WILSONVILLE, Ore., Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Graphics
Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that Xiamen San'an Integrated
Circuit Co. Ltd. (San'an IC) has selected the Calibre® nmDRC™ and
Calibre nmLVS™ products as its golden signoff physical verification
solution for gallium arsenide (GaAs) ICs used in mobile and other
wireless applications. As part of its foundry offering, San'an IC
will provide the Calibre design rule decks to its customers to help
them ensure their designs are error-free and meet all foundry
requirements before submitting them to San'an IC for
manufacturing.
Designs are growing much more complex at all IC nodes as
designers address new requirements such as low power, more
operational modes, more protocols, redundancy and security. As a
result, designers need more sophisticated tools that can handle
complex requirements and still maintain fast turnaround.
"With radio frequency (RF) and sensor applications expanding
rapidly, we need a single verification flow that can handle
multiple technologies and process nodes," said Honda Huang, Design
Support & Marketing Office director at San'an IC. "The Calibre
platform gives us that flexibility—it works seamlessly with our RF
design tools, and supports effective communication with our
clients. The Calibre nmDRC and nmLVS products allow us to easily
implement complex rules for RF design with very efficient commands
and features like equation-based DRC that significantly reduce our
coding effort."
"San'an IC's adoption of Calibre for advanced GaAs ICs used in
RF applications is part of a growing worldwide trend to use the
most advanced Calibre technologies for larger-feature-size
applications," said Shu-Wen Chang,
director of Calibre Foundry Programs at Mentor Graphics.
About Xiamen San'an Integrated Circuit Co, Ltd.
Xiamen
San'an Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. (San'an IC) is located in the
Xiamen Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone, with a total
investment of three billion yuan on a
planned area of 281 acres. It is one of Fujian Major Industrial
Projects 2014-2018 and Xiamen Key Projects 2015, and an emerging
industry of strategic importance with government support. San'an IC
will build new production lines for gallium arsenide (GaAs) and
gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxial wafers, as well as those for
gallium arsenide (GaAs) high-speed semiconductor chips and gallium
nitride (GaN) high-power semiconductor chips targeting
microelectronic devices for wireless communication. Risk production
is scheduled to start in the second half of 2015, and San'an IC
will, upon volume production, become the first fab in China to combine large-scale R&D and
manufacturing capabilities for compound semiconductor chips.
World Wide Web site: http://www.sanan-ic.com
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a
world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions,
providing products, consulting services and award-winning support
for the world's most successful electronic, semiconductor and
systems companies. Established in 1981, the company reported
revenues in the last fiscal year in excess of $1.24 billion. Corporate headquarters are located
at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville,
Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site:
http://www.mentor.com/.
For more information, please contact:
David Smith
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1135
david_smith@mentor.com
(Mentor Graphics, Mentor, and Calibre are registered trademarks
and nmDRC and nmLVS are trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation.
All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective owners.)
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