StarGen Enters Into Manufacturing Agreement with Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group.Business/Technology Editors MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000 StarGen today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group for the manufacture of StarGen's semiconductor designs. StarGen, Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company 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. dedicated to providing a powerful set of standardized components for next generation communications equipment. "We are focused on solving the issues faced by designers as they build next generation data, voice, and video network equipment," said Tracy Richardson, co-founder and president of StarGen. "For our customers to reap the benefits of our designs, we need outstanding technology partners to complete the process. Lucent has demonstrated a commitment to the highest standards in semiconductor fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. and has all the capabilities in place to meet the demand for our products." Lucent will manufacture two of the StarGen 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. products currently in the development phase, providing leading edge Serialize/Deserializer (SERDES See serializer/deserializer. ) blocks for these designs. These products will showcase Lucent's mixed signal integration capabilities and will be fabricated using Lucent's state-of-the-art .16 micron process technology with availability scheduled for 2001. About StarGen StarGen (www.stargen.com) is a fabless semiconductor company that is developing new switch fabric technology for the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . The technology will benefit vendors of carrier and enterprise communication platforms for next generation voice, data, and video networks. Early adopters will include those building open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced based access/edge equipment such as Voice over Network gateways, DSLAMS, wireless base stations, cable headend systems, edge routers, and remote access concentrators. StarGen's technology will provide a dramatic increase in equipment performance, reliability, and Quality of Service while providing for the retention of existing standards-based hardware and software investment.. Founded in February 1999, StarGen is funded by a group of prestigious venture capital companies, including Morgenthaler Ventures (www.morgenthaler.com) St. Paul Venture Capital (www.stpaulvc.com), Commonwealth Capital Ventures (www.ccvlp.com) and Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. (www.bessemervp.com). StarGen is headquartered in Marlborough Massachusetts. |
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