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UMC University
Program Members to Present Eight Papers During ISSCC
International Solid State Circuits Conference, SAN FRANCISCO, February
4, 2008 - UMC (NYSE: UMC, TSE: 2303), a leading global semiconductor
foundry, today announced that its University Program members are
presenting eight papers here this week. The papers unveil innovative
semiconductor technology developments. The presentation of these
papers demonstrates the success of UMC's University Program in cultivating
university talent to develop the foundation for research and development
of technologies that will help to enable the next generation of
system-on-chip (SoC) technologies.
"UMC is excited to be well represented at
this distinguished conference through the eight papers selected
from our University Program. We are especially proud of the hard
work of the professors and students involved which make this program
a continuing success," said Dr. KC Wang, chief engineer of
system & architecture support at UMC. "Over 80 papers have
been published in prestigious technical journals and conferences
over the past three years from organizations directly sponsored
by the UMC University Program. We look forward to further helping
foster the future talent of the semiconductor
industry through close work with our university partners."
Specific papers to be presented during this week's
ISSCC conference include:
iVisual: An Intelligent Visual Sensor SoC with 2790fps CMOS Image
Sensor and 205GOPS/W Vision Processor, by C.-C. Cheng, C.-H. Lin,
C.-T. Li, S. Chang, C.-J. Hsu, and L.-G. Chen of National Taiwan
University
A 1.2mW, 1.6Vpp-Swing Class-AB 16
Headphone Driver Capable of Handling Load Capacitance up to 22nF,
by V. Dhanasekaran, J. Silva-Martinez and E. S nchez-Sinencio
of Texas A&M University
An 8-x-3.2Gb/s Parallel Receiver with Collaborative
Timing Recovery, by Agrawal, P. Hanumolu and Gu-Yeon Wei of Harvard
University
A Process-variation-tolerant Floating-point
Unit with Voltage Interpolation and Variable Latency, by X. Liang,
D. Brooks and Gu-Yeon Wei of Harvard University
A 242mW, 10mm2,1080p H.264/AVC High-Profile
Encoder Chip, by Yu-Kun Lin, De-Wei Li, Chia-Chun Lin, Tzu-Yun Kuo,
Sian-Jin Wu, Wei-Cheng Tai, Wei-Cheng Chang, and Tian-Sheuan Chang
of National Chiao Tung University
A 0.6V, 32.5mW Highly Integrated Receiver for
2.4GHz ISM-Band Applications, by A. Balankutty, S.-A. Yu, Y. Feng
and Peter Kinget of Columbia University
A 1.4mW, 4.90-to-5.65GHz Class-C CMOS VCO with
an Average FoM of 194.5dBc/Hz, by P. Andreani of LUND University,
Sweden
A Clockless ADC/DSP/DAC System with Activity-dependent
Power Dissipation and No Aliasing, by B. Schell and Y. Tsividis
of Columbia University
UMC collaborates with many universities in Taiwan,
the U.S., Canada, and Sweden to advance the cutting-edge of IC design,
modeling, EDA, ESD, etc. Through the Program, the university partners
gain access to advanced CMOS technologies, develop novel ICs, test
them, and analyze the results. UMC provides design kits, technical
support, fabrication, and IC packaging. Successful ICs are announced
as "IP candidates," that customers can license from participating
universities and develop into real IPs that can be used in SoC products.
About UMC
UMC (NYSE: UMC, TSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor foundry
that manufactures advanced process ICs for applications spanning
every major sector of the semiconductor industry. UMC delivers cutting-edge
foundry technologies that enable sophisticated system-on-chip (SoC)
designs, including volume production 90nm, industry-leading 65nm,
and mixed signal/RFCMOS. UMC's 10 wafer manufacturing facilities
include two advanced 300mm fabs; Fab 12A in Taiwan and Singapore-based
Fab 12i are both in volume production for a variety of customer
products. The company employs approximately 13,000 people worldwide
and has offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United
States. UMC can be found on the web at http://www.umc.com.
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