Artisan Components Announces Availability Of Industry Standard 0.10-Micron Design Platform.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2001 Design Kits to be Distributed to Over 800 Companies in Artisan's Customer Base Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI), a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP), today announced the availability of the company's 0.10-micron design platform. The platform includes a broad selection of memory generators, standard cell and I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output libraries. All products conform to Verb 1. conform to - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" fit, meet coordinate - be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" Artisan's widely adopted functional and modeling specifications and are fully integrated with the latest versions of leading design tools. Compatibility with Artisan's previous product generations enables users to quickly port their Artisan-based designs to the latest 0.10-micron process technologies. Complete 0.10-micron design kits will be available in October 2001. Free download passwords will be sent to thousands of Artisan's registered users at over 800 companies. New customers can register via Artisan's web site at www.artisan.com. In addition, this library will be offered at no charge to the more than 150 companies in Artisan's IP, EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. and services partner networks. Test chip qualification is scheduled following early access manufacturing runs at targeted foundries. Silicon qualification results for the library will be available to Artisan users in the form of complete qualification and correlation reports. Artisan has made substantial investments in design automation tools and methodologies to provide rapid updates to the library products as the target processes improve and stabilize stabilize See peg. . This insures that Artisan's early access customers get optimum performance and yield with the latest process technologies. In addition to supporting Artisan's standard functional specifications, the products include enhancements designed to meet the demands of 0.10-micron design. In particular, the products contain additional test features as well as enhanced architectures to improve the performance, power, density and yield of the resulting SoC designs. Artisan's new FlexRepair(TM) memory repair capability will be an integral part of the company's memory products in the 0.10-micron offering. Artisan's 0.10-micron design platform provides tight integration between the memory generators, standard cell and I/O libraries. All products share a uniform characterization A rather long and fancy word for analyzing a system or process and measuring its "characteristics." For example, a Web characterization would yield the number of current sites on the Web, types of sites, annual growth, etc. , modeling and delivery style. In addition, all products pass through a uniform, rigorous QA and silicon qualification procedure. The result is a consistent and easy to use design platform that substantially reduces the design iterations necessary for chip level timing closure and final design sign-off. "As an early development partner, the collaborative relationship between TSMC TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation TSMC Traffic Systems Management Center TSMC Toll Station Management Controller TSMC Transportation Supply Maintenance Command TSMC Technical Services Manager Code and Artisan has resulted in the industry's most widely used design platform. The Artisan standard has been adopted by the majority of our customers, all of whom benefit from the ease-of-use and tight integration of the solution," said Kurt Wolf Kurt Wolf is a punk guitarist from New York City. He has played in Pussy Galore, Boss Hog, Loudspeaker, Emma Peel, and Foetus. , director of IP and library marketing for TSMC. "In conjunction with TSMC's previous announcement to standardize stan·dard·ize v. 1. To cause to conform to a standard. 2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard. on a single, open 0.10-micron process, TSMC and Artisan are committed to working together to provide our common customers with the industry's leading design and manufacturing solutions." "Chartered's strategy is to provide world-class product solutions to the foundry market. As part of that strategy, Chartered is pleased to work with Artisan to provide our mutual customers with access to leading library products. By closely collaborating with Artisan in the early stages of technology development, such as our current work on 0.10 micron micron: see micrometer. One micrometer, which is one millionth of a meter or approximately 1/25,000 of an inch. The tiny elements that make up a transistor on a chip are measured in micrometers and nanometers. See process technology. , we are ensuring that our customers will derive the maximum benefit from this new generation of technology," said Michael Buehler-Garcia, vice president of marketing and worldwide EDA at Chartered. Equally important to the collaboration with foundries is Artisan's effort to support the leading design automation platforms to ease customers' migration to new technology generations. "Synopsys and Artisan have been working together closely to ensure that our latest design tools and DesignWare(R) products give excellent results with Artisan's libraries. The Artisan library standard is in broad use in the design community and we are committed to ensuring that our common customers achieve design success," said Rich Goldman, vice president Strategic Market Development Group at Synopsys. "We have seen an increase in the number of our mutual customers designing for production at the leading foundries," said Charlie Huang, vice president of marketing and business development of the IC solution business unit at Cadence cadence, in music, the ending of a phrase or composition. In singing the voice may be raised or lowered, or the singer may execute elaborate variations within the key. . "Many of these customers are using Artisan Components' library products with our advanced design tools. At 0.10-micron process technology, it is essential for designers to address signal integrity problems to meet timing closure. Cadence and Artisan have developed a comprehensive solution, including signal integrity prevention, required for complex SoC design and verification." Stated Mark Templeton Mark Templeton (b. 1975) is Principal Trombone of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Mark studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 1994-1998 with Eric Crees, Simon Wills and Peter Gane. During this time he became principal of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Artisan Components, "This announcement reaffirms Artisan's commitment to three core strategies: first, that Artisan will be ready to support our customers' access to new technologies in their target foundry; second, to continue to provide the broadest and most integrated set of physical libraries in the industry; and finally an absolute commitment to protecting our customers' investment in design technology by continuing to drive an industry standard design platform." Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. , including, without limitation, statements regarding the availability of Artisan's complete 0.10-micron design kits in October 2001, the performance and capability of the design kits and market acceptance of such products. These statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, whether Artisan's complete 0.10-micron design kits will be ready for release in October 2001, industry adoption, product capability and performance, demand for semiconductors generally and end-user products that incorporate semiconductors, and general economic conditions. We refer you to the documents that Artisan files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in particular its respective annual report on form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and its quarterly report on form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . About Artisan Components Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI) is a world leader in intellectual property (IP) components, providing high-quality solutions for many of the world's leading semiconductor foundries, integrated device manufacturers See IDM. , ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. vendors and IC design teams. Artisan's Process-Perfect(TM) memory generators, standard cell and I/O libraries are optimized to achieve the full-speed, density and low-power potential of each semiconductor process. Each product is verified using the industry's most comprehensive QA and validation procedures and delivered ready to use with a complete set of views and models supporting leading design tools. Artisan's headquarters are located at 141 Caspian Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1013. World WideWeb address: http://www.artisan.com. Artisan Components is a registered trademark and Artisan, Process-Perfect and Flex-Repair are trademarks of Artisan Components, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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