BENGALURU, India — Spel Semiconductor Ltd., India's oldest and largest IC assembly and test house, is teaming with South Korea's Sunyang DNT Co. Ltd. on the design, manufacture and marketing of camera modules for use in phones, notebooks and PDAs.
Sunyang will also market Spel's assembly and test services in South Korea.

Semiconductor equipment manufacturer Sunyang has an existing camera module business and operates a plant in China.

The product area is a new one for Spel (Chennai), but the modules are a good fit with Spel's other lines, said CEO Sam Varghese.

Spel is in the process of a $286 million expansion. It is partnering with Chiptest India to set up a semiconductor training academy in Chennai and has signed with SRM Engineering College (Marimalainagar, India) to conduct joint R&D in semiconductor back-end activities.