Virtual Silicon Announces Xilinx Order for 0.10-Micron IP
Xilinx Selects Virtual Silicon Leading-Edge Technology
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2001--Virtual Silicon
Technology Inc., a leader in semiconductor intellectual property
(SIP), today announced that Xilinx, Inc. will use Virtual Silicon
Technology SIP products in future 0.10-micron CMOS products.
As part of this multi-year agreement, Virtual Silicon will develop
and deliver SIP in test vehicles and production parts, updating the
SIP to reflect changes in the 0.10-micron design layout rules and
SPICE models as the silicon process matures.
"Through close working relationships with foundries, Virtual
Silicon has developed innovative SIP architectures for advanced
silicon processes and has provided accurate, industry standard EDA
views for their SIP products," said Steve Douglass, director of
Product Development at Xilinx. "We have used their SIP in our leading
FPGA products with previous process generations with great success.
With this agreement, we can further leverage their technology to
continue producing the industry's most advanced programmable logic
solutions."
"FPGA companies are often the process drivers for the foundries
because of their need to be first movers to new process technologies,
the rigorous qualification procedures they perform and the tremendous
volumes of regularly structured silicon that they consume," said
Taylor Scanlon, President and CEO of Virtual Silicon. "Xilinx is
clearly the leader in developing the highest capacity programmable
products that enable system designers to develop tomorrow's innovative
products."
About Virtual Silicon Technology
Virtual Silicon is a leading supplier of semiconductor
intellectual property and process technology to manufacturers and
designers of complex systems-on-chip (SoC). Headquartered in
Sunnyvale, CA, the company provides process-specific embedded
components that serve the wireless, networking, graphics,
communication and computing markets. Customers include leading fabless
semiconductor companies, integrated semiconductor manufacturers,
foundries, and SoC developers who demand leading edge technology for
their semiconductor innovations. For more information, call (408)
548-2700 or visit Virtual Silicon online at www.virtual-silicon.com
Silicon Ready and Virtual Silicon are trademarks of Virtual
Silicon Technology, Inc.
Contact:
Virtual Silicon Technology
John Ford, 408/548-2737
johnf@virtual-silicon.com
or
VitalCom Marketing and PR
Lou Covey, 650/637-8212 x202
lou@vitalcompr.com
