SMIC Chooses Comprehensive Set of Mentor Graphics Tools for Design and Physical Verification
WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003--Mentor
Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) and Semiconductor Manufacturing
International Corporation (SMIC) today jointly announced that SMIC,
China's first pure-play commercial IC foundry to achieve volume
production for 8-inch wafers, has chosen the Mentor Graphics(R) tools,
including Calibre(R), IC Station(R), and Eldo(TM), as one of their
internal production standards.
SMIC provides wafer fabrication services for a wide range of
devices, such as logic, mixed-signal, SRAM, DRAM, EEPROM, Mask ROM,
high-voltage circuits and system-on-chip.
"Adopting Calibre puts us in a unique position. Not only do we get
access to outstanding technology, but we also align our physical
verification flow with semiconductor companies which have standardized
on Calibre," said Dr. James Sung, vice president of marketing and
sales, SMIC. "In addition, Mentor has excellent custom design and
simulation technology, and we have therefore chosen IC Station and
Eldo for use in our internal development teams."
"Calibre is the physical verification standard for design services
companies, library and IP providers, foundries and fabs," said Joseph
Sawicki, general manager of the Mentor Graphics design-to-silicon
division. "With SMIC's adoption of a comprehensive set of IC design
tools from Mentor, they establish a solid tool infrastructure that
will serve them now and for future process technologies."
Mentor Graphics Integrated AMS SoC Design Tools
Mentor Graphics delivers advanced technology for AMS SoC design,
from capture and simulation through physical implementation,
verification and analysis. The tool set includes the Design
Architect(R)-IC application, with a powerful AMS SoC design cockpit,
and the IC Station layout and chip assembly flow for accelerated
physical layout, top-level floor planning and chip assembly routing.
Mentor Graphics also provides the ADVance MS(TM) tool, a
single-kernel, language-independent simulation environment for
digital, analog, mixed-signal and RF circuits. In addition, the
Calibre and Calibre xRC(TM) tools deliver the industry's highest
capacity, performance and accuracy for physical verification and
parasitic extraction. This fully integrated set of tools is available
immediately for Linux, HP and Sun platforms.
About SMIC
SMIC is the first pure-play advanced IC foundry in China to
achieve volume production for 8-inch wafers at 0.25um, 0.18um and
finer line technologies. Established in April 2000, SMIC is a Cayman
Islands company based in Shanghai. The foundry provides customers with
a full range of services that include: design services, mask
manufacturing, wafer fabrication as well as testing capabilities. For
more information, please visit www.smics.com.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about
$600 million and employs approximately 3,500 people worldwide.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777; Silicon Valley headquarters are
located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California 95131-2314.
World Wide Web site: www.mentor.com.
Mentor Graphics, Calibre, IC Station and Design Architect are
registered trademarks, and Eldo, Calibre xRC, and ADVance MS are
trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or
product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective owners.
CONTACT: Mentor Graphics
Nan Devlin, 503/685-1809
nan_devlin@mentor.com
or
Suzanne Graham, 503/685-7789
suzanne_graham@mentor.com
