HSINCHU, Taiwan -- August 27, 2003 - Faraday Technology Corporation (TAIEX: 3035), a leading provider of ASIC design service and silicon proven IP, and UMC (NYSE: UMC), a world leading semiconductor foundry, today announced that Faraday will expand its silicon verified IP offerings on UMC's 0.18-micron, 0.15-micron, and 0.13-micron processes. Faraday is on track to have a comprehensive suite of IP that includes high-speed interface, processor cores, and mixed-signal cores, made available to mutual customers. This agreement will provide customers with an expansive portfolio of Faraday IP cores that target a wide range of IC applications, all proven on UMC silicon. The two companies already have a long-working history of jointly developing cell libraries and embedded memories.
"Faraday's expanded portfolio of high-quality, high-performance IP cores will be a welcome addition to UMC's Gold IP portfolio," said Ken Liou, director of the Design Support division at UMC. "Designers of sophisticated SoC systems seeking to shorten their time-to-market and reduce design risk will find silicon-proven IP cores jointly provided by Faraday and UMC ideal solutions for their design needs. Customers utilizing these cores will gain the benefits of low-power consumption, high performance and mass-production reliability."
"UMC continues to be an outstanding foundry partner for Faraday, and we are pleased to be working with UMC on high-value IP porting," said Wilson Tzeng, vice president of Faraday Technology Corporation. "These IP cores in UMC's leading-edge processes enable a broad range of consumer, computer and communication applications emphasizing performance and cost efficiency."
Faraday's IP cores will include: * High-Speed I/Os: USB 1.1/2.0 PHY, USB OTG PHY, Giga-bit Ethernet PHY, LVDS Receiver/Transmitter, 1.5G/3G Serial-ATA, PCI Express, Serdes, etc. * Processor IP Cores: 16-bit/24-bit DSP, 32-bit RISC CPU * Fundamental Mixed-Signal IP Cores: PLL, DLL, POR, Regulator, Oscillator, PECL, Multi-Voltage I/O, ADC, DAC, Audio CODEC, Audio DAC, etc.
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