Brion's Tachyon Wins 2006 R&D 100 Award; Tachyon Joins the Likes of the High Definition TV and the Anticancer Drug Taxol as a Recipient.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Brion Technologies, the pioneer in Lithography-Driven Design & Manufacturing(TM), announced today that its Tachyon lithography simulation and design inspection system is a recipient of a 2006 R&D 100 Award. Chosen by the editors of R&D Magazine, the R&D 100 Awards have been given annually for 44 years to the most technologically significant new products in a given year. Since the magazine established the awards in 1963, recipients have come from all areas of technology. In fact, many have gone on to become common in everyday life over the years, such as Polacolor film (1963), the flashcube flash·cube n. A small cube that contains four flashbulbs and that rotates automatically to the next unused bulb when a picture is taken with the camera to which it is attached. (1965), the automated teller machine automated teller machine (ATM), device used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. , or ATM, (1973), the halogen lamp (1974), the fax machine (1975), the liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. , or LCD (1980), the full color graphics printer (1986), the Kodak Photo CD (1991), the Nicoderm antismoking an·ti·smok·ing adj. Opposed to or prohibiting the smoking of tobacco, especially in public: an antismoking campaign; an antismoking ordinance. patch (1992), anticancer drug Taxol (1993), and high definition TV (1998). Brion Technology's 2006 award winner, Tachyon, is a hardware-accelerated, image-based data and simulation engine designed for the demanding tasks of lithography modeling and database handling in the manufacture of semiconductors. Tachyon specifically verifies full-chip wafer patterning and identifies weak spots in RET/OPC designs with unprecedented accuracy and speed -- in a matter of hours, as opposed to weeks using conventional systems -- regardless of design hierarchy and pattern density. Since the first Tachyon platform shipped in 2003, hundreds of thousands of production circuit layers have been processed by Tachyon systems worldwide. "We are very honored to receive such a prestigious award as R&D Magazine's R&D 100," said Eric Chen, chief executive officer of Brion. "While we have received considerable recognition within the chip industry, it is particularly meaningful to receive acknowledgment from a long-standing publication that covers so many different areas of technology." The R&D 100 award is the third such award Brion has received this year. Last month Brion's Tachyon RDI RDI - Receiver Data Interface system was named as a Semiconductor International Editors' Choice Best Product, one of only 20 such awards given annually. In February the company was also named a finalist in the prestigious 2006 Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards, presented by CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Media's EE Times. About Brion Technologies Brion Technologies, Inc. is the pioneer and leader in Lithography-Driven Design & Manufacturing(TM). Founded in 2002, the privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is 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. . Brion's Tachyon(TM) platform, a highly accurate and ultra-fast data and simulation engine, enables a unique set of capabilities that address the interrelated in·ter·re·late tr. & intr.v. in·ter·re·lat·ed, in·ter·re·lat·ing, in·ter·re·lates To place in or come into mutual relationship. in challenges of design, photomask making and wafer printing in semiconductor microlithography. The company leads the worldwide emerging market of optical proximity correction Optical proximity correction (OPC) is a photolithography enhancement technique commonly used to compensate for image errors due to diffraction or process effects. The two most common applications for OPC are linewidth differences between features in regions of different density (e. (OPC) verification, and is expanding its product portfolio. For further information, visit Brion Technologies' Web site at www.brion.com or call +1 (408) 653-1500. About R&D Magazine The sponsor of the prestigious R&D 100 Awards, R&D Magazine delivers editorial coverage of practical, hands-on applications of the latest technology. This relevant coverage of emerging technologies, trends, regulatory updates, technical analysis, case studies, and essential product news provides researchers with information that helps them become more productive in their scientific and engineering activities, while enhancing their research and development efforts. A Reed Science Group publication, R&D Magazine also publishes Laboratory Design and Micro/Nano Technology newsletters and produces the Laboratory Design Conferences. Lithography-Driven Design & Manufacturing and Tachyon are trademarks of Brion Technologies, Inc. |
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