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SiliconSmart ACE from Magma Supports UMC’s Move Towards 28-nm Technology

Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that UMC has standardized on SiliconSmart ACE for standard cell and I/O cell characterization and modeling. UMC co...

11 Jun 2010

Samsung Foundry Develops First 32-nm SoC Design with Synopsys' Galaxy Platform

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Samsung Electronics' Foundry business (Samsung Foundry) has successfully taped out its first 32-nanometer (nm) system-on-chip (SoC) design using Synopsys' Galaxy™ Implementation Platform.

From Synopsys, Inc. 11 Jun 2010

SEMATECH Reports Progressions in Wafer-to-Wafer Bonding Alignment

Researchers from SEMATECH’s 3D Interconnect program based at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s (CNSE) Albany NanoTech Complex have reported advances in wafer-to-wafer bonding alignment accuracies through a series of tool and process hardening improvements.

11 Jun 2010

Simple Technique to Produce Nanowires

Scientists have made a breakthrough toward creating nanocircuitry on graphene, widely regarded as the most promising candidate to replace silicon as the building block of transistors.

11 Jun 2010

TSMC Selects Ciranova Helix Software for 28nm Process Technology

Ciranova, Inc., a leader in automated physical design for analog and mixed-signal ICs, announced today that its Ciranova Helix® custom IC layout automation software has been included in TSMC’s OpenAccess-based Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) Reference Flow 1.0 targeting TSMC 28nm advanced process technology.

11 Jun 2010

Designing Next Generation Nanotransistor Chips

The University of Glasgow is playing a key role in a €26M (£23m) European project called MODERN looking at how to design the next generation computer chips – using variable and unreliable nanotransistors.

10 Jun 2010

New Ecosystem from GLOBALFOUNDRIES Leverages Innovation in Semiconductor Industry

At next week’s Design Automation Conference (DAC), GLOBALFOUNDRIES will unveil a new platform to spur innovation in semiconductor manufacturing and help deliver unparalleled service to chip designers. Called GLOBALS...

From GlobalFoundries 10 Jun 2010

Synopsys to Validate Custom Design Solution Using TSMC’s 28nm iPDK

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that it has collaborated with TSMC to validate Synopsys' custom design solut...

From Synopsys, Inc. 10 Jun 2010

TSMC Adopts Synopsys Tools and IP for 28-nm Process Technology

Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that it is delivering comprehensive design enablement for TSMC's 28-nanometer (nm) process technology with TSMC Reference Flow 11.0.

From Synopsys, Inc. 10 Jun 2010

Nangate’s Tool Suite Enables Development of High-Performance Cell Library IP by austriamicrosystems

Nangate, the leading supplier of digital cell library development and design optimization solutions, and austriamicrosystems today announced that austriamicrosystems has successfully implemented the Nangate Library Creator Platform to improve the productivity and cost effectiveness of its digital cell library intellectual property (IP) development.

10 Jun 2010