SAN JOSE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Sep 20, 2005 --
Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), a full-service SoC
design foundry and TSMC partner, today announced that the company has
selected solutions from Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Kilopass for
various chip designs. GUC has adopted Kilopass' XPM non-volatile memory
(NVM) technology for a mixed-signal consumer entertainment design. These
XPM non-volatile memory IP cores are developed by Kilopass using the
Virtuoso custom design platform from Cadence. Virtuoso has been used
successfully by GUC for various SoC chip designs. Through membership in the
Cadence OpenChoice IP program, Kilopass validated its IP integration with
Virtuoso prior to GUC's adoption.
GUC uses Kilopass' embedded XPM technology to add a secure ID feature to
its consumer electronics design, which is being implemented in silicon at
the world's leading pure-play foundry. XPM provides GUC with a low-cost,
on-chip, highly secure capability for the company's ICs.
"As a leading SoC design foundry, we need IP and design software partners
that understand the short development time requirements of SoC chips," said
Jim Lai, President of Global Unichip Corp. "We chose Kilopass' non-volatile
memory technology for our chip designs because this important memory IP
fulfilled a critical requirement of our customers' applications. We are
pleased to know that this IP has been validated by Kilopass and Cadence
with the Virtuoso technology, which our company uses in various design
projects."
"Cadence's leadership in collaboration throughout the design chain is
fueled by our commitment to customer success," said Jan Willis, senior vice
president of Industry Alliances at Cadence. "We're delighted to see
OpenChoice partners like Kilopass succeed with us in delighting customers
like GUC."
"GUC is one of our worldwide design-service partners," remarked Charles Ng,
VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Kilopass Technology. "Their support
and expertise is helping to accelerate the adoption of XPM technology into
designs created for standard CMOS high-volume and security-conscious
applications. We are also pleased with the capability that the Cadence
products and OpenChoice partnership bring to our development and validation
environment for our complex non-volatile memory technology."
About OpenChoice
The Cadence OpenChoice IP program enables interoperability and facilitates
open collaboration with IP providers to build, validate, and deliver
intellectual property optimized for Cadence design and verification
solutions. The program aims to ensure IP quality and provide the
semiconductor industry with access to optimized IP through a complete IP
catalog. This optimizes the electronics design chain and accelerates
customer time to market.
About XPM
Kilopass' silicon-proven, XPM memory technology, offers the benefits of
post-manufacturing programming of non-volatile memory implemented in
standard-logic CMOS processes, including 0.18um, 0.13um, and 90nm.
About Global Unichip Corp.
Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), a dedicated one-stop, full-service SoC (System
On Chip) Design Foundry, was founded in 1998 at Hsinchu Science Park,
Taiwan. GUC provides total solutions from silicon-proven IPs to complex
time-to-market SoC design, production, and testing services. With state of
the art EDA tools, advanced methodologies, and experienced technical team,
GUC ensures the highest quality and lowest risks to achieve first silicon
success. Besides, GUC delivers a one-stop turnkey solution via its
partnerships with TSMC and world-class assembly and testing houses.
Nowadays, GUC has established a global customer base throughout Taiwan,
Japan, Korea, China, North America, and Europe. Its track-record in complex
SoC designs has brought benefits to customers in time to revenue at the
lowest risk. In 2003, TSMC, the semiconductor foundry leader, became the
primary shareholder. With the close partnership with TSMC, GUC is further
committed to presenting the most advanced and the best price-performance
solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.globalunichip.com
About Kilopass
Kilopass Technology, Inc. was founded with the mission of becoming the
industry leader in embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) technology. The
Company's super-programmable memory technology is manufactured using
standard commercial CMOS process, and is used for storage of firmware and
security codes. The company is headquartered at 3333 Octavius Dr. Suite
101, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA. For more information, please visit
http://www.kilopass.com, call (408) 980-8808 or email
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Cadence, Virtuoso, OpenChoice are registered trademarks of Cadence Design
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