A Quarterly Update on Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing’s Product Solutions and Services

• Microsoft Selects Chartered for Xbox 360 CPU Production
• Chartered Licenses 90nm SOI technology from IBM

Design Enablement

• Chartered Launches DFM for 65nm Common Platform Technology
• Chartered Expands Design Solutions for Mobile, Consumer and Communications Applications
• Design Solutions for High-Performance Applications
• Catena IP Silicon Proven on Chartered 0.13-micron RF CMOS

2006 Chartered Multi-Project Wafer Schedule

• 65nm, 90nm, 0.13-, 0.18-, 0.25- and 0.35-micron

Events

• Save the Date! 2006 Chartered Technology Forums
• 2006 Japan Technical Seminars
• Visit Chartered at DAC  
• Upcoming Industry Events

65nm and 90nm on the Common Platform

Microsoft Selects Chartered for Xbox 360 CPU Production

Chartered will manufacture Microsoft’s Xbox 360 CPU using 65nm SOI technology from IBM. Production is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2007. The agreement follows Chartered's successful production of the 90nm SOI CPU for the launch of the Xbox 360 console, through an agreement with IBM.  

To learn more about this manufacturing agreement, visit:
http://www.charteredsemi.com/media/corp/2006n/20060420_microsoft.asp

Chartered Licenses 90nm SOI technology from IBM

With the licensing agreement, Chartered expands its reach to markets for SOI technology, such as consumer, multi-media, communications, automotive and industrial applications. The SOI technology is production-proven in high-volume applications such as games and enterprise information solutions, and has demonstrated extremely low defect density. In 2004, under an outsourcing agreement with IBM, Chartered implemented the IBM 90nm SOI technology in our Singapore-based Fab 7 to manufacture CPU products for Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console.

To learn more about the SOI licensing agreement, visit:
http://www.charteredsemi.com/media/corp/2006n/20060420_IBM_SOI.asp

For more information, please contact your local Chartered representative.

Design Enablement

Chartered Launches DFM for 65nm Common Platform Technology

Chartered, IBM and Samsung Electronics have announced DFM technology, models, design kits and data files for the 65nm Common Platform. Specific DFM capabilities include:

• Mentor’s DFM decks for checking compliance
• Ponte Solutions’ critical area analysis to identify potential yield hotspots
• Mentor’s Calibre LFD, a lithography simulation tool for locating hotspots at standard cell, IP and full-chip level
• Cadence’s CMP modeling of full-chip thickness variation
  Clear Shape Technologies’ full-chip-level shape simulation and design-manufacturability check
• DFM support in place-and-route reference flows from Cadence, Magma and Synopsys
• Simultaneous Leakage Reduction and Yield Optimization from Blaze-DFM

For more details about DFM support for Common Platform 65nm technology, visit: http://www.charteredsemi.com/media/corp/2006n/20060330.asp

For more information, please contact your local Chartered representative.

Chartered Expands Design Solutions for Mobile, Consumer and Communications Applications

More than ever, today’s mobile and consumer applications need comprehensive design solutions.  By partnering with leading and proven IP partners in Chartered's design ecosystem, customers can tap into a rich portfolio of libraries and IPs that are essential for consumer and mobile SOC designs. Chartered’s scalable solutions, based on mix-and-match building blocks, simplify the design process and help companies meet the design challenges associated with current and next-generation mobile and consumer products. At 90nm, Chartered's expanded design solutions for mobile, consumer and communications applications include:

Analog Bits

• Wide range PLL

Aragio Solutions

• Wide range CUP I/O library

ARM

• PCI-Express
• SATA

Chipidea

• 10-bit 200MHz VideoDAC
• 10-bit 150MHz ADC
• 10-bit 80MHz  IQ ADC
• USB 2.0 OTG

Synopsys

• USB 2.0 OTG

True Circuits

• Spread spectrum PLL
• Clock generation PLL
• DLL

Also in our design enablement roadmap are Chartered's 65nm design solutions, which are available now to customers needing more advanced technology solutions.

For more information, please contact your local Chartered Representative

Design Solutions for High-Performance Applications

The following high-performance IPs for 90nm are also available through our design service ecosystem:

ARM

• PCI-Express
• SATA
• 6G SERDES: CEI – 6 (SR)
• XAUI

For more information, please contact your local Chartered Representative.

Catena IP Silicon Proven on Chartered 0.13-micron RF CMOS

The Catena group (Catena Microelectronics BV, Catena Radio Design BV and Catena Wireless Electronics AB) has silicon validated its RF system application IP on Chartered’s 0.13-micron process. The power amplifier, low-noise amplifier and an on-chip antenna match network for 2.45GHz and 900MHz were integrated on Chartered’s 0.13-micron RF CMOS process. The chip utilizes both active and passive components in RF CMOS such as RF MOS, MIM capacitors and inductors. The power management functions were also integrated on the chip. This reference design can be integrated into a system on a chip for applications such as 802.11x, Bluetooth and GSM/UMTS.

For more information, please contact your local Chartered representative.

2006 Chartered Multi-Project Wafer Schedule

Shuttle Runs for 65nm, 90nm, 0.13-, 0.18-, 0.25- & 0.35-micron Processes

Don't miss the next Chartered MPW shuttle! Contact your local Chartered representative to reserve your slot on the Chartered Express.

Events

Save the Dates! 2006 Chartered Technology Forums

Hsinchu, Taiwan		Thursday, October 5
Shanghai, China		Wednesday, October 25
Beijing, China		Friday, October 27

2006 Japan Technical Seminars

Tokyo		Thursday, October 19
Kyoto		Friday, October 20

DAC 2006

We Collaborate. You Win.
Visit Chartered and our common platform partners, IBM and Samsung, at the Common Platform booth, #3310, at this year’s Design Automation Conference, July 24-27, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.  Find out more about the Common Platform technology and try out Microsoft’s Xbox 360, with the CPU manufactured by Chartered and IBM.
 
Catch Chartered Executives Speaking at These Upcoming Industry Events:
DAC 2006
Moscone Center, San Francisco, US
July 25, 4PM - 4:45PM
Walter Ng, Senior Director, Platform Alliances
Panel: The Fabless Model: Is DFM Our Salvation or Demise?
http://www.dac.com/43rd/index.html

International Symposium on Semiconductor Manufacturing (ISSM) 2006
Century Hyatt Tokyo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
September 25-27
Speaker: Chia Song Hwee, President and CEO
http://www.semiconductorportal.com/issm/2006/ConInfo.cfm

For more information, email: info@charteredsemi.com

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