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                                                                   Exhibit 10.43


October 9, 2000

Ms. Patricia H. McCall
10350 Magdalena Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94024

Dear Pat:

On behalf of ChipPAC, Inc. ("ChipPAC"), I am pleased to provide you with this
revised offer for the position of Senior Vice President Administration, General
Counsel and Secretary. You will be reporting to Dennis McKenna, President and
Chief Executive Officer.

Should you accept this revised offer, your compensation will include:

An annual base salary of $250,000.00 (Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars) to be
paid on a semi-monthly basis.

Participation in the ChipPAC Short Term Incentive (STI) Plan. (Participation in
the Plan is on a full month's basis. If you start on or later than the 16th of
the month, you will begin participation on the first of the following month.)
Your annual STI target is 80% of your base salary. For 2000, you will be
guaranteed a prorated payout of 100% of your target from your hire date. In
addition ChipPAC will guarantee a minimum of 50% of your target payout for your
2001 STI payment.

Subject to approval by the Board of Directors, you will be granted an option to
purchase 100,000 shares of ChipPAC stock in accordance with rules established
under the ChipPAC 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), a copy of which is
attached. The options will vest over four years. The exercise price will be set
at the fair market value as determined by the Board of Directors in accordance
with the Plan. In the event there is a change of control (as defined in the
Plan), the options will vest and become fully exercisable at that time.

Eligibility to participate in the standard benefits offered to employees of
ChipPAC.

You will be eligible to accrue the maximum of four weeks vacation per year
beginning with your date of hire.

As a further incentive ChipPAC will provide you with a one-time sign-on bonus of
$25,000. If you should voluntarily terminate your employment within 12 months
after receiving the sign-on bonus monies, you will return to ChipPAC all of
those monies.

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In the event that ChipPAC terminates your employment without cause, you will be
eligible to receive severance in an amount equivalent to eight months of your
base salary and bonus for the fiscal year in which such termination occurs. The
bonus will be prorated for the days of the performance period you would have
otherwise been eligible, up to the date of termination, and provided the company
has achieved its targets such that a bonus is paid out to other eligible
participants for that performance period. These severance amounts shall be
reduced by the amount of any compensation you receive with respect to any other
employment during the eight-month period commencing on the date of your
termination. As a condition of ChipPAC's obligations (if any) to make such
severance payments, you will be required to sign a mutual release agreement at
the company's direction.

Should there occur a change of control (as defined in the Plan) of ChipPAC, then
during the period (if any) following a change of control that you continue to
provide services, the terms and provisions of this employment letter shall
continue in full force and effect, unless one or more of the following occurs

   (i)     your employment is terminated within 6 months of such change of
           control

   (ii)    a material adverse change in your position causing it to be of
           materially less responsibility without your written consent, and such
           a materially adverse change shall in all events be deemed to occur if
           you no longer serve as Senior Vice President Administration, General
           Counsel reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer,
           unless you consent in writing to such change;

   (iii)   a reduction, without your written consent, in your level of base
           salary by more than 10% or a reduction by more than 10% in the target
           annual short term incentive opportunity as compared to the target
           annual short term incentive opportunity of the prior year

   (iv)    a relocation of the Company's executive offices from their current
           location by more than 50 miles, without your written consent

in which event you will be eligible to receive severance in an amount equivalent
to 8 months of your base salary and bonus for the fiscal year in which such
termination occurs. The bonus will be prorated for the days of the performance
period you would have otherwise been eligible, up to the date of termination,
and provided the company has achieved its targets such that a bonus is paid out
to other eligible participants for that performance period. As a condition of
ChipPAC's (or any successor's) obligations (if any) to make such change of
control severance payments, you will be required to sign a mutual release
agreement at the company's direction.

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The Immigration Control and Reform Act of 1986 requires that all new employees
submit proof of employment eligibility. This proof should be submitted on your
first day of employment, along with the enclosed I-9 form. To satisfy the I-9
requirements, please refer to the back of the I-9 document. You can fulfill the
I-9 requirements by providing one document from list A or by providing one
document from both List B and List C. Bring these documents with you on your
first day of employment.

We hope that you and ChipPAC will find mutual satisfaction with your employment.
ChipPAC is excited about your joining the company and looks forward to a
beneficial and fruitful relationship. ChipPAC recognizes the traditional
Employment-At-Will doctrine between an employer and an employee which means that
either party has the right to terminate the employment relationship at any time
with or without cause or notice. Similarly, we both agree that any dispute
arising with respect to your employment, the termination of that employment,
including any alleged breach of contract claims or breach of covenant of good
faith and fair dealing related to your employment at ChipPAC shall be settled by
binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association.

Enclosed you will find ChipPAC's Standard Invention and Confidentiality
Agreement form for your review. ChipPAC expects that you will maintain
confidentiality of any proprietary information received from your previous
employers. It is ChipPAC's understanding that any such agreements will not
prevent you from performing the duties of this position. If you accept this
offer of employment, please sign the enclosed copy of this offer letter and send
it back as soon as possible. Please bring the ChipPAC Standard Inventions and
Confidentiality Agreement on your first day of employment.

This letter and the Agreement contain the entire agreement with respect to your
employment and supersedes any prior agreements regarding your employment status.
No ChipPAC representative, with the exception of ChipPAC's President or an
officer in Human Resources has any authority to modify or enter into an
agreement or modification, express or implied, contrary to the foregoing. Any
such modification or agreement must be in writing and signed by you and the
President or an officer in Human Resources, and must clearly and expressly
specify an intent to change the at will nature of your employment.

We look forward to counting you among those who will enjoy the growth and
success of ChipPAC and hope that you will join us during this exciting time.
Please indicate your acceptance of this offer of employment by signing a copy of
this letter in the space below and returning one copy of this letter to me no
later than October 13, 2000.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (408) 486-5904.

Sincerely,


Connie Fredrickson-Bray
Vice President, Human Resources

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