Not necessarily known for its electronics industry, the African continent is soon to welcome the development of wafer fabrication technology after the certification of the first clean room facility in Morocco.
Nemotek Technologie Inc., a manufacturer of wafer-level cameras for portable applications, said recently that it has certified its Class 10 clean room facility in Morocco.
The facility is believed to be the first of its kind in Africa, ideally situated in the Rabat Technopolis Park – a hub for technology development in Morocco. The facility will serve as the centre for the design and manufacture of wafer-level cameras (WLC) for camera phones and other portable devices.
Last year, Nemotek took a license for chip-packaging technology unveiled by Tessera Technologies Inc. The company will develop a range of camera solutions from wafer-level packaging of image sensors and wafer-level lenses, to fully-integrated camera modules.
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