Partners

PLATINUM SPONSORS

ARM

ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM’s comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company’s broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.

Cadence

Cadence is the global leader in software, hardware, and services that is driving the transformation of the EDA industry. The Cadence vision for this transformation is called EDA360, because it embraces the entire spectrum of the design process and focuses on end-product profitability. This application-driven approach for creating, integrating and optimizing designs helps customers realize silicon chips, system-on-chip devices and complete systems at lower costs and with higher quality. Cadence is headquartered in San Jose, California, with sales offices, design centers and research labs around the world to serve the global electronics industry. Learn more at www.cadence.com.

Mentor Graphics

Mentor Graphics is a world leader in EDA products, consulting services and award-winning support for electronics and semiconductor companies. Mentor offers a complete IC design-to-silicon solution that meets the demand for short design cycle time, improved productivity and high yield for devices manufactured at 28nm and below. Products include the Olympus-SoC place and route system, the IC Station custom layout tool, the Questa functional verification suite, the Eldo fast SPICE simulator, the Calibre physical verification platform, Calibre DFM solutions for random, systematic, and parametric issues affecting yield, and the comprehensive Tessent suite for production test, built-in self test, failure diagnosis and accelerated yield learning.

Synopsys, Inc.

Synopsys, Inc. is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing. Synopsys' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions helps address the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, such as power and yield management, system-to-silicon verification and time-to-results. These technology-leading solutions help give Synopsys customers a competitive edge in bringing the best products to market quickly while reducing costs and schedule risk. Synopsys is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has approximately 70 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/.

GOLD SPONSORS

ChipEstimate.com

The ChipEstimate.com chip planning portal is an ecosystem comprised of over 200 of the world's largest IP suppliers and foundries. These companies all share in the common vision of helping the worldwide electronics design community achieve greater profitability and success. To date, a diverse global audience of over 30,000 users has joined the ChipEstimate.com community and has collectively performed over 120,000 chip estimations. ChipEstimate.com is a property of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic-design innovation. Find out more at http://chipestimate.com.

Infotech Enterprises

Infotech Enterprises is a world leader in pure play engineering services with 8000+ employees across 30 locations specializing in Product Development, Lifecycle Support, Geospatial Engineering and Plant Engineering. Infotech provides “concept to silicon and system prototype” solutions for ASIC/FPGA Engineering and Embedded Software Development with a 12-year impeccable track record of “first pass success” on 200+ design projects across various nodes up to 28nm. Infotech’s proven and proprietary design flows in silicon engineering enable our customers to shorten their product development cycle which ensures that our customers are always stay ahead. We provide services to a wide range of industries including, Aerospace, Automotive, Heavy Equipment and Machinery, Marine and Offshore, Energy, Semiconductor, Consumer and Medical Devices, Rail, Utilities and Telecom.

EXHIBITORS

Albany Nanotech

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is the first college in the world dedicated to education, research, development and deployment in the emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering, nanobioscience and nanoeconomics. CNSE’s Albany NanoTech Complex is the most advanced research enterprise of its kind at any university in the world. With over $6.5 billion in high-tech investments, the 800,000 square-foot megaplex houses the only fully integrated, 300mm wafer, computer chip pilot prototyping and demonstration line within 80,000 square feet of Class 1 capable cleanrooms. More than 2,500 scientists, researchers, engineers, students and faculty work on site, from companies including IBM, AMD, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, SEMATECH, Toshiba, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, ASML, Novellus Systems, Vistec Lithography and Atotech. For more information, visit www.cnse.albany.edu.

Alvand Technologies

Alvand Technologies is a leading analog IC design company that specializes in high-speed, low-power and ultra small die area data converters (ADC/DAC) and Analog Front End (AFE) for a broad range of applications, such as wireless (Wi-Fi, WiMAX, LTE) and wireline (10GBASE-T) communication systems, ultrasound, mobile TV and advanced semiconductor inspection equipment. Alvand also provides full turnkey mixed-signal ASICs based on its high performance and low power IPs. Alvand's seasoned team of analog and mixed-signal IC designers has extensive experience in high-performance analog and mixed-signal IC design with particular emphasis on ultra low power applications, and our team has a successful track record of delivering high-quality products and IP cores that are shipping in mass production.

Analog Bits, Inc.

Analog Bits, Inc. specializes in designing transistor level IP components fully customized for easy and reliable integration into modern CMOS digital chips. Products include precision clocking macros such as PLLs, DLLs, programmable interconnect solutions such as multi-protocol SERDES, DDR/programmable I/Os and specialized memories such as high-speed SRAMs, T-CAMs. With billions of IP fabricated in customer silicon from 0.25-um to 28-nm processes, Analog Bits is the premier IP supplier with an outstanding heritage of "first time working silicon" at numerous process geometries including custom processes. Find out more at http://www.analogbits.com.

Apache

Apache is an industry leading provider of power, noise and reliability solutions for chip-package-system convergence from RTL to sign-off. Apache’s products address the critical design challenges associated with specific design domains such as digital, analog/mixed-signal, package/PCB and SiP/3D-IC, while providing an eco-platform that integrates the SoC, IP and System worlds. For advanced process nodes, Apache delivers advanced reliability solutions including ESD/EM verification. From RTL power analysis and reduction, to early stage prototyping and optimization, and through chip and package sign-off, Apache’s products enable designers to lower power consumption, increase operating performance, reduce system cost and mitigate design risks. With over 100 customers worldwide, Apache’s products are used by top semiconductor companies in every market segment and by leading foundries and IP providers.

Aragio Solutions

Aragio Solutions is recognized worldwide as the premier IP provider of innovative I/O Library Solutions, and has an excellent track record of silicon success by providing ESD protection solutions for I/O libraries used on numerous CMOS processes. ARAGIO has developed robust ESD protection and high latch-up immunity IP for System Interface Circuits enabling high performance operation for standard interfaces (USB 2.0, DDR2/DDR3, mDDR/LPDDR2, LVDS, low capacitance RF/Analog ESD protection) and other high speed interface peripherals. ARAGIO’s innovative integrated circuit expertise has enabled silicon-efficient I/O libraries for 65nm Common Platform process technologies as well as providing key IO solutions at 55nm, 40nm and 28nm advanced process nodes. Contact ARAGIO at www.aragio.com or 972-516-0999.

ASE Group

ASE Group is the world's largest provider of independent semiconductor manufacturing services in assembly and test. The Group develops and offers a wide portfolio of technology and solutions including IC test program design, front-end engineering test, wafer probe & bump, substrate, IC assembly, final test and electronic manufacturing services. Please enquire about ASE’s Copper wire bond solutions. www.aseglobal.com

DNP (Dai Nippon Printing Co, Ltd.)

DNP is recognized as the market leader and pioneer in photomask technology. DNP is dedicated to maintaining this position and consistently accelerating next generation development through continued focus on "in-house" and collaborative R&D efforts. Through significant investment in R&D and advanced manufacturing capacity, DNP is able to maintain its technological expertise to satisfy the complex technical demands of today and well into the future. The DNP photomask advantage consists of a strong technology focus by accelerating next-generation development and staying ahead of the technology curve, a comprehensive customer support through a wide range of support tools and capabilities, and collaboration with key industry leaders, which provides customers with access to the industry's most advanced photomask technologies. Find out more at http://www.dnp.co.jp/eng/.

Helic, Inc.

Helic provides Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software tools and semiconductor intellectually property (IP), with a mission to enable increased levels of miniaturization for semiconductor-based wireless and broadband systems. We are a world leading provider of rapid electromagnetic modeling and high frequency synthesis and extraction/verification technologies. In more than a decade of service to leading semiconductor companies, we are revolutionizing the way ICs and modules are being designed, verified, and manufactured.

IBM Corporation

IBM is a global leader in developing and deploying solutions that enable electronic companies to reduce costs, improve efficiencies and leverage resources for profitable, long-term growth. We have supported the electronics industry for over 75 years and are committed to making this industry a success. With deep industry specific knowledge, broad capabilities in business strategy consulting, process improvement and technology integration, coupled with an extensive network of alliances, IBM’s Electronics experts help companies transform innovative ideas into bold actions with measurable results. For more information about the IBM Electronics team, please visit us at our booth or our Website: www.ibm.com/electronics.

Kilopass Technology, Inc.

Kilopass Technology, Inc. designs, develops and delivers innovative, embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) silicon intellectual property (IP) for SOC applications. Highly reliable, secure, flexible and cost-effective, its one-time programmable (OTP), extrapermanent XPM™ memory family ranges up to 1Mb and is manufactured in standard logic CMOS processes from 180nm to 40nm. Most recently, Kilopass has introduced Gusto™; the industry’s first 4Mb embedded non-volatile memory, enabling on-chip code storage in standard CMOS logic. More than 90 customers rely on Kilopass IP to safeguard their firmware and security code storage, calibration data and other application-critical information. A dozen foundries and integrated device manufacturers have proven the value of Kilopass IP in more than 800,000 shipped wafers.

Magma

Magma: The Fastest Path to Common Platform Silicon
Magma's software provides the "Fastest Path to Silicon"™ and enables the world's top chip companies to create high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) for a wide range of applications. By partnering with Common Platform, Magma ensures that our mutual customers have access to a comprehensive design-to-manufacturing ecosystem that enables them to meet the toughest performance, power, time-to-market and cost requirements. At the Common Platform Tech Forum, Magma will present a Talus®-based RTL-to-GDSII reference flows for the Common Platform 28nm process that features Talus Power Pro for low-power and Hydra™ for hierarchical design. Information on Common Platform-qualified Quartz™ DRC and Quartz LVS runsets, Tekton timing analysis, FineSim™ circuit simulation, Titan™ analog design, SiliconSmart® ACE characterization and QuickCap extraction tools will also be available.

MOSIS

MOSIS is a low-cost prototyping and low-medium volume production semiconductor Foundry service. Since 1981 MOSIS has fabricated over 50,000 circuit designs for commercial firms, government agencies and research and educational institutions around the world. MOSIS provides designers with a single interface to the constantly changing technologies and options available from the semiconductor industry. Mask generation, wafer fabrication, test and device packaging are contracted to leading industry partners. In addition to MPW (multi project wafer) services MOSIS also offers the option to provide dedicated Engineering runs and full production wafers in low-medium quantities.

S3 Group

S3 Group is the Connected Consumer Technology company, providing expert consumer systems and technology design capabilities. S3 Group’s IP and professional services enable its clients to design and deliver next-generation devices, systems and services to consumers at home and on the move. For IC designers and product managers, S3 Group delivers a comprehensive portfolio of high performance silicon proven mixed-signal IP, and design services for power-efficient single-chip systems. S3 Group enables its customers to meet tight time-to-market schedules with reduced design risk. Our portfolio of silicon proven mixed-signal IP includes the following geometries: 0.18u, 0.13u, 90nm, 65nm, 40nm. Founded in 1986, S3 Group is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and has offices and sales representatives across Europe, North America and Asia.

Sidense Corporation

Sidense Corp. provides secure, very dense and reliable non-volatile, one-time programmable (OTP) memory IP for use in standard-logic CMOS processes with no additional masks or process steps required. With over 70 patents granted or pending, Sidense OTP provides field-programmable alternative solutions to Flash, mask ROM and eFuse in many OTP and MTP applications. Based on their innovative one-transistor Split-Channel 1T-Fuse™ architecture, Sidense OTP is embedded in over 120 customer designs, available from 180nm down to 40nm and scalable to 28nm and below. The IP is offered at and has been adopted by many top-tier semiconductor foundries and selected IDMs. Customers use Sidense OTP in many applications, including Digital Video, Power Management, LCD Drivers, Precision Analog Trimming and Microcontroller Code Storage.

STATS ChipPAC

STATS ChipPAC is a leading service provider of semiconductor design, bump, probe, packaging, test and distribution solutions for the communications, computer and consumer markets. With a broad portfolio of services, advanced process technology in wafer level, flip chip and 3D packaging and a global manufacturing presence spanning Singapore, South Korea, China, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan, STATS ChipPAC delivers innovative, cost effective semiconductor solutions. As the leader in eWLB technology, STATS ChipPAC is the first company to achieve high volume eWLB manufacturing with best-in-class yields, the first to implement 300mm eWLB reconstituted wafer manufacturing technology and the first to manufacture innovative second generation eWLB technology such as side by side devices embedded in a package and ultra thin eWLB.

Toppan

Toppan Printing is a premier photomask provider offering comprehensive photomask technology options to fit the imaging needs of the semiconductor industry. Our network of strategically located manufacture sites, sales offices and data centers provides worldwide service and support for every step of the production process. In 2010 Toppan Photomasks and GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced the AMTC partnership in Dresden for providing advanced photomasks.

True Circuits, Inc.

True Circuits, Inc. (TCI) is the leading provider of high performance and general purpose timing IP for the semiconductor and electronics industries. Our robust state-of-the-art circuits, methodical and proven design strategy and close association with the Common Platform has enabled us to silicon validate and support the largest portfolio of PLL and DLL IP available on Common Platform 90nm and 65nm processes. TCI’s high-quality, low-jitter and standardized PLLs and DLLs are available in a range of frequencies, multiplication factors, sizes and functions to meet the precise timing requirements for the latest DDR, SerDes, video and other interface standards. Whether your requirements are simple or highly complex, TCI provides standard off-the-shelf and full custom timing IP to meet your exact needs.

Uniquify

Uniquify is a provider of leading edge ASIC design and IP solutions. We provide a wide range of "idea to chip" services from design specification, logic design/verification, physical implementation, and operations through Perseus, a proven and disciplined ASIC methodology. Our DDR2/3 controller/PHY is the only DDR IP that guarantees chip/system yield using patented feature Self-Calibrating Logic (SCL) and dynamicSCL. Uniquify focuses on 65nm/40nm/32nm/28nm process technologies. Our design experts have extensive experience meeting stringent power, clocking, IP integration and performance requirements for today's most challenging SoC designs.