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CHARTERED
AND CADENCE PARTNER TO REDUCE TIME-TO-MARKET WITH PROCESS
DESIGN KIT OFFERING
Companies Launch PDK Offering With Worldwide Seminar
Series
SAN JOSE and MILPITAS, Calif. March 25, 2002 Cadence
Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CDN) and Chartered Semiconductor
Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT and SGX-ST: CHARTERED) are
working together to help the mixed-signal market reduce
cycle times on designs with new Chartered foundry process
design kits (PDKs). The PDKs will integrate Chartered's
manufacturing processes for multiple nodes from 0.35
micron extending to 0.10 micron with the Cadence® front-to-back
design and verification flow for analog, RF and mixed-signal
ICs. The result is a design-through-manufacture path
that helps companies meet aggressive product schedules
for advanced mixed-signal SoCs.
To introduce the PDKs to the market, Chartered, one
of the world's top three foundries, and Cadence, the
world's leading supplier of electronic design products
and services, will co-host a worldwide seminar series,
Acceleration to Technology Access, at the following
locations and dates: San Jose, May 7; Irvine, Calif.,
May 9; Boston, May 14; and Austin, May 16. Locations
and dates for international seminars will be announced
at a later time. Additional information and online registration
is currently available at http://www.charteredsemi.com.
"Today's designers face a constant challenge to meet
shrinking time-to-market windows. Chartered's PDK program
gives them a head start with their designs, and that
could make all the difference," said Michael Buehler-Garcia,
vice president of worldwide marketing and business development
at Chartered. "By combining Chartered's mixed-signal
processes and world-class models with the industry-leading,
mixed-signal design solution from Cadence, we help our
customers to meet the reduced cycle times they need."
The PDKs will enable Chartered and Cadence customers
to immediately begin designing chips rather than first
developing their own required process design kits. The
PDKs provide a symbol library and technology file for
the design automation flow and DRC-correct parameterized
cells to automate device generation. They are validated
with the Cadence Spectre® models in the Cadence RF/analog
mixed-signal design solution, which includes AMS Designer,
Composer, Analog Design Environment, Spectre/Spectre-RF,
Virtuoso® Layout Editor and XL, Custom Placer, Custom
Router, and the Assura™/Diva® physical verification
suites.
"Entering into a multi-node, multi-year agreement with
Chartered affirms the Cadence commitment to the foundry
market," said Lavi Lev, executive vice president and
general manager, IC Solutions Business at Cadence. "Partnering
long-term with a mixed-signal industry leader ensures
that our mutual customers get design solutions that
help them achieve first-pass success even as complexity
increases with each newer process node."
About Chartered
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world's
top three silicon foundries, is forging a customized
approach to outsourced semiconductor manufacturing by
building --more-- Chartered And Cadence Partner To Reduce
Time-To-Market Page 3 lasting and collaborative partnerships
with its customers. The Company provides flexible and
cost-effective manufacturing solutions for customers,
enabling the convergence of communications, computing
and consumer applications. In Singapore, Chartered operates
five fabrication facilities and has a sixth fab in the
process of being developed as a 300mm facility.
A company with both global presence and perspective,
Chartered is traded on both the Nasdaq Stock Market
(Nasdaq: CHRT) and on the Singapore Exchange (SGX-ST:
CHARTERED). Chartered's 4,000 employees are based at
12 locations around the world. Information about Chartered
can be found at www.charteredsemi.com
About Cadence
Cadence is the largest supplier of electronic design
technologies, methodology services, and design services.
Cadence solutions are used to accelerate and manage
the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking
and telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics,
and a variety of other electronics-based products. With
approximately 5,600 employees and 2001 revenues of approximately
$1.4 billion, 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
is available at www.cadence.com.
Cadence, the Cadence logo, Virtuoso,
Spectre, and Diva are registered trademarks and Assura
is a trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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