News Release from: Aprio Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 10 May 2005

NEC signs for design-for-manufacturing expertise

Design-for-manufacturing specialist Aprio Technologies has signed its first technology partnership with NEC Electronics.

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Design-for-manufacturing specialist Aprio Technologies has signed its first technology partnership with NEC Electronics. Aprio's DFM products will be applied to NEC Electronics' methodologies in advanced IC manufacturing throughput, robustness and accuracy by employing modular, hierarchical, and incremental approaches in the handling of reticule enhancement technology (RET). Kazu Yamada, Associate Vice President and General Manager of NEC's Technology Foundation Development Division, remarked: 'We are quite impressed with the technology Aprio has developed so far'.

'We feel they truly understand DFM issues and are eager to work with them on extending and deploying their solutions to give NEC Electronics a competitive edge in advanced semiconductor processes'.

The technology partnership agreement calls for collaboration on new RET technologies and the integration of that technology into NEC Electronics' manufacturing flow.

Mike Gianfagna, Aprio's President and CEO commented: 'For a relative newcomer such as Aprio to receive a firm validation by a company of NEC Electronics' stature is a sign that we are on the right track'.

Gianfagna continued: 'In building a true DFM solution it is important to understand the problems of both the design and manufacturing organisations'.

'Working with NEC Electronics will certainly provide us excellent insight into what is necessary to improve the utilisation of the information shared between these organisations'.

The agreement includes commitments by both companies for collaboration and the commitment of resources, both financial and staffing.

Sumisho Electronics, Aprio's distributor in Japan, played a key role in defining the objectives and the details of the partnership to the satisfaction of all parties.

'I've worked on several EDA partnerships over my tenure in this industry', said Randy Smith, Aprio's Vice President of Marketing and Sales.

'I am truly excited about the possibilities of this collaboration with NEC Electronics, which will begin producing results this year'.

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