COMPASS and Chartered Semiconductor Formally Stamp Passport; Companies Cement Relationship from 0.6 micron through 0.35 micron.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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 1996--COMPASS Design Automation, Inc. announced today that Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing SGX: C27 NASDAQ: CHRT (abbreviated CSM) is the world's fourth largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Woodlands Industrial Park, Kranji Singapore. (CSM CSM - ["CSM - A Distributed Programming Language", S. Zhongxiu et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(4):497-500 (Apr 1987)]. ) has formalized for·mal·ize tr.v. for·mal·ized, for·mal·iz·ing, for·mal·iz·es 1. To give a definite form or shape to. 2. a. To make formal. b. its participation in the Passport(TM) Foundry Program, a program aimed at verifying foundry process and characterizing physical libraries to ensure first-time silicon success. As a charter member of the newly formed Passport Foundry Program, CSM will build on its previous technology partnership with COMPASS and further strengthen its offerings to customers using a pure foundry business model. Having identified a process technology roadmap The context of product management The existence of product managers in the product software industry indicates that software is becoming more and more commercialized as a standard product. to 0.35 micron and beyond, the two companies will work under the Passport Foundry Program to characterize silicon for these advanced processes. "We have partnered with CSM since COMPASS was founded in 1991 and have developed successful library products at the 0.8-, 0.6-, and 0.5-micron geometries," said Ken Brock, business development manager at COMPASS. "The Passport Foundry Program formalizes our commitments with CSM to support mutual customers and to assure that our libraries continue to accurately reflect CSM's silicon performance, now and into the future." CSM and COMPASS also announced the signing of a three-year joint marketing agreement which encompasses mutual customer support and testchip model extraction. Under the Passport Foundry Program, CSM and COMPASS will jointly run testchips to ensure silicon performance and manufacturability. "COMPASS is recognized as the leader in library development and we currently have many successful mutual customers," said Steve Della Rocchetta, vice president of sales and marketing at CSM. "Formalizing our long-standing relationship with COMPASS is a natural extension of our cooperation and will allow us to work more closely with COMPASS in the future, providing our customers with a reliable and time-efficient design and manufacturing strategy." Under terms of the Passport Foundry Program, Chartered Semiconductor will work with COMPASS on the following: -- Proof of multi-foundry manufacturing compatibility -- Multi-foundry silicon performance within the Passport standard -- Performance linked to silicon using the COMPASS testchip set in joint development with Meta-Software's Meta-Labs -- Passport Foundry Visa(TM) - joint development of comprehensive tapeout and tooling specifications per process per foundry -- COMPASS and CSM working together to support mutual customers -- Foundry design rule and SPICE model version tracking Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM) is a dedicated foundry that provides quality manufacturing and exceptional customer service for semiconductor companies worldwide. Using a broad range of leading-edge 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. processes, CSM manufactures products for applications as diverse as graphics, memory, computing, communications and networking. CSM is headquartered in Singapore, with offices in Taiwan and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . CSM is one of four member companies of Singapore Technologies Semiconductors (STS (Synchronous Transport Signal) The electrical equivalent of the SONET optical signal. In SDH, the European counterpart of SONET, STS is known as STM (Synchronous Transport Module). ), which is a strategic business unit of Singapore Technologies. COMPASS Design Automation is a leading provider of electronic design automation (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. ) tools and libraries for designing deep submicron application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and application-specific standard products (ASSPs). The company supplies a complete set of tools for silicon implementation as well as front-end design and provides foundry flexible Passport(TM) and custom ASIC A redundant reference to an ASIC chip. ASICs are already customized for a specific use. See ASIC. libraries, memory and datapath compilers, and library development tools. COMPASS is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , and develops, markets and sells it products worldwide. More information about COMPASS can be obtained on the World Wide Web by accessing http://www.compass-da.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Passport and Passport Foundry Visa are trademarks of COMPASS Design Automation, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Tsantes & Associates (for COMPASS) Michelle Herman, 408/452-8700 mherman@tsantes.com or Chartered Semiconductor Steve Della Rocchetta, 408/324-3111 sdr@csminc.com |
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