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News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK | Subject: Calibre, IC Station and Eldo
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 March 2003
SMIC standardises its production
SMIC has chosen Mentor Graphics tools including Calibre, IC Station and Eldo as internal production standards.
SMIC, China's first pure-play commercial IC foundry to achieve volume production for 8in wafers, has chosen Mentor Graphics tools, including Calibre, IC Station and Eldo as internal production standards SMIC provides wafer fabrication services for a wide range of devices, such as logic, mixed-signal, SRAM, DRAM, EEPROM, mask ROM, high-voltage circuits and SoCs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Adopting Calibre puts us in a unique position.
Not only do we get access to outstanding technology, but we also align our physical verification flow with semiconductor companies which have standardized on Calibre", said Dr James Sung, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, SMIC.
"In addition, Mentor has excellent custom design and simulation technology, and we have therefore chosen IC Station and Eldo for use in our internal development teams".
"Calibre is the physical verification standard for design services companies, library and IP providers, foundries and fabs", said Joseph Sawicki, General Manager of the Mentor Graphics design-to-silicon division.
"With SMIC's adoption of a comprehensive set of IC design tools from Mentor, they establish a solid tool infrastructure that will serve them now and for future process technologies".
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