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UMC Adds ARM922T™
To GOLD IP™ Program
Provides customers
with a comprehensive portfolio of IP cores
SUNNYVALE, Calif.,
November 8, 2000--UMC (NYSE: UMC)
today announced the addition of the ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)]
ARM922T™ core to the comprehensive portfolio of intellectual
property (IP) cores within its Gold IP™ program. The ARM922T
core will first become available on UMC's 0.18-micron process,
and subsequent iterations will involve UMC's other process technologies.
Design kits for the ARM922T core are currently available, and
silicon verification is projected for Q4 of 2000.
Jim Ballingall, vice president of worldwide marketing at
UMC said, "ARM has continued to demonstrate that it delivers
the leading-edge processor cores our customers are seeking.
Accordingly, we are excited to offer the newest member of
the ARM9™ Thumb?family of cores in addition to the ARM7TDMI?microprocessor
core that is currently available through our IP program.
I am confident that we will see the same success with the
ARM922T core that we have with our ARM7TDMI core offering.
"
Reynette Au, vice president of Corporate Marketing from ARM
said, "Because so many of our current partners process their
designs in UMC's fabs, we are extremely pleased that this
foundry has licensed our newest core. Furthermore, as
UMC has such a large customer base of its own, this agreement
will further expand the accessibility of the ARM922T core
to a wider customer base."
The ARM922T core offers designers a high-performance architecture
for price and power sensitive portable applications running
MP3 audio, Java, Voice recognition and MPEG-4 video. The ARM922T
solution is a 32-bit microprocessor macrocell that combines
the ARM9TDMI™ CPU core with 8k instruction and 8k data
caches, instruction and data Memory Management Units (MMUs),
a write buffer, an AMBA™ bus interface and an Embedded
Trace Macrocell™ (ETM) interface. The core targets applications
that require an optimal mix of performance and power and provides
an ideal solution for applications running industry-proven
operating systems such as EPOC, Linux and WindowsCE.
About
Gold IP™
UMC's Gold IP™ program provides a broad
range of IP cores and standard cell libraries to UMC's customers
through alliances with IP platform, design service, and EDA
companies. The program leads the foundry industry in
the hardening of analog and timing-critical or datapath-driven
cores through its Silicon Shuttle multi-chip test-wafer program.
Results are coded in the Gold IP catalog according to the
core's maturity in UMC silicon (Bronze = Softcore or
GDS2, Silver = Hardcore available and silicon verified, and
Gold = Production). UMC utilizes the VSIA IP tagging
standard in order to track and identify core usage.
Note From UMC Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in the foregoing announcement are
forward looking within the meaning of the U.S. Federal Securities
laws, including statements about future outsourcing, wafer
capacity, technologies, business relationships and market
conditions. Investors are cautioned that actual events
and results could differ materially from these statements
as a result of a variety of factors, including conditions
in the overall semiconductor market and economy; acceptance
and demand for products from UMC; and technological and development
risks.
GoldIP
is a trademark of UMC. Silicon Shuttle is a registered
service mark of UMC.
ARM, ARM7TDMI and Thumb are registered trademarks of ARM Limited.
ARM7, ARM9, ARM922T and AMBA are trademarks of ARM Limited.
All other brands or product names are the property of their
respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings
plc (LSE: ARM and NASDAQ: ARMHY); its operating company ARM
Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM, INC.; ARM KK;
ARM Korea Ltd.
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