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News Release from: Synopsys
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 June 2004
Philips commits to Galaxy
Royal Philips Electronics has signed a new multiyear volume purchase agreement extending and expanding its deployment of the Synopsys Galaxy front-end design platform.
Royal Philips Electronics has signed a new multiyear volume purchase agreement extending and expanding its deployment of the Synopsys Galaxy front-end design platform The new agreement also expands Philips' use of Galaxy tools in the key design areas of power management and design for testability
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Philips will use the products mainly for designs targeting its CMOS090 (90nm) and CMOS065 (65nm) semiconductor processes and beyond.
"Philips' standardisation on Galaxy front-end tools in its reference design flow contributes to the first-time right success rate of its advanced products".
"Getting a single reference design flow using the best EDA tools available is important in helping reach this goal", said Lambert van den Hoven, Vice President and General Manager, Design Technology Group (DTG), Philips Semiconductors.
"With the recent electronics recession behind us, Philips' semiconductor division has turned its attention to growth and the Synopsys agreement is structured to grow with our business".
"We have been successful with Synopsys' tools for many years and we look forward to continue this successful partnership".
"As a leader in the consumer and mobile electronics sectors, Philips is designing some of the most demanding chips using the most advanced silicon technologies", said Antun Domic, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Synopsys' Implementation Group.
"By extending and expanding our partnership, we will be working with Philips to continue to meet their designs schedules while additionally solving the challenging problems of power consumption and advanced testability that are prevalent in 90 nanometre designs and below".
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