Blaze DFM and Aprio Technologies Announce Agreement to Merge.Merger Strengthens Blaze's Position as the Semiconductor Industry's Prime Electrical DFM DFM Design for Manufacturing (newsletter) DFM Design for Manufacturability DFM Dubai Financial Market DFM Delphi Form (computer filename extension) DFM Distinguished Flying Medal DFM Diesel Fuel Marine company SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Blaze DFM, the electrical DFM company, announced today that they have signed a letter of intent to merge with Aprio Technologies, a technology leader in providing design for manufacturability (DFM) solutions to the semiconductor industry. The integration of Aprio's analysis and simulation engines into the Blaze product line enables Blaze to offer the industry's only comprehensive electrical DFM solution. Financial terms of the agreement were not announced. The merger is expected to be finalized within the next few weeks. "In the last couple of years, we've seen some DFM companies absorbed by either equipment manufacturers or by EDA companies  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. ," said Jacob Jacobsson, 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 Blaze. "We believe that a pure play DFM company, one that understands both design and manufacturing, adds significant value to the semiconductor eco-system. Blaze's business is booming and our sales pipeline is exceptionally strong. These factors, together with the strength of Aprio's technology, are what propelled this merger." The merged company will retain the name, Blaze DFM, Inc. and will be headquartered at Blaze's current location in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. . The company will retain Aprio's international offices in Japan and Taiwan. Blaze also has an office in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif. Dr. Clive Wu, Aprio's co-founder and CEO, joins Dr. Andrew B. Kahng, co-founder and chairman at Blaze, in the Office of the Chief Technologist. Mark Fournival, vice president of worldwide sales at Aprio, becomes vice president of sales. All remaining Blaze executives will retain their current titles and responsibilities. "This merger is a huge win for our customers," said Dr. Wu. "It is evident that our visions for DFM are in complete alignment, and that our technologies are complementary. This helps significantly in accelerating the realization of our collective vision." "Aprio's technology is unique in that it is accurate enough for signoff litho lith·o n. pl. lith·os A lithograph. litho Noun pl -thos Adjective, adv short for lithography, lithograph, simulation and fast enough for design optimization See automatic design optimization. ," said Dr. Andrew B. Kahng, co-founder, chairman and Chief Technologist at Blaze. "The combination of Aprio and Blaze will result in the most complete electrical DFM solution available from any source." Aprio's litho simulation engine is unique in the industry in that it is both highly accurate and very fast due to its ability to work incrementally. Some commercially available litho simulation engines work with abstracted data, and are therefore not accurate enough for electrical DFM purposes. Others are highly accurate but are too slow to be used during the design process. Aprio's engine is the only one that is both accurate enough and fast enough to meet the needs of a comprehensive electrical DFM solution. The combination of Aprio's analysis and simulation technology together with Blaze's electrical analysis and optimization capabilities provide chip designers with the ability to model, predict, and compensate for systematic variations in advanced silicon process technologies. The result is tighter control over process variation and dramatic improvements in parametric yield and time to volume production. This also lays the ground work for enablement of statistical analysis and optimization tools in the future. About Blaze DFM Blaze DFM provides software solutions to fabless semiconductor companies A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. , integrated device manufacturers See IDM. , and silicon foundries. Blaze products give IC designers greater control over manufacturing variability, improving yield and shortening time shortening time n. an order of the court in response to the motion of a party to a lawsuit which allows setting a motion or other legal matter at a time shorter than provided by law or court rules. to volume production. Blaze DFM, Inc., 1275 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, 408.470.4900, www.blaze-dfm.com About Aprio Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , Aprio Technologies Inc. is a leader in design for manufacturability (DFM) solutions that ensure successful design and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of nanometer technology semiconductor devices. At the core of Aprio's offerings is its unique capability to provide correct and accurate manufacturing information to designers, and design intent to manufacturing engineers. Aprio's products leverage this capability to help designers create more reliable and better yielding semiconductor devices without the need for dramatic changes to their existing design or tapeout flows. For more information, visit Aprio's web site at www.aprio.com |
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