FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of  July, 2004

Commission File Number:    001-16125

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

26 Chin Third Road
Nantze Export Processing Zone
Kaoshiung, Taiwan
Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)

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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.

  ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR
ENGINEERING, INC.


Date: July 8, 2004 By:   /s/ Joseph Tung
     
  Name:
Title:
  Joseph Tung
Chief Financial Officer




ITEM 1

 

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
   
Contact:  
     ASE, Inc.  
     Joseph Tung, CFO / Vice President US contact:
     Freddie Liu, Financial Controller Clare Lin
     Tel: + 886-2-8780-5489 Tel: + 1-408-986-6524
     Fax: + 886-2-2757-6121 clare_lin@aseglobal.com
     ir@aseglobal.com  
     http://www.aseglobal.com  

ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.

ANNOUNCES RECORD HIGH MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY REVENUES

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, R.O.C., JULY 8, 2004 – ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. (NYSE: ASX, TAIEX: 2311), announces its unaudited consolidated net revenues and the unaudited net revenues for its packaging operations in Kaohsiung for the month of June and second quarter of 2004. ASE Inc. recorded a historical high unaudited consolidated net revenue on a monthly and quarterly basis. Starting from June 1, 2004, net revenues of ASE Japan Co. were consolidated into ASE Inc. consolidated net revenues.

CONSOLIDATED MONTHLY NET REVENUES (UNAUDITED) *

(NT$ Million) Jun
2004
May
2004
Jun
2003
Sequential
Change
YoY
Change
 




Net Revenues 7,440 6,742 4,327 +10.36% +71.97%

(NT$ Million) Q2
2004
Q1
2004
Q2
2003
Sequential
Change
YoY
Change
 




Net Revenues 20,299 17,221 12,773 +17.88% +58.93%

MONTHLY NET REVENUES FOR PACKAGING OPERATIONS IN KAOHSIUNG
(UNAUDITED)

  Jun May Jun Sequential YoY
(NT$ Million) 2004 2004 2003 Change Change
 




Net Revenues 3,128 3,110 2,266 +0.57% +38.03%

  Q2 Q1 Q2 Sequential YoY
(NT$ Million) 2004 2004 2003 Change Change
 




Net Revenues 9,221 8,884 6,846 +3.80% +34.69%

* Such consolidated net revenues include, in addition to net revenues of ASE Inc.'s packaging operations in Kaohsiung, net revenues of majority owned subsidiaries such as ASE Test Limited, ASE (Chung Li) Inc., ASE (Korea) Inc., ASE Japan Co. and ASE Material Inc. ASE Material Inc.’s June 2004 revenues of NT$ 707 millions were not reflected in the consolidated net revenues due to internal sales elimination.