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News Release from: Cadence Design Systems | Subject: Virtuoso
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 December 2007
Design kits target UMC 65nm process
Virtuoso technology helps accelerate silicon-accurate design of analogue, mixed-signal and RF devices.
Cadence Design Systems has announced the availability of UMC 65nm foundry design kits (FDKs) for the latest Cadence Virtuoso custom design platform (IC 6.1) release The kits will be available for designers using UMC's logic/mixed-mode 65nm standard performance (SP) process and logic/mixed-mode RF 65nm low-leakage (LL) process
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The availability of the 65nm design kits will help our customers more quickly realise the performance and power consumption advantages of our production proven 65nm SP and RF LL technology", says Patrick T Lin, Head of Worldwide IP Development and Design Support at UMC.
"Integrating the performance and productivity features in the new Virtuoso platform with UMC's FDKs will dramatically accelerate development time for our customers to help them meet their timing-critical market windows for their 65nm products".
Cadence Virtuoso solutions and UMC's 65nm FDKs support designers in high-growth IC markets, such as wireless communications.
These technologies offer advanced processes for unprecedented integration of digital and mixed-signal designs.
"This new FDK allows us to leverage advanced features of both UMC 65nm process and the Cadence Virtuoso platform in our upcoming designs and helps us to meet time to market requirements", says CJ Hsieh, Associate Vice President of SoC Development and Service at Faraday.
"The rapid development of UMC's 65nm FDKs for the new Virtuoso technology underscores the importance of Virtuoso solutions among innovative mixed-signal and RF designers", says Charlie Giorgetti, Corporate Vice President of Product Marketing at Cadence.
"We look forward to working with UMC to enable further FDKs with the latest Virtuoso solutions in support of our mutual customers' growing demand".
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