SOCLE's New ARM926EJ-Based SoC Platform Validated on UMC's 90nm Process
TAIPEI, Taiwan—(BUSINESS WIRE)—April 13, 2006—
SOCLE Technology Corp., a provider of SoC design
services and platform solutions, and UMC (NYSE:UMC)(TSE:2303), a
leading global semiconductor company, today announced that SOCLE has
validated in silicon its ARM926EJ-based SoC platform. The platform,
which leverages UMC's L90SP standard cell libraries, I/O, cell
libraries and PLL IP, has demonstrated it can operate at speeds as
high as 400MHz.
"UMC has proven to be an excellent partner for SOCLE to realize in
silicon our ARM926EJ-based SoC platform and implementation methodology
in a 90nm process," said Eric Li, VP of the R&D division at SOCLE.
"The readiness of the foundry's 90nm process technology, libraries and
quality systems was a key factor in achieving this success. We are
pleased to enter the 90nm generation with the delivery of this high
performance SoC platform."
Ken Liou, director of the IP and Design Support division at UMC,
said, "UMC's 90nm customer products encompass a broad range of
applications including wired and wireless communications, advanced
computing and high-end consumer products. As such, customers need a
robust 90nm solution to help ease their path to silicon. Partnering
with SOCLE for the successful validation of their platform on our 90nm
process technology proves once again that UMC's design support
resources in this area are effective for even the most sophisticated
designs."
About SOCLE's Audio Solution
SOCLE's embedded Audio function (introduced on February 15, 2006),
based on ARM's ARM926EJ CPU core and a built-in DSP function, provides
an MP3/AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) audio playing format. When combined
with SOCLE's MGEG4 SoC platform (SoC Multimedia Platform), it provides
an optimal SoC platform for the portable media player. The solution
can support MP3/WMA/OGG/DRM10 format and also the AAC audio
compression format that can play high-quality DVD-Audio. The platform
design supports the most popular SD/MMC/IDE interface and provides I2S
interface and a comprehensive, flexible software/hardware platform
environment, including all silicon-proven IPs from SOCLE, which help
customers to develop competitive SoC custom-made products easily and
quickly.
About UMC
UMC (NYSE:UMC)(TSE:2303) is a leading global semiconductor foundry
that manufactures advanced process ICs for applications spanning every
major sector of the semiconductor industry. UMC delivers cutting-edge
foundry technologies that enable sophisticated system-on-chip (SoC)
designs, including volume production 90nm, industry-leading 65nm, and
mixed signal/RFCMOS. UMC's 10 wafer manufacturing facilities include
two advanced 300mm fabs; Fab 12A in Taiwan and Singapore-based Fab 12i
are both in volume production for a variety of customer products. The
company employs approximately 12,000 people worldwide and has offices
in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States. UMC can be
found on the web at http://www.umc.com.
About SOCLE Technology
SOCLE Technology has dedicated itself to providing professional
SoC design platform solutions and SoC design services. SOCLE's main
R&D team is made up of employees from major high-tech companies around
the globe and possesses broad experience in SoC design. SOCLE
Technology's solid design teams, core technologies, and service scope
not only covers major system providers and IC design companies in
Taiwan, but also expands to those in the USA, Korea and China. SOCLE
Technology offers world-leading design platform solutions and design
services for IP and SoC. SOCLE Technology not only successfully breaks
through the barrier for SoC design by adopting technologies of "SoC
design implementation platform" and "SoC hardware design platform,"
but also significantly improves the integrating function of SoC. SOCLE
Technology's mature design platform solutions and professional design
services will substantially increase your silicon success and your
competitiveness of SoC. SOCLE Technology can be found on the web at
www.socle-tech.com
Note From UMC Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in the foregoing announcement are forward
looking within the meaning of the U.S. Federal Securities laws,
including statements about future outsourcing, wafer capacity,
technologies, business relationships and market conditions. Investors
are cautioned that actual events and results could differ materially
from these statements as a result of a variety of factors, including
conditions in the overall semiconductor market and economy; acceptance
and demand for products from UMC; and technological and development
risks.
Contact:
UMC
Alex Hinnawi, (886) 2-2700-6999 ext. 6958 (Taiwan)
or
KJ Communications for UMC
Eileen Elam, 650-917-1488
Email Contact
or
SOCLE Technology
Fanjiang, Shih-Jie, (886)3-516-3166 ext. 608
(Manager of marketing)
Email Contact
Wu, Mei-Lin, (886)2-2655-0566 ext. 503
(Administrator of marketing)
Email Contact
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