Transatlantic accord targets AMIS ASICs

Europractice IC Service has reached agreement with its US counterpart, Mosis, to collaborate on AMI Semiconductor technologies.

Europractice IC Service, the European provider of low-cost, fast prototype services and small volume production co-ordinated by IMEC, has reached agreement with its US counterpart, Mosis, to collaborate on AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) technologies.

Europractice already offers the 0.7um I2T 100V process of AMIS Belgium to its customers, while Mosis offers the C5F 0.5um mixed-signal process with maskless EEPROM option.

Under the new agreement, customers of both IMEC and Mosis will have access to both AMIS technologies, through their local MPW service.

US customers may send their designs to MOSIS to be processed in 0.7um I2T 100V CMOS, a high-voltage technology for automotive, smart power and medical applications for processing by IMEC on its MPW runs.

In the same way, customers of IMEC's Europractice IC Service may benefit from this collaboration by sending designs to be processed in the C5F 0.5um maskless EEPROM technology to IMEC, for processing by Mosis.

"This close co-operation with Mosis on both technologies will enable us to access a much broader customer base and to enhance the MPW offer", said Dr Carl Das, Director of the Europractice IC Service at IMEC.

"The agreement with IMEC is a beginning that will grow with the new processes being developed by AMIS, both in the USA and in Belgium", said Wes Hansford, Mosis Deputy Director.

"Through the collaboration between Europractice and Mosis, we can easily offer our technology to customers all over the world", said Bob Zausch, AMIS Foundry Product Marketing Manager.

"Europractice and Mosis are indispensable service providers between IC designers and foundries".

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