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eASIC Corporation to Employ Numerical Technologies' Phase Shifting to Significantly Boost Performance of Configurable Logic Chips
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2001--eASIC®
Corporation today announced that it will use Numerical Technologies'
(Nasdaq:NMTC) patented phase-shifting technology to boost the
performance of its eASICore® configurable logic fabric. Offering
speed advantages over conventional standard cell technology, this
innovative integrated circuit (IC) solution will also carry
significant cost and time-to-market benefits. The two companies will
work together to release a breakthrough configurable logic fabric
enhanced by phase-shifting transistor gates. The eASICore will be
implemented on UMC's 0.13-micron process with 70-nanometer
transistors.
``The powerful combination of eASIC's and Numerical's patented
technologies position us to leapfrog beyond conventional solutions in
the ASIC market with the first 70-nm ASIC-related solution.
Ultimately, our combined expertise will deliver a strong new
configurable logic fabric alternative to, electronic designers,
allowing them to achieve high performance and gain time-to-market and
NRE cost benefits as they migrate to smaller dimensions,'' said Zvi
Or-Bach, eASIC's president and chief executive officer.
In January 2001, Numerical announced that UMC licensed the
company's patented phase-shifting technology for the production of
gate lengths as small as 70 nm on the foundry's 0.13-micron and below
processes. eASIC, taking advantage of UMC's offering, will work with
Numerical to design its next generation of eASICore with 70 nm gates.
The eASICore has already been implemented successfully in UMC's
0.18- and 0.15-micron conventional fabrication processes.
``Our work with UMC and other Numerical phase-shifting production
licensees is now enabling chip design teams to significantly increase
the performance characteristics of their designs,'' said Atul Sharan,
senior vice president of marketing and business development at
Numerical. ``We're pleased to support eASIC's utilization of our
phase-shifting technology to maximize their product performance and
market advantage. We look forward to seeing the company exercise its
competitive edge as it delivers superior, next-generation products to
its customers.''
The eASICore®
The eASICore is a high performance configurable logic core aimed
at accelerating the development cycle and supporting derivatives for
System-on-Chip (SoC) products. The eASICore architecture is based on
the eASIC proprietary technology that provides an efficient solution
for embedding configurable logic blocks in a fast, easy to implement
and cost effective method.
eASICore is a hard, configurable IP, of about 25K useable logic
gates. Users can map arbitrary logic, SRAM or PLD onto the eASICore
fabric using standard ASIC synthesis and P&R tools and eASIC
utilities. The configuration of the eASICore is performed by
bit-stream for the SRAM-based logic and a single mask customization of
the patented multi-layers interconnection structure. eASIC technology
is covered under U.S. Patents nos. 6,194,912; 6,236,229; 6,245,634 and
additional pending patents.
Numerical's Phase-Shifting Technology
Numerical's production-proven phase-shifting technology enables
semiconductor manufacturers to reliably and cost-effectively fabricate
subwavelength ICs using available optical lithography equipment. The
company's phase-shifting technology is the only commercially available
strong phase-shifting technology that is currently used in IC
production. It has been used to fabricate transistors as small as 9 nm
-- the world's smallest transistors manufactured with 248-nm
lithography equipment. Numerical 's phase-shifting technology is
covered under U.S. Patent no. 5,858,580.
About eASIC Corporation
eASIC Corporation is pioneering a breakthrough ASIC design
methodology while maintaining standard manufacturing process. The
company is offering a Universal Fabric for IC design along with
configurable logic cores for System-on-Chip and platform-based
designs. eASIC's products allow achieving high performance and density
together with ease-of-design, rapid time-to-market and reduced product
development cost.
eASIC Corporation is a privately held company based in San Jose.
Part of its R&D activity is performed by its wholly owned design
subsidiary in Romania.
About Numerical Technologies
Numerical Technologies, Inc., ranked as one of the 100 fastest
growing technology companies by Forbes ASAP and the number one best
small electronics company in Electronic Business, develops and markets
proprietary technology, software tools and services that enable the
semiconductor industry to produce subwavelength integrated circuits,
i.e., integrated circuits with components smaller than the wavelength
of light used to create circuit patterns on silicon. Numerical's
products and industry alliances form a comprehensive design-to-silicon
solution that enables the creation of smaller, faster and more
power-efficient semiconductors using available manufacturing
equipment. Numerical's customers include the world's leading
semiconductor companies, design automation tool vendors, semiconductor
equipment suppliers and photomask manufacturers. Additional
information about the company is available on the Web at
Contact:
eASIC Corporation
Tsipi Landen, 408/264-7128
tsipi@eASIC.com
Zeev Wurman, 408/264-7128
zeev@eASIC.com
www.easic.com
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