FREMONT, Calif. and
SHANGHAI, July 22 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Virage Logic
Corporation (Nasdaq: VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP
partner, and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
(SMIC; NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981.HK), the leading foundry in
China, today announced the
extension of their longstanding partnership to the 40-nanometer
(nm) low-leakage (LL) process technology. Building on the
successful partnership that was initially established on the 130nm
process technology, Virage Logic and SMIC have collaborated to
provide mutual customers with highly differentiated IP on a broad
range of SMIC's process technologies including 90nm and 65nm. Under
the terms of the new agreement, System-on-Chip (SoC) designers will
have access to Virage Logic's SiWare(TM) Memory compilers,
SiWare(TM) Logic libraries, SiPro(TM) MIPI and Intelli(TM) DDR IP
on SMIC's advanced 40nm LL process. In addition, one key provision
of this new agreement provides SMIC access to Virage Logic's
advanced STAR(TM) Memory System and STAR(TM) Yield Accelerator
tools to accelerate the development, testing and yield enhancement
of SMIC's 40nm LL memory related technology.
"As the premier foundry in China, our expanded partnership with Virage
Logic will enable SMIC to offer the industry leading semiconductor
IP on our 40nm LL process to meet the needs of not only the Chinese
system-on-chip (SoC) developers but the global semiconductor
market," said Chris Chi, Senior Vice
President and Chief Business Officer of SMIC. "SMIC is taking
aggressive steps to strengthen our technology offering to support
our customers. Currently we have a number of customers with
projects leveraging SMIC's 65nm LL node. The strategic IP agreement
with Virage Logic will enable us to offer these customers an easy
migration path to our 40nm LL process. As SMIC's business continues
to expand, we look forward to continuing our synergistic
relationship with Virage Logic to meet the increasing market
demand."
"We originally established our partnership with SMIC on the
130nm process technology and are pleased to expand the partnership
to the 40nm LL process. With a comprehensive offering of Virage
Logic's industry leading IP, customers will be able to select SMIC
as their primary source for their manufacturing requirements," said
Brani Buric, executive vice
president of marketing and sales for Virage Logic. "This joint
agreement is a continuation of Virage Logic's strategy to expand
its business through industry leading foundries and highlights
SMIC's commitment to provide a complete IP solution for its
customers."
About Virage Logic
Virage Logic is a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual
property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. The
company's highly differentiated product portfolio includes
processor solutions, interface IP solutions, analog solutions, SoC
infrastructure IP solutions, embedded SRAMs and NVMs, embedded test
and yield optimization solutions, logic libraries, and memory
development software. As the semiconductor industry's trusted IP
partner, more than 400 foundry, IDM and fabless customers rely on
Virage Logic to achieve higher performance, lower power, higher
density and optimal yield, as well as shorten time-to-market and
time-to-volume. For further information, visit
http://www.viragelogic.com.
Virage Logic Press Contact:
Sabina Burns
Virage Logic Corporation
510-743-8115
sabina.burns@viragelogic.com
About SMIC
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC";
NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) is one of the leading semiconductor foundries
in the world and the largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland
China, providing integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology
services at 0.35um to 45/40nm. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer
fabrication facility (fab) and three 200mm wafer fabs in its
Shanghai mega-fab, two 300mm wafer
fabs in its Beijing mega-fab, a
200mm wafer fab in Tianjin, a
200mm fab under construction in Shenzhen, and an in-house assembly and testing
facility in Chengdu. SMIC also has
customer service and marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and a representative office in
Hong Kong. In addition, SMIC
manages and operates a 200mm wafer fab in Chengdu owned by Cension Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation and a 300mm wafer fab in Wuhan owned by Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation. For more information, please visit
http://www.smics.com.
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