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Tower Semiconductor Adopts BindKey's RapiDesignClean for Rules-Driven IC Layout
RapiDesignClean Addresses Surge in Design Rule Growth and Complexity
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- BindKey Technologies, a DuPont
Photomasks company, today announced that Tower Semiconductor Ltd. , a pure-play
independent wafer foundry, has selected BindKey's RapiDesignClean(TM)
rules-driven layout solution to be part of Tower's standard integrated circuit
(IC) design methodology.
RapiDesignClean is the industry's first rules-driven layout solution for custom
design of nanometer ICs. Its highly automated capabilities reduce a design
team's time to tapeout by enabling layout engineers to produce design-rule-clean
layouts faster and with fewer iterations.
Tower Semiconductor evaluated and selected RapiDesignClean to support its
accelerating demand for engineering resources due to the growing number and
complexity of the company's design rules.
"On its own, RapiDesignClean has increased layout productivity by more than 20
percent," said Sergio Kusevitzky, vice president of IP and Design Services for
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. "Our engineers can quickly acquire high proficiency in
new processes because RapiDesignClean significantly reduces the need to memorize
complex rule sets. This provides flexibility in moving engineers between
projects, thus optimizing the company's resources. Moreover, we are able to
complete designs in a single iteration as RapiDesignClean is applying the same
design rules as our sign-off DRC tool."
"BindKey is pleased to have this opportunity to contribute to Tower's
engineering success," said Jeff Menkes, vice president, worldwide sales for
BindKey. "They understand the productivity advantages of RapiDesignClean and see
the increasing need for rules-driven layout with each new generation of process
technology."
About RapiDesignClean
In the age of nano-technologies, as chip feature sizes keep shrinking, layout
engineers face the impossible task of memorizing 1,000 design rules or more.
Using RapiDesignClean, they don't have to. RapiDesignClean is the first tool of
its kind to provide full support for the most advanced technologies (90nm and
below) in real time. Unlike tools that only check for rule violations after the
layout is finished, RapiDesignClean shows layout engineers where to place
structures without creating violations -- in real time, during the layout
process.
RapiDesignClean offers exceptional performance. The tool's ability to deliver
near-instantaneous response is crucial because for each edit the layout engineer
makes RapiDesignClean applies hundreds of rules. RapiDesignClean runs with
virtually no delay, providing visual feedback of applicable rules at each edit
session in a fraction of a second.
RapiDesignClean works in tandem with the industry-leading layout editors and DRC
signoff tools. RapiDesignClean imports the design rules directly from the layout
editor and from industry-standard DRC formats. It supports design rules for all
process technologies, including 90nm and below, both analog and digital, Bipolar
and CMOS.
About Tower Semiconductor Ltd.
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. is a pure-play independent wafer foundry established in
1993. The company manufactures integrated circuits with geometries ranging from
1.0 to 0.18 microns; it also provides complementary manufacturing services and
design support. In addition to digital CMOS process technology, Tower offers
advanced non-volatile memory solutions, mixed-signal and CMOS image-sensor
technologies. To provide world-class customer service, the company maintains two
manufacturing facilities: Fab 1 has process technologies from 1.0 to 0.35
microns and can produce up to 20,000 150mm wafers per month. Fab 2 features
0.18-micron and below process technologies, including foundry-standard
technology. When complete, Fab 2 is expected to offer full production capacity
of 33,000 200mm wafers per month. Tower's Web site is located at
http://www.towersemi.com/.
About BindKey
BindKey is a leading supplier of semiconductor design for manufacturing (DFM)
software solutions. The company's electronic design automation (EDA) tools
produce design-rule-correct integrated circuit (IC) layouts, improving
chipmakers' productivity and time to market by solving manufacturing issues
during the physical design phase. BindKey is headquartered at 612 North Mary
Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085, and has direct sales and support offices in Silicon
Valley, Austin, Texas, Munich, Germany, and throughout the Pacific Rim. For more
information, please call 866-RapidIC (866-727-4342) or visit the company Web
site at http://www.bindkey.com/. BindKey is a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont
Photomasks, Inc.
NOTE: RapiDesignClean is a trademark of BindKey Technologies Inc. All other
products are trademarks of their respective companies.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Except for the historical information and
discussions contained herein, statements contained in this release may
constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of
risks, uncertainties and other factors - for example, semiconductor industry
cycles, technological challenges, technical difficulties of software
development, materials supplies, and actual demand for our products as compared
to forecasted requirements, that could cause actual results to differ materially
as discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its most recent Forms 10-K and 10-Q as well as cautionary
statements and other factors set forth as Risk Factors therein. The
forward-looking statements are made as of the release date hereof and the
Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why the actual results could
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
DATASOURCE: BindKey Technologies Inc.
CONTACT: media, Rich Bruer of McClenahan Bruer, +1-503-546-1000, or
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Web site: http://www.towersemi.com/
Web site: http://www.bindkey.com/