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News Release from: ARM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 April 2005
Vanguard signs for IP libraries
Vanguard International Semiconductor has licensed ARM Artisan physical IP products to support its 0.25-micron CMOS process.
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has licensed ARM Artisan physical IP products to support its 0.25-micron CMOS process This first licence agreement between VIS and ARM will provide thousands of worldwide design teams using Artisan IP access to solutions optimised for VIS' IC manufacturing services
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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These IP solutions will help customers meet their design and foundry requirements as well as shorten their time-to-market.
VIS offers a wide range of process technologies, including logic, mixed-signal, analogue, high voltage, low power, CMOS RF, Flash, embedded memory and bipolar CMOS DMOS (BCD).
VIS currently has a capacity of more than 55,000 8in-wafer output per month and its generic and highly specialised processes comply with the requirements for the automotive, industrial, communication, consumer and PC industries.
The licensed ARM IP products include the Artisan advanced memory generators and Sage-X standard cell library.
The IP conforms to the Artisan design standard including the Artisan extensive set of views and models delivered with industry leading EDA tools.
Additionally, the agreement provides for ARM to distribute its VIS-based IP under its Artisan Access Library Programme on a worldwide basis at no charge to licensed design teams.
"VIS is committed to becoming the world's leading customised specialty IC manufacturing foundry", said Daniel Chen, VIS' Vice President, General Counsel.
"Collaborating with IP partners like ARM enables us to further provide cost-effective and value-added solutions to help meet our mutual customers' IC manufacturing needs".
"VIS and ARM are dedicated to providing customers with advanced SoC design solutions", said Mark Templeton, President and Chief Strategy Officer of ARM "This agreement will expand the proliferation of our technologies and enable our mutual customers to utilise the full potential of the ARM Artisan physical IP with Vanguard's highly respected manufacturing capability".
Front-end and complete views of the Artisan memory generators and Sage-X standard cell for Vanguard's 0.25-micron process are immediately available on ARM's website for licensed design teams to download at no charge.
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