Atmel Signs License Agreement for Motorola's 0.35 micron SiGe:C BiCMOS with Copper Inductor Wafer Process.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. & PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2002 Alternate Source Arrangement Promotes Design of Cost Effective Solutions for Wireless Applications Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) and Motorola's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MOT) Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS (Standby Power System) A UPS system that switches to battery backup upon detection of power failure. See UPS. SPS - Symbolic Programming System. Assembly language for IBM 1620. ) have concluded an agreement to second source Motorola's 0.35 micron RF BiCMOS Silicon Germanium (SiGe) A semiconductor material made from silicon and germanium. Germanium is very similar to silicon, but when one layer is grown on top of the other to form the base of the transistor, the resulting transistor can switch faster and yield higher performance. :Carbon (SiGe:C) and Copper Inductor inductor, electric device consisting of one or more turns of wire and typically having two terminals. An inductor is usually connected into a circuit in order to raise the inductance to a desired value. technologies for customers. The process uses advanced SiGe:C and copper inductor metal layers to implement a state-of-the-art process technology for advanced RF designs. This technology is capable of supporting operating frequencies for next generation cellular, WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that use the TDMA or GSM technology worldwide, including AT&T (formerly Cingular) and T-Mobile in the U.S. or UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. , wireless LAN and 802.11a markets. This sophisticated technology is engineered to enable the use of advanced direct conversion architectures for cellular phone applications, to allow the design of cost effective solutions for 802.11a and Hyperlan2 applications, and to support the data rates necessary for the OC-192 next generation of optical data transmission standard. Atmel and Motorola have begun transferring the process technologies to Atmel's high volume 8-inch fab in Rousset, France, where Atmel intends to have the technology operating in the fourth quarter of 2002. The process transfer is planned to be database compatible and electrically equivalent, to allow customers to design products for manufacture at either the SPS or Atmel wafer fabrication facilities. George Perlegos, Atmel's president and chief executive officer said, "The signing of this licensing agreement extends the cooperative second sourcing process strategy that we have developed with Motorola's SPS over the past five years. It offers our customers multiple supply lines and significant cost savings in design. Atmel is delighted to be associated with Motorola's SPS in this venture." "Motorola continues to be a leading supplier of RF BiCMOS and SiGe:C BiCMOS technologies, as well as products for the wireless marketplace," said Behrooz Abdi, vice president and general manager of Motorola's Radio Products Division. "As such, we are committed to a strategy that provides our customers with a viable alternate source. This licensing agreement allows our customers to source Motorola's leading edge RF BiCMOS, with SiGe:C and copper inductor technologies, directly from Atmel. We plan to continue to pursue both foundry and alternate source arrangements for such leading edge technologies in order to enable the growth of the wireless semiconductor markets." About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions using 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. , BiCMOS, SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies. Atmel product information may be retrieved at http://www.atmel.com. About Motorola As the world's number 1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector creates DigitalDNA(TM) system-on-chip solutions for a connected world. Our strong focus on communications and networking enables customers to develop smarter, simpler, safer and synchronized products for the person, work team, home and automobile. Motorola's worldwide semiconductor sales were $4.9 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) in 2001. http://www.motorola.com/semiconductors. Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2001 were $29.5 billion. http://www.motorola.com/ Note to Editors: Atmel, the Atmel logo and combinations thereof are registered trademarks and others contained herein, are trademarks of Atmel Corporation. Terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of others. MOTOROLA, and the Stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. M Logo are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. |
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