FREMONT, Calif. and
SHANGHAI, May 24 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Virage Logic
Corporation (Nasdaq: VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP
partner, and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
(SMIC; NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981.HK), the leading foundry in
China, today announced the
expansion of their longstanding partnership to include the
65-nanometer (nm) low-leakage (LL) process technology. Under the
terms of the agreement, System-on-Chip (SoC) designers will have
access to Virage Logic's SiWare Memory compilers, SiWare Logic
libraries, SiPro MIPI and Intelli DDR IP on SMIC's 65nm LL process.
This joint agreement is part of Virage Logic's strategy to expand
its business through industry leading foundries and highlights
SMIC's commitment to provide a complete IP solution for its
customers.
"As the premier foundry in China, our expanded partnership with Virage
Logic will enable SMIC to offer the industry leading semiconductor
IP on our 65nm LL process to meet the needs of not only the Chinese
system-on-chip (SoC) developers but the global semiconductor
market," said Chris Chi, Senior Vice
President and Chief Business Officer of SMIC. "Currently we have a
number of customers with projects leveraging SMIC's 65nm LL node
with the extended Virage Logic IP offering. As SMIC's business
continues to expand, we look forward to growing our synergistic
relationship with Virage Logic to meet the increasing market
demand."
"We are pleased to expand our partnership with SMIC to the 65nm
LL process. With this comprehensive offering of Virage Logic's
industry leading IP, customers will be able to select SMIC as their
primary source for their 65nm manufacturing requirements", said
Brani Buric, executive vice
president of marketing and sales for Virage Logic. "SMIC recognizes
the strategic benefits of making our SiWare Memory and SiWare Logic
IP available to end users free of charge as part of a
foundry-sponsored IP offering. Our SiPro MIPI and Intelli DDR
standards-based high-speed interface IP offering also provides a
proven solution so now designers everywhere have the option to
select the best-in- class IP for their 65nm LL based designs."
About Virage Logic's SiPro MIPI IP
The SiPro MIPI DSI (display serial interface), CSI (camera
serial interface) controllers and D-PHY IP are optimized for power,
area, yield and performance. The SiPro MIPI IP was system-validated
with device ICs to provide seamless interoperability for evolving
mobile electronics applications interfacing cameras and displays.
The SiPro MIPI IP solutions, used in a host of SoC mobile
applications, are production-proven on the advanced 65nm LP process
node and available on the 40nm LP process node.
About Virage Logic's Intelli(TM) DDR Interface IP Solution
The Intelli DDR memory interface product offers the highest
performance, lowest latency intelligent memory controllers for
DDR1, DDR2, and DDR3; the lowest power, highest bandwidth Mobile
SDR, Mobile DDR, Low Power DDR (LPDDR) and LPDDR2 memory
controllers; high-speed, full digital DDR SDRAM PHY+DLL solutions
and state of the art highly configurable DDR IOs. The Intelli
PHY+DLL companion for the Intelli DDR memory interface products is
an all- digital DDR PHY+DLL hard macro GDSII solution optimized for
high performance and low power applications. The all digital
PHY+DLL consumes up to 25% lower power and is up to 20% smaller in
area to comparable analog solutions.
About Virage Logic's SiWare Memory and SiWare Logic Products
The SiWare product line, first introduced in October 2007 for the 65nm process and now in use
by more than 40 customers on the 40nm process, has been proven to
address the increasingly complex design requirements that are
placed on physical IP at advanced processes. The power-optimized
memories for advanced processes minimize both static and dynamic
power consumption and provide optimal yields. SiWare High-Density
memory compilers are optimized to generate memories with minimum
area. SiWare High-Speed memory compilers are designed to help
designers achieve the most aggressive critical path requirements.
Compile-time options for process threshold variants, power saving
modes, read and write margin extensions, ultra-low voltage
operation, and innovative design for at-speed test enable SoC
designers to configure optimal solutions for their specific design
requirements.
All SiWare memories are fully supported by Virage Logic's STAR
Memory System, the company's flagship embedded memory test and
repair system that may be used with Virage Logic memories as well
as with other commercially available or internally developed
memories. For repair purposes, the STAR Memory System deploys
foundry-developed eFuse for repair signature storage. The STAR
Memory System employs test algorithms tailored for advanced
processes for higher product reliability and accelerated
time-to-yield.
The SiWare Logic product line offers yield-optimized High-Speed
and High- Density standard cells that are available in
multi-channel configurations and multiple threshold variants. These
libraries contain over 1,100 base library cells with multiple cell
variants and drive strengths to quickly achieve timing closure
without wasting area or power. The cells are hand crafted for
maximum performance and density.
Virage Logic's logic libraries maximize yield by adhering to
restrictive design rules and multiple contacts for the highest
manufacturability and robust electro-migration standards for
reliability. Local variations are minimized with uniform layouts,
use of non-minimum sized devices, and are accurately characterized
in foundry-specified extraction environments that reflect DFM
effects such as Well Proximity Effect (WPE) and diffusion spacing
with neighboring circuits.
Availability
Virage Logic's SiWare Memory and SiWare Logic products will be
available in Q3 2010. Virage Logic will license these products
directly to end customers under its foundry sponsored IP
program.
Virage Logic's SiPro MIPI and Intelli DDR interface IP will be
available beginning in Q3 2010.
About Virage Logic
Virage Logic is a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual
property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. The
company's highly differentiated product portfolio includes
processor solutions, interface IP solutions, embedded SRAMs and
NVMs, embedded test and yield optimization solutions, logic
libraries, and memory development software. As the semiconductor
industry's trusted IP partner, more than 400 foundry, IDM and
fabless customers rely on Virage Logic to achieve higher
performance, lower power, higher density and optimal yield, as well
as shorten time-to-market and time-to-volume. For further
information, visit http://www.viragelogic.com .
Virage Logic Press Contact:
Sabina Burns
Virage Logic Corporation
510-743-8115
sabina.burns@viragelogic.com
About SMIC
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC";
NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) is one of the leading semiconductor foundries
in the world and the largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland
China, providing integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology
services at 0.35um to 45nm. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer
fabrication facility (fab) and three 200mm wafer fabs in its
Shanghai mega-fab, two 300mm wafer
fabs in its Beijing mega-fab, a
200mm wafer fab in Tianjin, a
200mm fab under construction in Shenzhen, and an in-house assembly and testing
facility in Chengdu. SMIC also has
customer service and marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and a representative office in
Hong Kong. In addition, SMIC
manages and operates a 200mm wafer fab in Chengdu owned by Cension Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation and a 300mm wafer fab in Wuhan owned by Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation. For more information, please visit
http://www.smics.com .
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