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Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 January 2007
Dongbu licenses IP for 130nm CMOS
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Licence agreement that extends the availability of ARM physical IP to designers developing chips using Dongbu's CMOS process at the 130nm node.
Dongbu Electronics and ARM have announced a licence agreement that extends the availability of ARM low-power and speed-and-density products, part of the ARM Artisan physical IP family, to designers developing chips using Dongbu's CMOS process at the 130nm node The ARM physical IP portfolio is ideally suited to support SoC designs targeting mobile handset and portable consumer applications, and will be offered to Dongbu's foundry customers at no charge via the ARM website
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Dongbu, a member of the ARM Connected Community, continues to demonstrate a solid commitment to provide quality design support solutions to meet the special requirements of fabless semiconductor companies", said Brent Dichter, General Manager, Physical IP, ARM.
"Furthering our relationship with Dongbu offers design engineers a migration path to Dongbu's 130nm process with ARM technology-optimised physical IP that addresses critical power requirements for SoC designs".
The ARM physical IP portfolio includes its Metro and Sage-X standard cell libraries and multiple speed-and-density optimised memory compilers.
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The Metro standard cell library includes power-management kits that enable dynamic and leakage power saving techniques such as clock gating, multiple-voltage islands and power gating.
"As a specialty solution partner, we are committed to providing comprehensive foundry services and best-in-class design support for chips designed for battery-operated applications", said Dr Jae Song, Executive Vice President of Dongbu.
"Expanding our use of the ARM physical IP at the 130nm node is a key part of our strategy to yield more chips per wafer while boosting our price competitiveness in this segment".
He noted that Dongbu will begin fitting the ARM 130nm IP to its process in February 2007 with the goal of making it available for use by Dongbu customers during the third quarter of 2007.
The ARM physical IP also includes ARM's extensive set of views and models providing integration with many of the industry's leading electronic design automation (EDA) tools.
These views provide functional, timing and power information for the Metro products over a wide range of operating conditions, thus enabling designers to implement complex power-management systems that actively control dynamic and leakage power within their SoC.
ARM Metro and speed and density optimised IP preliminary front end design views and complete views are expected to be available in the first quarter of 2007 for licensed customers to download via the ARM website at no charge.
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