CHARTERED EXPANDS DESIGN SERVICES ALLIANCE PROGRAM
March 26, 2003
Accent
"Accent's familiarity with Chartered's product solutions will make us a valuable partner to Chartered customers as they
develop next-generation products. In addition, our track record of 250+ successful tape-outs and our background with ARM
technology for communications and other convergence type applications will help reduce the time it takes them to deliver
products based on this popular architecture."
— Massimo Vanzi, General Manager
Accent is a joint venture incorporated in 1993 between STMicroelectronics (51%) and Cadence Design Systems (49%).
With 120+ experienced designers, Accent is a leading provider of electronic design services and platform-level
intellectual property (IP) in the field of telecommunication, multimedia applications and low-power general
computing. Accent's offerings include System-on-Chip Design, FPGA Design, Silicon Implementation, Analog and Mixed
Signal Design, Software and Firmware Design, Supply Chain Management and Support for Prototypes IC Supply, and
Intellectual Property-related Services. Additional information is available at http://www.accent.it
HOYA Corporation
"We're pleased to be among the inaugural partners for Chartered's design services program. Our focus is on providing total
support from specification design through to tapeout and photomask services. To this end, we've established a dedicated
design team to support Chartered's customers, and look forward to helping them benefit from our experience with leading-edge
design technologies."
— T. Kobayashi, Senior Manager
Global Marketing Operations
HOYA Corporation, Mask Division. Hoya supplies its customers with the advanced performance and planning and design services,
and generates photomasks as an independent design house. Hoya has extensive experience in the field of micro-controller,
analog LSI, memory, LCD driver, etc. and also offers advanced technology in full-custom design. Hoya's most competitive
and unique design jobs include ARM-based SoC and DC-DC Converter (Switching Regulator, Charge Pump). Hoya supports customer
development and achievement with competitive LSI devices using its high-end design tool, excellent designers and
high-precision technology of photomasks.
QThink
"QThink's pure-play business model, along with our advanced capabilities in front-to-back digital design and chip assembly
services for mixed-signal and SoC projects, makes us a good fit with Chartered's manufacturing expertise with leading-edge
designs and industry-leading efforts in mixed-signal foundry technologies. By working with foundry partners such as
Chartered, who provide complementary technologies to address the complex solutions demanded by today's customers, we deliver
greater client value."
— Akbar Shokouhi, President
QThink designs high-performance chips, offering full front-to-back design capabilities to companies involved in wired
and wireless communications, high-speed networking, multimedia and high-speed computing. Its San Diego-based design center
is home to engineers with extensive experience in chip design and flow automation. QThink has successfully completed many
complex multi-million-gate chip designs targeted to multiple deep sub-micron technologies. The company strives to implement
the best solution for each customer, utilizing its broad knowledge and experience with numerous leading EDA tools,
libraries, and foundry technologies, while protecting clients' unique product intellectual property.
Time to Market Inc.
"TTM provides a very cost effective and risk free route for COT customers, fabricating their ASICS with the leading
semiconductor fabs and using IP from different vendors. TTM has been in business for 5 years with more than 50 tape outs
and enjoyed a first-pass silicon success with every COT ASIC taped out in the last couple of years. We believe our service
offering is a strategic match with Chartered's philosophy of providing maximum flexibility and freedom of choice for its
customers. In addition, our combined experienced with communications applications is especially valuable to companies
migrating their IC designs into newer technologies for convergence-era devices."
— Venkata Simhadri, President & CEO
Time To Market Inc. (TTM) is an ASIC Design Services corporation, providing design services to leading networking and
communication companies. TTM brings proven methodologies and expertise that provide customers with a competitive edge.
TTM was founded by a group of VLSI professionals with in-depth knowledge and experience in the field of ASIC design and
was incorporated in 1998 in San Jose, California.
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
"Our turnkey service takes designs from front-end to final solution based on ISO9001. This approach complements Chartered's
focus on enabling companies to integrate their system-level performance requirements into advanced silicon devices. The
combination of our SoC design expertise and Chartered's manufacturing solutions provides a reliable, proven design-through
manufacturing flow for companies moving to systems-on-chip implementations."
— Kaname Arai, General Manager
Electronics Division
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. is one of the largest printing companies in the world, established in Japan in 1900, with sales
of over 9.8 Billion dollars. The seed of printing and prepress technology has branched out into a variety of areas of
business including: securities and smart cards, commercial printing, publications printing, packaging, industrial materials,
electronics, and e-business. The Electronics Division of Toppan Printing manufactures electronic components by using
photofabrication technology, which has been developed in plate making technology. Toppan products are used in semiconductor
devices such as photomasks, leadframes, substrates for BGA. Toppan also supplies shadow masks for CRTs and color filters
for LCDs display devices.
Uleadtek, Inc.
"We're excited to be a part of Chartered's global network, and are working closely together to service existing and new customers in China. As a provider of SoC design solutions, the ability to certify our expertise for Chartered's mature manufacturing technologies is an important part of our turnkey approach. We believe it provides our mutual customers with more cost-effective options and greater confidence for outsourcing both the design and manufacturing of their SoC devices."
— Roger Huang, Executive Vice President
Uleadtek, Inc. was started up in 2000 by an engineering team with team members that have already been working together for
more than ten years. With stringent design flow, advanced microprocessor architecture, technology and implementation
expertise, Uleadtek is providing proven synthesizable microprocessors, signal processors, peripheral and interface
devices, standard cell libraries, as well as complete turnkey solutions to ASIC design companies. Uleadtek also provides
total solutions for high speed image processing platforms such as Digital Camcorder, DVD-R, motion-video, etc. Advance
Group Co., Ltd, the exclusive agent for Uleadtek in China, will provide total SoC design service solutions to China
customers. Additional information is available at http://www.uleadtek.com.tw and http://agchina.com
