry technologies.

MagnaChip, which is the largest Korea-based analog and mixed-signal foundry service provider, will highlight in Beijing its technology portfolio with discussions focused on mixed-signal, low power technologies in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector, Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) for high-performance analog and power management applications, Ultra-High Voltage (UHV) for LED lighting applications and Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) for touch and MCU applications. In addition, MagnaChip will present technologies used in applications including smartphones, tablet PCs, automotive, LED lighting, consumer wearables and IoT. MagnaChip will also showcase its customer-friendly design environment and an on-line customer service tool known as "iFoundry".

"We see this Foundry Technology Symposium in Beijing as an opportunity to better understand our customer's requirements and their technology roadmap," said YJ Kim, Chief Executive Officer of MagnaChip. "Through this event, we strongly believe that we will be able to better serve our China partners and our global foundry customers with our long history of providing successful foundry services based on our deep technological expertise."

Many fabless, IDMs (Integrated Device Manufacturers) and other semiconductor companies are expected to attend MagnaChip's Beijing technology symposium.

To sign up for the event, and to receive more detailed information regarding the symposium, please visit www.magnachip.com.

About MagnaChip Semiconductor
Headquartered in South Korea, MagnaChip Semiconductor is a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for high volume consumer applications. MagnaChip Semiconductor believes it has one of the broadest and deepest ranges of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platforms in the industry, supported by its 30-year operating history, a large portfolio of registered and pending patents and extensive engineering and manufacturing process expertise. For more information, please visit www.magnachip.com.



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