XILINX
AND UMC ANNOUNCE SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION ON 300-MM WAFERS
Fab 12A is UMC's second 300mm fab to produce
wafers for world's largest FPGA supplier
SAN JOSE, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov.
26, 2001 - Xilinx, Inc.(NASDAQ: XLNX), the leader in programmable
logic solutions, and UMC (NYSE: UMC), a world leading semiconductor
foundry, today announced that Xilinx has produced its Virtex? II
chips on 300-mm wafers at UMC's Fab 12A using the foundry's 0.15um
logic technology. The wafers have already demonstrated better yields
than their 200-mm equivalents, signifying the maturity of the manufacturing
process and allowing Xilinx to more quickly realize the improved
cost benefits associated with the larger wafers. Along with UMC's
Trecenti Technologies in Japan, Fab 12A is the second UMC 300-mm
facility to produce chips for Xilinx, in line with Xilinx's strategy
to move a larger portion of the company's programmable logic products
to the more advanced manufacturing platform.
"We have been working closely with Xilinx to aggressively develop
our 300-mm capabilities," said Robert Tsao, Chairman of UMC.
"The impressive efficiency and yields seen at Fab 12A prove
that we have mastered the learning curve for this advanced manufacturing.
Xilinx was the first FPGA vendor to utilize 300-mm at our Trecenti
fab, and we are happy to be working with our long-time partner for
the manufacture of their Virtex- II FPGA platform at our Fab 12A
facility as well."
300-mm wafers yield as much as 2.5 times the die as 200-mm, with
the ratio of obtainable chips increasing as die size gets larger.
With the inherently larger die size associated with FPGA's, Xilinx
stands to gain significant cost benefits from manufacturing their
products on 300-mm wafers.
"Our partnership with UMC in developing leading edge process
technologies is a key component in our position as the market leader,"
said Wim Roelandts, Xilinx president and CEO.
"The cost optimization benefits of 300-mm wafers will ultimately
benefit all our customers by making Xilinx the lowest cost producer
of Programmable Logic Devices."
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the leading supplier of complete programmable logic solutions,
including advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined
system functions delivered as cores, and unparalleled field engineering
support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif.,
Xilinx invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and fulfills
more than half of the world demand for these devices today. Xilinx
solutions enable customers to reduce significantly the time required
to develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications,
networking, industrial control, instrumentation, aerospace, defense,
low-power portable and consumer markets. For more information, visit
the Xilinx web site at www.xilinx.com.
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