HSINCHU, Taiwan - April 8, 2003 - Giga Solution, the leading RF services company; Mentor Graphics (NASD: MENT), a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions; and UMC (NYSE: UMC), a world leading semiconductor foundry, announced today the immediate availability of radio frequency (RF) and mixed-mode foundry design kits (FDKs) for UMC's 0.18um process technology. A direct result of a three-way collaboration between the industry leaders, these fully-tested FDKs, integrating Giga Solution's silicon proven RF component library and friendly-user interface, enable quick ramp-up on Mentor's integrated, mixed-signal system on a chip (SoC) design flow, in turn increasing productivity and speeding time to market.
Giga Solution has successfully integrated its RF silicon measurement result and component library into Mentor's EDA flow for SoC designs. The test-proven component library includes scalable models with layout to achieve high flexibility and yield for IC designers. "For an integrated RF-IC implementation flow, we offer designers a comprehensive design process with an accurate and complete component library and well-integrated, custom-design environments. This will mitigate the risks in the initial design stage and significantly reduce design iterations," stated Dr. Liang-Po Chen, president of Giga Solution. "Providing accelerated time-to-solution is Giga Solution's objective and expertise."
"These FDKs yet again illustrate Mentor's commitment to providing complete design flows that have been tested and proven for productivity and first-silicon success," said Jue-Hsien Chern, vice president and general manager, Deep Submicron (DSM) division, Mentor Graphics. "Through this cooperation between UMC, Giga Solution and Mentor, customers benefit from the completeness, accuracy, and productivity advantages of our RF/mixed-signal design methodologies."
Dr. Jackson Hu, head of Design Support at UMC, said, "We are pleased that through our collaborative efforts with Giga Solution and Mentor Graphics, we are able to offer complete Mentor design kits for our foundry customers designing 0.18um RF and mixed-mode ICs. This FDK embeds UMC's state-of-the-art technology to provide our customers with a reliable and accurate solution to jumpstart their designs. With Mentor's complete mixed-signal SoC design flow, customers can gain competitive advantages by confidently planning aggressive tape-out and production."
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