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News Release from: ARM | Subject: Design kits for SMIC process
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 1 August 2003
Chinese foundry takes on ARM cores
China's most advanced pure-play semiconductor foundry has joined the ARM Foundry Programme and has licensed the ARM7TDMI microprocessor core
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), China's most advanced pure-play semiconductor foundry, has joined the ARM Foundry Programme and has licensed the ARM7TDMI microprocessor core. The agreement follows the collaboration between ARM and SMIC to develop an ARM7TDMI core-based test chip that has been successfully validated in silicon.
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Shanghai-based SMIC is the first foundry in mainland China to join the ARM Foundry Programme, and is an important addition to the manufacturing support available to ARM partners in the region.
SMIC will offer fabless semiconductor companies and design houses access to ARM technology in a cost-effective and flexible manner.
"We are developing our Foundry Programme with SMIC and this announcement is an important step in our relationship with SMIC.
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It significantly strengthens our support for customers in China who now have access to SMIC's world-class manufacturing expertise for their ARM core-based designs", said Jun Tan, President, ARM China.
"We continue to see a great deal of innovation within the Chinese semiconductor market and increasing business opportunities for ARM, and look forward to extending our relationship with SMIC even further".
"In today's competitive market, many of our customers are looking for faster time-to-market and greater flexibility for the design and manufacture of their products", said James Sung, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, SMIC.
"Joining the ARM Foundry Programme enables us to meet these needs by offering industry-leading, ARM low-power 32bit microprocessor cores alongside our advanced manufacturing capabilities".
The agreement with SMIC demonstrates ARM's sustained commitment to the Chinese market.
In July 2002 ARM opened its offices in Shanghai.
The company has announced seven partners in the region including two tools distributors, Impact and Watertek; three IC design partners, ICC, SHHIC, and ZTEIC, who have licensed ARM technology; and one approved training centre partner, Watertek.
ARM also recently announced that Southeast University in Nanjing had joined the ARM University Programme.
SMIC joins existing ARM foundry partners, AMI, Anam, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Silterra, Tower Semiconductor, TSMC and UMC as members in the programme, bringing the total number of Foundry Programme members to eight.
ARM7TDMI-core-based design kits, targeted to the SMIC process technology, are available to license from ARM immediately.
Silicon-verified cores are available from SMIC from Q3 2003.
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