SAN JOSE, Calif. and HSINCHU, Taiwan, Dec. 3, 2007 - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS), the leader in global electronic-design innovation, and UMC (NYSE: UMC, TSE: 2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced the availability of UMC 65-nanometer Foundry Design Kits (FDKs) for the latest Cadence® Virtuoso® custom design platform (IC 6.1) release. The kits will be available for designers using UMC's logic/mixed-mode 65-nanometer standard performance (SP) process and logic/mixed mode RF 65-nanometer low-leakage (LL) process. The Cadence Virtuoso technology helps accelerate silicon-accurate design of analog, mixed-signal and RF devices.
"The availability of the 65-nanometer design kits will help our customers more quickly realize the performance and power consumption advantages of our production proven 65-nanometer SP and RF LL technology," said Patrick T. Lin, head of Worldwide IP Development and Design Support at UMC. "Integrating the performance and productivity features in the new Virtuoso platform with UMC's FDKs will dramatically accelerate development time for our customers to help them meet their timing-critical market windows for their 65-nanometer products."
Cadence Virtuoso solutions and UMC's 65-nanometer FDKs support designers in high-growth IC markets, such as wireless communications. These technologies offer advanced processes for unprecedented integration of digital and mixed-signal designs. "This new FDK allows us to leverage advanced features of both UMC 65-nanometer process and the Cadence Virtuoso platform in our upcoming designs and helps us to meet time-to-market requirements," said C. J. Hsieh, associate vice president of SoC Development and Service at Faraday.
"The rapid development of UMC's 65-nanometer FDKs for the new Virtuoso technology underscores the importance of Virtuoso solutions among innovative mixed-signal and RF designers," said Charlie Giorgetti, corporate vice president of Product Marketing at Cadence. "We look forward to working with UMC to enable further FDKs with the latest Virtuoso solutions in support of our mutual customers' growing demand."
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