Brazil’s Chipus Partners with Second Foundry
By
Peter Clarke; http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/
Friday September 9, 2011
LONDON –
Chipus Microelecrtronics SA, a Brazilian startup licensor of
analog and mixed-signal circuit designs, has said it has begun
designing a library of low-voltage, low-power analog IP cores
for implementation on a 0.18-micron CMOS process used by
foundry Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
A partnership has evolved between the two companies after
executives from Chipus (Florianopolis, Brazil) visited
Silterra's foundry in Malaysia in July, Chipus said.
"This partnership builds on a mutual attraction between
both players," said Paulo Dal Fabbro, CTO of Chipus, in a
statement. He added: "Silterra's process came in handy
for our low-power requirements and their wafer price is very
competitive. Furthermore, they provide a very good support to
partners and customers."
Chipus said it plans to provide power management and data
converter circuits for use by foundry customers on both the
0.18-micron and 0.13-micron nodes at Silterra.
A second result of the partnership is that Chipus has agreed
to help Silterra stage a sales roadshow in Brazil in
September. Chipus is co-organizing the roadshow, which will
comprise events in Sao Paulo on Sept. 12 and in Florianopolis,
on Sept. 14.
"The semiconductor industry in Brazil is gaining strong
momentum with the rise of world-class fabless companies and
strong government support. With strong backing from the
Malaysian government and proven technology and manufacturing
capabilities, Silterra can play a pivotal role in partnering
with the Brazilian semiconductor industry to win in the fast
growing global semiconductor market," said Yit Loong Lai,
senior vice president of sales and marketing, in the same
statement.
The creation of the partnership with Silterra follows an
announcement in May that power management circuits are
available for use on a 0.15-micron process at LFoundry GmbH (Landshut,
Germany).
About
Chipus
Chipus Microelectronics is an analog IP design house with
focus on data converters, analog front-end and power
management solutions for fabless semiconductor companies and
chip integrators. Configurable IP core architectures allow
higher level of customization together with high IP
portability, providing unique level of freedom on customer
design requirements.
Website: www.chipus-ip.com
About
Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.:
Market demand driven, SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd is a
semiconductor wafer foundry offering major foundry compatible
CMOS logic, high-voltage and mixed-signal/RF technologies down
to 0.13-micron feature size. This includes complete,
competitive contract manufacturing for fabless and IDM
customers’ designs. SilTerra’s wafer fab has a design
capacity of 40,000 eight-inch wafers per month.
Environmentally
vigilant, SilTerra delivers award winning, world-class
performance to its customers seeking flexible capacity,
competitive advantages and around the clock customer support.
SilTerra is ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001 certified. Founded in
1995, the company’s headquarters and factory are located in
Malaysia’s Kulim High-Tech Park, and SilTerra has sales and
marketing offices in San Jose (California) and Hsinchu
(Taiwan).
For
additional information on SilTerra or its services, please
visit www.silterra.com.
Silterra
Contact
Koh Meng Kong
Tel:
+6-012-491-0425 (Cell phone)
Tel:
+604-401-4166 (office)
Email: mengkong_koh@silterra.com
Lu Ping Chiang
Tel: +886-3-574-1587 (office)
Email:
pingchiang_lu@silterra.com
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