|
|
 |
|
|
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Creates
Parternership Network for 0.18-Micron Systems-on-Silicon Development
Seamless Design Environment Closes the Gap
Between Product Development and Manufacturing
Phases
MILPITAS, Calif., -- March 1, 1999 --
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing has announced the formation of a
partnership network that will develop a seamless design environment required
for the manufacture of integrated circuits utilizing Chartered’s 0.18-micron
process technologies. The qualified design environment allows customers to
choose any qualified Chartered partner’s offering and have the benefit of a
seamless interface to Chartered’s 0.18-micron manufacturing
process.
Under separate memorandums of understanding,
Chartered is working with four leaders in the electronic design automation
(EDA) and intellectual property (IP) industries -- Artisan Components, Inc.,
Avant! Corporation, Cadence Design Systems, and Synopsys, Inc. -- to provide
customers with a seamless design environment offering three key elements.
First, Chartered will work with Avant!, Cadence, and Synopsys to validate
the accuracy of their tools and 0.18-micron technology files on Chartered
silicon. Next, Chartered will validate the seamless integration of Artisan’s
and Avant!’s libraries within their respective customers’ preferred design
flows. Chartered will do this using the tools offered by Avant!, Cadence and
Synopsys. Third, Chartered will verify the libraries in silicon via its test
chip program. The result will be a fully integrated and verified set of
design rules, models, tools, libraries and process technology.
Commenting on the announcement, Ana Hunter,
vice president of worldwide EDA services at Chartered, said, "These
relationships mark a new phase in Chartered’s EDA and IP program. Building
on our strategy of partnership, we offer our customers the benefits of close
collaboration with EDA and IP providers. At a practical level, we are
verifying that our EDA and IP partners’ offerings are qualified in the
design environment under which our customers design their systems on
silicon.
"Through close collaboration with industry
leaders such as these, Chartered’s customers gain the highest degree of
confidence that their designs rest on a reliable foundation. With both
libraries and tools matched to each other and to our advanced 0.18-micron
process, our customers maximize the efficiency of their next-generation
designs. Further, these alliances highlight Chartered’s strategy of
partnering with key industry players to provide customers with fast access
to deep submicron manufacturing." Chartered expects to begin
accepting customer prototypes for manufacturing in the first quarter of the
year 2000.
About Chartered
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (www.charteredsemi.com) is a
leading dedicated foundry, offering advanced wafer manufacturing processes
for a broad range of CMOS logic, memory and mixed-signal technologies.
Through alliances with complementary service providers, Chartered helps
customers gain access to best-in-class services ranging from design to
assembly and final test of packaged chips.
Known for quality processes and exceptional customer service, Chartered
is a recipient of Semiconductor International Magazine's Top Fab
award. Headquartered in Singapore, the Company operates sales and service
offices worldwide. Chartered is a member company of Singapore Technologies,
a technology-based multinational conglomerate with 1997 revenues of S $5.4
billion (US $3.4 billion).
CONTACTS:
For more information, please contact:
###
-
PRESS RELEASE ATTACHMENT 1:
-
-
ARTISAN
-
"As a leading provider of silicon IP components, we are pleased to be able
to provide a seamless integration of our libraries into Chartered
Semiconductor's customers' design flows," said Mark Templeton, president and
CEO, Artisan Components. "With this new partnership, we can now offer our
library users access to 0.18-micron process technologies from all three
leading pure-play foundries."
-
-
About Artisan Components
-
Founded in 1991, Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI)
provides high-quality silicon intellectual property (IP) to the world's
largest semiconductor manufacturers. The company's Process-PerfectÔ products, including embedded memories, SAGEÔ standard cells and IntegralÔ
I/Os, are tuned to each manufacturer's process. Semiconductor manufacturers,
in turn, provide these products to their design customers so that they may
achieve the full speed, density and low power potential of the semiconductor
process. Artisan's library products are designed to work with the most popular
EDA tools in the industry including Avant!, Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys
and Mentor Graphics. Artisan Components is headquartered at 1195 Bordeaux
Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1201; phone (408) 734-5600; fax (408) 734-5050; Web
address http://www.artisan.com.
-
-
ARTISAN EDITORIAL CONTACTS:
-
For more information, please contact:
-
-
Artisan Components, Artisan, Process-Perfect, SAGE and Integral are
trademarks of Artisan Components, Inc. All other trademarks or registered
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
-
-
###
-
PRESS RELEASE ATTACHMENT 2:
-
-
AVANT!
-
"Avant! brings a great deal of business and technology value to our
relationship with Chartered," said Vic Kulkarni, general manger of Avant!’s
silicon unit. "Our Silicon Early AccessTM (SEA) TCAD tools provide
a strong link with manufacturing. Integrating our world class libraries with
our SinglePassTM suite, (silicon very deep submicron design),
provides customers with a seamless flow. Consequently, we believe that Avant!,
more than any other EDA company, has the best tools and technology to close
the gap between product development and the manufacturing process."
-
-
About Avant!
-
Avant! (pronounced ah VAHN tee) Corporation (Nasdaq:AVNT) develops,
markets, and supports integrated circuit design automation (ICDA) software for
the design of deep submicron ICs including microprocessors, microcontrollers,
application-specific standard products (ASSPs) and complex
application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Avant!’s full tool suite
covers process characterization, circuit simulation and analysis, HDL
simulation, formal verification, floorplanning, physical design and VDSM
optimization, interconnect parasitic extraction, timing simulation, and
physical verification.
-
-
Avant! also provides physical foundation IP libraries for integrated
circuit design. Avant!’s tools support hierarchical design methodologies as
well as incremental design changes in all phases, and they offer the capacity
needed for multi-million transistor devices. Avant! is headquartered in
Fremont, California with offices worldwide. Tel (510) 413-8000, Fax (510)
413-8080, http://www.avanticorp.com/.
-
-
AVANT! EDITORIAL CONTACTS:
-
For more information, please contact:
-
-
###
-
PRESS RELEASE ATTACHMENT 3:
-
-
CADENCE
-
"Participating in this program is another aspect of Cadence's customer
support efforts," said Michael Buehler-Garcia, Cadence group director,
strategic relationships. "Relationships like this ensure that Cadence products
exceed the ever-expanding requirements of our customers."
-
-
About Cadence
-
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. provides comprehensive services and software
for the product development requirements of the world's leading electronics
companies. Cadence is the largest supplier of software products, consulting
services, and design services used to accelerate and manage the design of
semiconductors, computer systems, networking and telecommunications equipment,
consumer electronics, and a variety of other electronic-based products. With
more than 4,000 employees and 1997 annual sales of $916 million, Cadence has
sales offices, design centers, and research facilities around the world. The
company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. And traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol CDN. More information about the company, its
products and services may be obtained from the World Wide Web at http://www.cadence.com/.
-
-
CADENCE EDITORIAL CONTACT:
-
For more information, please contact:
-
Cadence PR
-
Jim Lochmiller
-
(1) 408.944.8095
-
###
-
PRESS RELEASE ATTACHMENT 4:
-
-
SYNOPSYS
-
"Synopsys is committed to enabling designs for 0.18-micron manufacturing
process and looks forward to providing Chartered’s customers with
industry-leading tools targeted for multimillion-gate, system-on-a-chip (SoC)
designs," stated Rich Goldman, senior director for strategic market
development at Synopsys. "Through this partnership, Chartered is the first COT
vendor to provide customers a complete front-end design flow, and we are
pleased to deliver this using industry-leading Synopsys tools. Additionally,
Chartered’s support of EPIC Technology Files brings the industry-leading
capabilities of the EPIC Tools Group to Chartered’s customers."
-
-
About Synopsys, Inc.
-
Synopsys Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), is a leading supplier of electronic design
automation (EDA) solutions to the global electronic market. The company
provides comprehensive design technologies to creators of advanced integrated
circuits, electronic systems and systems on a chip. Synopsys also provides
consulting services and support to its customers to streamline the overall
design process and accelerate time-to-market. Additional information about
Synopsys is available at http://www.synopsys.com/.
-
-
SYNOPSYS EDITORIAL CONTACT:
-
For more information, please contact:
-
-
The Hoffman Agency
-
Ellie Katsoudas
-
(1) 408.975.3057
-
Synopsys is a are registered trademarks of Synopsys, Inc.
|
|
|
|
