`'Jazz Semiconductor'' Chosen as Name for New Pure-Play, Independent Silicon Wafer Foundry.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photos are available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2002 Company Tagline, "Innovation Manufactured," Reflects Commitment to Technology Advances for Mixed-Signal and RF Processes "Jazz Semiconductor Jazz Semiconductor is a US based pure-play semiconductor wafer foundry that serves customers targeting wireless, optical networking, power management, storage, aerospace/defense and other high-performance applications. " has been selected as the official name for the new pure-play, independent high-performance mixed-signal and radio-frequency (RF) silicon wafer foundry founded on March 12, 2000 and previously operating under the interim name "SpecialtySemi." The Carlyle Group  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. The Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. , a leading global private equity firm, is the majority shareholder of the new company. Jazz will adopt the positioning tag line tag line also tag·line n. 1. An ending line, as in a play or joke, that makes a point. 2. An often repeated phrase associated with an individual, organization, or commercial product; a slogan. Noun 1. "Innovation Manufactured" to convey its focus on process technology innovation and commitment to manufacturing best-in-class mixed-signal and RF integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for high-performance wireless and wireline applications. The name "Jazz" symbolizes creativity, vitality, and reflects the company's strategic positioning in key semiconductor manufacturing technologies that are helping to drive some of the industry's most exciting new categories of communications products and equipment. Jazz Semiconductor is uniquely positioned to help its customers develop products for cellular handsets, wireless local area networks, optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. equipment and other high-performance communications applications that require complex combinations of analog and digital circuitry and operate at high speeds with stringent power restrictions. "Jazz Semiconductor is about giving customers both the benefit of a conventional independent foundry -- capacity, quality, commercial pricing, turnkey solutions, and services -- as well as an advanced mixed-signal/RF design platform encompassing process technology, design kits, modeling/simulation tools, IP, and engineering services. "This unique combination will enable our customers to obtain a competitive advantage through faster time-to-market and superior solutions," said Dr. Shu Li, chief executive officer of Jazz Semiconductor Inc. Jazz Semiconductor currently has 27 customers including Conexant Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT), Mindspeed Technologies(TM), Conexant's Internet infrastructure business, and the new wireless company being formed by Alpha Industries Inc. and Conexant's wireless communications business. Jazz provides its customers silicon-based wafer foundry services using industry-leading process technologies such as silicon germanium bipolar CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. (SiGe BiCMOS). Jazz's SiGe process was first implemented on its proven 0.35-micron, high-volume BiCMOS production technology, and has been optimized to enable the world's lowest-power SiGe devices for today's high-frequency wireless communications and high-speed networking products. The company has demonstrated an industry-leading SiGe200 process that reaches switching speeds, Ft (cut-off frequency for current gain) and Fmax (cut-off for power gain) of greater than 200 GHz. About Jazz Semiconductor Jazz Semiconductor manufactures semiconductor wafers that enable the development of high-performance, low-power radio-frequency (RF) wireless and broadband wireline communications products. The company's rich heritage in analog and RF integrated circuits (IC) manufacturing has evolved into a leadership position in silicon germanium (SiGe) bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductor See CMOS. (integrated circuit) Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor - (CMOS) A semiconductor fabrication technology using a combination of n- and p-doped semiconductor material to achieve low power dissipation. (BiCMOS) and silicon BiCMOS technologies and design tools that are setting the standard for communications IC foundry services. The company's wafers are manufactured using bipolar, BiCMOS, SiGe, analog, and mixed-signal CMOS process technologies. The ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9000-certified facility includes 100,000 square feet of Class 1 clean-room space, and has the capacity to support 21,000 eight-inch wafer starts per month. Jazz Semiconductor is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in Newport Beach, and has approximately 650 employees. To learn more, visit the company at www.jazzsemi.com. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. 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