SiGe Process Design Kits from Jazz Semiconductor Support Agilent's EDA Tools
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 12, 2003 - Jazz Semiconductor, a leading,
high-performance radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal silicon wafer foundry
today announced their Process Design Kits (PDKs) for Jazz silicon germanium
(SiGe) processes that support Agilent's RF Design Environment.
Jazz Semiconductor's three generations of SiGe technologies span from 0.35mm
to 0.18mm geometries and from 70 to 200 GHz cutoff-frequencies and are being
deployed by many of its foundry customers to dramatically increase
performance and reduce power consumption in wireless and wire-line
communication products.
The Jazz PDKs contain all the necessary models and technology files for
using the frequency-domain and mixed domain simulation technologies
available in the RF Design Environment (RFDE), from Agilent Technologies.
RFDE is the software design environment from Agilent Technologies for
large-scale RF/mixed-signal IC design. It is the first product to result
from Agilent's alliance with Cadence, giving analog and RF engineers access
to frequency-domain simulation technology from within the Cadence
environment.
"The combined access to Jazz fabrication processes and leading-edge
electronic design automation (EDA) tools from Agilent Technologies gives our
customers a direct route from integrated circuit design to fabrication,"
said Paul Kempf, chief technology officer and vice-president of engineering
for Jazz Semiconductor. "Simplifying and streamlining the design-to-fab
process cuts development time and gets products to the marketplace more
quickly. This is specifically what our customers are striving for in
today's design environment.
"We are very pleased to see Jazz Semiconductor provide support for our EDA
products in their Process Design Kits," said Jim Tabuchi, Marketing and
Services Senior Manager, Agilent EEsof EDA. "This provides our growing
mutual customer base with a proven solution for designing their RF and
Mixed-Signal circuits."
About Jazz Semiconductor
Jazz Semiconductor manufactures semiconductor wafers that enable the
development of high-performance, low-power radio-frequency (RF) wireless and
broadband wireline communications products. The company's rich heritage in
analog and RF integrated circuits (IC) manufacturing has evolved into a
leadership position in silicon germanium (SiGe) bipolar complementary metal
oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) and silicon BiCMOS technologies and design
tools that are setting the standard for communications IC foundry services.
The company's wafers are manufactured using bipolar, BiCMOS, SiGe, analog,
and mixed-signal CMOS process technologies. The Newport Beach
ISO9001-certified facility includes 100,000 square feet of Class 1
clean-room space, and has the capacity to support 21,000 eight-inch wafer
starts per month. Jazz Semiconductor is a privately held company
headquartered in Newport Beach, CA. and has approximately 670 employees. To
learn more, visit us at www.jazzsemi.com
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a global technology leader in
communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The
company's 32,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries.
Agilent had net revenue of $6 billion in fiscal year 2002. Information about
Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.
