austriamicrosystems partners with MOSIS to serve foundry customers in North America


Further expansion of MOSIS foundry services for CMOS, High-Voltage CMOS and RF SiGe-BiCMOS
process manufacturing
Unterpremstaetten, Austria (October 5, 2005) - austriamicrosystems' business unit Full Service Foundry and
MOSIS announced today, at the FSA (Fabless Semiconductor Association) Supplier Expo in San Jose, to
cooperate to support of smaller volume customers especially in North America.
Within this cooperation MOSIS offers austriamicrosystems' complete foundry service portfolio and its high
performance CMOS, SiGe-BiCMOS and High-Voltage CMOS processes in 0.35ìm and 0.8ìm.
Customers benefit from local technical support through MOSIS' experienced staff, especially proven in fast
and cost efficient prototyping and ramping up products to volume production. Additionally MOSIS offers
capabilities for high-voltage, low current, mixed-signal RF and digital high-speed test, ceramic assembly for
fast prototyping of first engineering samples and plastic assembly for standard packages, systems-inpackage
modules, FlipChip and other chip scale packages. Fast lead times and shared production costs are
offered via austriamicrosystems' Multi-Project-Wafer Service (MPW).
The cooperation also includes the distribution and support of austriamicrosystems' comprehensive process
design kit (HIT-Kit) which comes with a set of fully silicon qualified standard cells, periphery and general
purpose analog cells as well as related design guidelines and process parameters. Customers can obtain all
technology relevant information and order process design kits online via the MOSIS web site at
http://www.mosis.org/austriamicrosystems/. For technical support please contact support@mosis.org.
"austriamicrosystems' processes fit perfectly into our portfolio to round out our services", says Wes
Hansford, Deputy Director at MOSIS. "Especially attractive to our users is austriamicrosystems' focus on
analog chip manufacturing which is supported by a number of specialty processes and services".
"We are glad to intensify the cooperation with MOSIS, a very well known and industry recognized institution
for semiconductor services", comments Thomas Riener, Director Marketing of austriamicrosystems business
unit Full Service Foundry. "MOSIS is highly experienced in fast prototyping services and small volume
production and we expect an improved coverage of the North American market with excellent services for
our customers".
About MOISIS
MOSIS is a low-cost prototyping and small-volume production service for VLSI circuit development. Since
1981, MOSIS has fabricated more than 50,000 circuit designs for commercial firms, government agencies,
and research and educational institutions around the world. MOSIS provides designers with a single
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interface to the constantly changing technologies of the semiconductor industry. Mask generation, wafer
fabrication, and device packaging are contracted to leading industry vendors.
About austriamicrosystems
austriamicrosystems' business unit Full Service Foundry has successfully positioned itself in the mixedsignal
foundry market offering well-established RF CMOS, High-Voltage CMOS, BiCMOS and SiGe-BiCMOS
processes. With superior support during the design phase, with high-end tools and experienced engineers,
austriamicrosystems succeeds to be an attractive analog/mixed-signal foundry partner especially for fabless
design houses.
austriamicrosystems is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, combining
more than 20 years of analog design capabilities and system know-how with its own state-of-the-art
manufacturing and test facilities. austriamicrosystems leverages its expertise in low power and high accuracy
to provide industry-leading customized and standard analog products. Operating worldwide with more than
800 employees, austriamicrosystems focuses on the areas of power management, sensors & sensor
interfaces, portable audio and car access through its business units Communications, Industry & Medical,
Automotive and Full Service Foundry. austriamicrosystems is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange in Zurich
(ticker symbol: AMS). For more information, please visit the web site at www.austriamicrosystems.com
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Tel: +43 (0) 3136 500 5968
Fax: +43 (0) 3136 500 5420
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