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News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK | Subject: Mentor/UMC 0.18um design kits
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 23 January 2003
Kits speed mixed-signal design
Mentor Graphics has developed a range of design kits for UMC's 0.18um analogue/mixed-signal (AMS) process technologies
These qualified, open-source design kits enable IC design companies to rapidly set up their design environments and immediately focus on mixed-signal design and verification using UMC's leading-edge technologies. The 0.18um mixed-signal design kits include UMC-supported Eldo simulation models, Calibre DRC, LVS and extraction technology files, schematic symbols, process definition files, and all other configuration files necessary to effectively use the Mentor Graphics complete AMS SoC design flow.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 January 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Setting up a mixed-signal design environment is time- and labour-intensive, and Mentor is committed to offering customers an alternative which will give dramatic cost and time savings", said Jue-Hsien Chern, Vice President and General Manager, Deep Submicron (DSM) Division, Mentor Graphics.
"The Mentor/UMC design kits are a fundamental part of Mentor's ongoing commitment to providing the most comprehensive, AMS SoC design and verification flow available today".
"UMC is committed to supporting mixed-signal SoC designers by providing complete IC design kits for our deep submicron process technologies", stated Ken Liou, Division Director of Design Support at UMC.
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"Our ongoing partnership with Mentor Graphics continues to flourish, as we share increasing strategic focus on enabling the development of high-performance, mixed-signal SoC designs.
We value Mentor's earned reputation as a leader in customer support, coupled with Mentor's historically strong position in mixed-signal design innovation".
"We've been very impressed with the comprehensive design kits developed by Mentor and UMC", commented Rami Ahola, Design Team Manager, Spirea.
"Our most recent success, TripleTraC, is the first multistandard transceiver combining 802.11b, 802.11g and full band 802.11a on a single chip.
We used the 0.18um design kit from Mentor and UMC in conjunction with the entire Mentor AMS tool flow, and achieved silicon success on the first pass, which was no small feat considering the TripleTrac's complex nature, low power consumption and high frequencies".
The 0.18um mixed-signal design kits have been qualified by both UMC and Mentor and are available immediately.
They are also slated to be available to customers through IP Master, UMC's online design resource and support centre in mid-February.
RF kits will be available later this quarter.
Kits for 0.13um logic are also available now from Mentor, and mixed-signal and RF kits for 0.13um and 90nm processes are currently in development.
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