Fujitsu and Fraunhofer IIS Co-operating on Nanometre Technology
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Langen and Erlangen, Germany, 20th September 2011 - In exchanging expertise and granting mutual access to their IP pools, Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) are facilitating the development of future-proof nanometre chips for their customers.
As part of this co-operation, new research and development projects have been under way since the beginning of 2010. These are aimed at multimedia, image processing and navigation applications in the automotive, industrial and telecommunications markets.
For this purpose, Fujitsu is making available its analogue and digital nanometre technology libraries, IP (intellectual property) pool and expertise. Fraunhofer IIS is complementing this with its own IP and decades of experience in IC and system design. Chip designs, right up to the GDSII data, are developed and evaluated together with customers. Fujitsu is producing prototypes in 90 nm and 65 nm CMOS technologies on multi-project wafers (MPW) at significantly reduced mask costs.
This means that the technology partners of Fujitsu and the IC developers at Fraunhofer IIS can implement fast and highly efficient solutions. There is potential for business models from prototypes (MPWs) via small series through to series production.
"Industry, research and training all benefit from this co-operation. It grants cost-effective and dependable access to the latest nanometre technology for research projects, pilot series and products", comments Josef Sauerer, Head of IC Design at Fraunhofer IIS.
Norbert Schuhmann, Group Manager for Digital Systems, adds: "Particularly worth noting is the quality of the analogue and digital Fujitsu libraries, the easy access to their IP pool and their professional and smooth approach".
Mark Ellins, Director for ASIC and Foundry Services at Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe said " We are very pleased to be able to work together with such an experienced design partner as Fraunhofer IIS, and believe our co-operation will provide signficant benefits to developers requiring access to advanced process technologies".
About Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe
Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe is a major supplier of semiconductor products. The company provides advanced systems solutions to the automotive, digital TV, mobile telephony, networking and industrial markets. Engineers from design centres dedicated to microcontrollers, graphics controllers, mixed-signal, wireless, multimedia ICs, ASIC products and software development, work closely with Fujitsu Semiconductor's marketing and sales teams throughout EMEA to help satisfy customers' systems development requirements. This solutions approach is supported by a broad range of advanced semiconductor devices, IP, building blocks and software.
For more information, please visit the company's website at:
http://emea.fujitsu.com/semiconductor
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS)
Fraunhofer IIS, established in 1985 and based in Erlangen, with additional locations in Nürnberg, Fürth, Würzburg, Ilmenau and Dresden, is today the largest Fraunhofer Institute in the Fraunhofer Society. Fraunhofer IIS became world famous with its significant involvement in the development of the MP3 and MPEG AAC audio encoding processes. In close co-operation with clients from industry, the scientists conduct research and development in the following fields: digital radio, audio and multimedia technology, digital cinema technology, design automation, integrated circuits and sensor systems, wired, wireless and optical networks, localisation and navigation, high-speed cameras, ultra-fine-focus x-ray technology, image processing, medical technology and supply chain services. More than 750 employees work in contract research for industry, service provider companies and public institutions. The budget of over Euros92 million is funded from contract research, except for some public funds accounting for less than 25%.
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