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SILICON METRICS'
TIMING SOLUTION TO BE UTILIZED BY UMC AND ITS PARTNERS
SiliconSmart CR™, Silicon Metrics' highly accurate VDSM
timing and power characterization and modeling solution, targets
designs being manufactured on UMC's VDSM fabs
AUSTIN, Texas – June 5, 2000 – Today,
Silicon Metrics Corporation announced an agreement with UMC,
a world-leading semiconductor foundry, that provides UMC,
its ASICplus partners, and its GoldIP™ partners access
to its Very Deep Sub-Micron (VDSM) library timing and power
characterization and modeling toolset, SiliconSmart CR.
The technology enables developers targeting designs to be
manufactured on UMC's deep submicron fabs the ability to reach
timing closure faster and with greater accuracy through consistent
library timing views used throughout the entire design process.
After
extensive evaluation, Silicon Metrics was selected by UMC as
a preferred provider of library timing and power characterization
and modeling tools. Silicon Metrics' SiliconSmart
CR extends UMC's end customers' design capability by providing
accurate, high quality, consistent cell library timing and power
data. This minimizes the risk of silicon re-spins due
to timing flaws. UMC is also referring its customers requiring
extensions to certified third-party libraries and/or requiring
new models for design specific operating points to SiliconSmart
CR.
"This agreement with Silicon Metrics exemplifies our continued
dedication to serving the needs of our customers by partnering
with innovative technology partners," said Edward Wan, Vice
President of Worldwide Field Engineering at UMC. "By
making SiliconSmart CR tools available throughout our network
of IP providers and library vendors, we are bringing both
accuracy and consistency to our customer's timing closure
methodologies. Given the massive competitive pressures
that our customers face, time-to-market remains critical.
Silicon Metrics' timing and power characterization and modeling
tools enable our customers to get better results and avoid
silicon respins due to timing errors, thus reducing their
overall time-to-market."
"We are very happy to support UMC and its service provider
network with the best commercially available timing and power
characterization and modeling solution. This agreement
deepens our long-time partnership with UMC," said Callan Carpenter,
CEO of Silicon Metrics. "As SiliconSmart CR proliferates
through the UMC provider chain--its ASIC plus partners and
its GoldIP™ program partners--UMC customers will become
equipped to take advantage of the sophisticated VDSM timing
sign-off flows that we're introducing to the market over the
next several months. The advanced modeling techniques
and solutions we're developing in conjunction with UMC will
provide UMC customers the fastest and most accurate timing
closure flow available anywhere."
NOTE 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.
About Silicon Metrics Corporation
Silicon Metrics Corporation
is a privately held company based in Austin, Texas.
The company has offices in Austin and San Jose, California
and is represented by Marubeni Solutions in Japan and SPEC
GmbH in Europe. Company investors include Austin Ventures,
Needham Capital Partners, and Synopsys, Inc. The Silicon
Metrics team brings decades of combined electrical engineering
and electronic design automation (EDA) experience to bear
on the challenge of eliminating silicon respins caused by
timing flaws. For more information, call (888) 828-3736,
or visit Silicon Metrics online at http://www.siliconmetrics.com.
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