Astek Selects Monterey Design to Support Deep Sub-Micron Full Custom SOC Products.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2002 Astek Corporation today announced that it has selected Monterey Design Systems physical implementation tools for use in System-on-a-Chip (SOC) product developments. Astek will use Monterey's System-Driven Physical Design(TM) (SDPD SDPD San Diego Police Department (San Diego, CA, USA) SDPD Surveillance Data Processing and Distribution SDPD System-Driven Physical Design ) methodology to develop and deliver SOC products for both its Application Specific Standard Product (ASSP (Application Specific Standard Part) An ASIC chip that is designed as a generic device for a particular market. Whereas an ASIC is typically used only by its creator, ASSPs are used by many different companies in the design of their products. See ASIC. ) semiconductor company partners and end customers. "Monterey tools are a natural complement to our SOC development process," stated Dr. Gene Saghi, Vice President of Engineering at Astek. "Physical layout times for 0.18micron and smaller geometries are creating a significant increase in overall development times. The Monterey tools allow us to perform physical design and logic design in parallel. The SDPD flow will significantly reduce development times. We need a physical design tool that is consistent with our design philosophy and supports the generation of deep sub-micron SOCs. With Monterey SDPD, we have the right tool for today and tomorrow." "Astek's comprehensive SOC delivery process requires an integrated physical design flow that fully supports the most advanced process technologies and enables fast turnaround time (1) In batch processing, the time it takes to receive finished reports after submission of documents or files for processing. In an online environment, turnaround time is the same as response time. for complex SOC designs," said Dave Reed, vice president of marketing and solutions delivery at Monterey. "We believe that Monterey SDPD provides tremendous value to Astek in strengthening their leadership position in SOC development and delivery." Deep sub-micron full custom option for Astek customers The Monterey SDPD methodology combined with contract fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. relationships provides Astek's high volume SOC customers with the lowest cost silicon option of full custom or Customer Owned Tooling (COT) for 0.18micron, 0.13micron, and smaller manufacturing technologies. Astek customers have a complete silicon migration path from complex FPGAs with embedded microprocessors Embedded microprocessors are essentially microprocessors that are used in everyday electronic devices, such as cellular telephones, household appliances, automobiles, or virtually any electronic device you could think of. for prototyping, new product introduction, and low volume to production SOCs; to ASICs for FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. conversions, cost reductions, and moderate volume SOCs; all the way to deep sub-micron full custom/COT SOCs for large volume applications. About Astek Corporation Astek Corporation is a semiconductor technology company that specializes in development and supply of System-on-a-Chip (SOC) semiconductor products. Astek has experience delivering digital, analog, and mixed-mode SOCs for industry leading semiconductor companies and end customers. Astek focuses on identifying the optimal semiconductor technology for each customer application and delivering an SOC in FPGA, 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. , or full custom silicon. Astek is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation founded in 1998 and headquartered at 4250 Buckingham Drive in Colorado Springs CO 80907. Astek may be reached by calling 1-866-4-ASTEK-1 (within the US. and Canada), 719-260-1625 (outside the US and Canada), or by visiting the Astek Corporate website at: http//www.astekcorp.com |
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