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17 December 2009

Implementation Investments

X-FAB Now Supports Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer

Synopsys, Inc. and X-FAB Silicon Foundries, a leading analog/mixed-signal foundry, announced that X-FAB has expanded its support to include Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer™ implementation solution. X-FAB now fully supports Synopsys' Galaxy™ Implementation Platform across its wide range of advanced modular CMOS process technologies for analog/mixed-signal (AMS) applications.

Custom Designer is a modern-era mixed-signal implementation solution that delivers superior ease-of-use and leverages Synopsys' Galaxy Implementation Platform to provide a unified solution for custom and cell-based designs. X-FAB has validated comprehensive support for Synopsys' custom implementation solution, including Custom Designer, HSPICE® circuit simulation, CustomSim™ verification, Hercules™ LVS/DRC and StarRC™ extraction tools. The Custom Designer toolset, used in conjunction with X-FAB process technology, can help designers achieve higher productivity and reduce time to market with a comprehensive, verified custom implementation solution.

"We have a large, growing and diverse global customer base that depends on us to deliver competitive technology and cost-optimized solutions," said Dr. Jens Kosch, chief technical officer at X-FAB. "Many of our customers also depend on Synopsys EDA tools, including Custom Designer. Synopsys and X-FAB have worked together to provide customers with both leading-edge CMOS technology and a productive, modern AMS implementation solution."

X-FAB's analog and mixed-signal technology is ideally suited for industrial, automotive and telecommunication applications. Based on a mixed-signal CMOS process, it features core and process modules such as low Vt, low leakage, embedded non-volatile memory and high-voltage options. In addition, it offers a standard or thick top-metal layer, PIP (Polysilicon-Insulator-Polysilicon) and MIM (Metal-Insulator-Metal) capacitors, and high-resistance polysilicon. A variety of MOS and bipolar transistors also are available.

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