SAN JOSE, Calif. -- 2004 FSA Suppliers Expo takes place Oct. 4-7, 2004, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose. For in-depth information about the event visit http://www.fsa.org/suppliers_expo/.
Below are profiles from 2004 FSA Suppliers Expo exhibitors; breaking news releases and announcements are available at http://www.tradeshownews.com, Business Wire's trade show, conference and event news resource.
Company: 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Booth/Stand: 429 Media Contacts: S.C. Sia; +60.82.354.888; scsia@1si.com or Barbara Kalkis; 408.996.9975; kkalkis@compuserve.com Investor Relations Contact: Stephen Chin Phone: +60.82.354.888 E-mail: investorrelations@1si.com Company URL: http://www.1si.com Press Area URL: http://www.1si.com/news-prelease.html Product Description: 1st Silicon (1Si) offers 0.25micron-m, 0.18micron-m and 0.15micron-m logic and mixed-signal technology as well as embedded non-volatile memories, CMOS color image sensors, high voltage and CCD processes. These technologies are vital in computer multimedia, Internet-enabled applications, DSP-based products, micro-controllers, LCD controllers / drivers, automotive and smart card applications. The 0.25micron-m embedded flash process is available now. The 0.15micron-m process will be available in Q1 2005. Company Description: 1Si offers volume semiconductor production in a world-class 200mm fabrication facility spanning 126,000 ft2. At full ramp-up capacity, the facility can handle more than 45,000 wafers per month. Its customers include integrated device manufacturers and fabless semiconductor companies from US, Japan, and Asia. 1Si has its headquarters in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, and a US registered Subsidiary Corporation located in San Jose, California. Company: Accelicon Technologies, Inc. Booth/Stand: 532 Media Contact: Xiaolan Wu Investor Relations Contact: Tim Smith Phone: (408) 725-7176 E-mail: xwu@accelicon.com Company URL: http://www.accelicon.com Product description: Analog Virtual Prototyping (AVP) gives circuit designers area estimation and floor-planning capability early in the design cycle, allowing for important performance/cost/packaging decisions. Model Quality Assurance (MQA) assesses the quality of foundry-supplied models, and Model Builder Program (MBP) generates SPICE models using data from tested silicon. Company description: Accelicon Technologies, based in Cupertino California, is an EDA company dedicated to providing world-class solutions to analog, RF and mixed signal semiconductor companies. Currently Accelicon provides the industry's first, and leading, solution for Analog Virtual Prototyping, as well as a number of SPICE analysis products addressing foundry model verification. Company: AMI Semiconductor Ticker Symbol: AMIS Booth/Stand: 402 Media Contact: Tamera Drake Investor Relations Contact: Jimmie Hutchens Phone: 208-234-6890 E-mail: tamera_drake@amis.com Company URL: http://www.amis.com Press Area URL: http://www.amis.com/news/releases/ AMI Semiconductor is a leading, full service mixed-signal foundry partner with exceptional development-to-production spans and outstanding customer service. AMIS provides long-term process support, specializing in mixed-signal CMOS processes including high-voltage operation and customer-specific process installations. MPW access is available through relationships with MOSIS and Europractice. Numerous quality certifications highlight the company's ability to satisfy customers' most demanding quality requirements. Company: Analog Bits Inc. Booth/Stand: 246 Media Contact: Mahesh Tirupattur Phone: 650-314-0200 E-mail: mahesh@analogbits.com Company URL: http://www.analogbits.com Product description: Following are some of the product families that we offer: - Wide Range PLL's, Video Class PLL's- Pixel Clocks, Spread-spectrum Clocks, Video Capture PLL's - High speed DDR-DLL and Micro-Watt class Ultra-low power PLL's - Multi-protocol Programmable SERDES - Custom IO Buffers - Processor Class Cache-SRAM's and Embedded TCAM's Company description: Analog Bits Inc., specializes in designing transistor level IP components fully customized for easy and reliable integration into digital chips on standard CMOS processes. Our 200+ custom designs serve fabless companies, ASIC manufacturers, merchant foundries and IDM's who demand the highest quality, maximum performance, and optimum densities for their designs. Company: ASE Ticker Symbol: ASX Booth/Stand: 428/430 Media Contact: Jennifer Yuen Phone: 408 986 6519 E-mail: Jennifer.yuen@aseus.com Company URL: http://www.aseglobal.com Press Area URL: http://www.aseglobal.com/content/5-2-1.htm Product description: The ASE Group is the largest independent subcontract provider of IC packaging and test services. An integral link in the global electronics chain, with manufacturing bases established worldwide, ASE currently maintains over 30,000 employees to serve its international clientele, and is committed to acting as a 'virtual factory' for OEM customers. Company description: A world-leading provider of semiconductor back-end manufacturing services, the overall scope and depth of ASE Group's manufacturing services enables it to offer its customers complete semiconductor turnkey solutions -- including engineering test, wafer probing, package design, substrate design and manufacturing, testing, and shipping -- all conveniently integrated into one comprehensive supply chain. Company: Cadence Design Systems Ticker Symbol:CDN Booth: 542/544 Media Contract: Bruce Chan Investor Relations Contact: Nikki Davis Phone: 408-943-1234 Company URL: http://www.cadence.com Press Area URL: http://www.cadence.com/company/newsroom/press_releases/index.aspx Product Description: The Cadence Encounter low-power design flow reduces power by as much as 40%. See a demonstration of this flow that was developed in conjunction with Silicon Design Chain Partners ARM, Artisan and TSMC. Find out how to manage dynamic and leakage power using Encounter digital IC design platform. Company Description: Cadence is the world's largest supplier of electronic design technologies and engineering services. Cadence products and services are used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking equipment, telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and other electronics based products. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California. Company: Cascade Microtech Booth/Stand: 534 Media Contact: Ellen Payne Phone: 503-601-1000 E-mail: Ellen_Payne@cmicro.com Company URL: http://www.cascademicrotech.com Press Area URL: http://www.cmicro.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/pg.view/pID/23 Product description: Infinity Probe combines extremely low contact resistance (typically less than 0.1 ohm on aluminum pads) with unsurpassed RF measurement accuracy to give you highly reliable, repeatable measurements, with low, stable contact resistance. Dual version to 67GHz, single coaxial version to 110GHz, and waveguide version to 220GHz are now available. Company description: Cascade Microtech provides leading-edge probing solutions to test complex semiconductors in wafer form in design and production environments. Provides production probe cards, analytical probes, and probe stations. Probe stations align wafers to probe cards or probes to electrically connect test equipment to chips on wafers, allowing advanced electrical measurements. Company: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ticker Symbol: Nasdaq: CHRT and SGX-ST: Chartered Booth/Stand: 410/412/414/416/418 Media Contact: Tiffany Sparks (tiffanys@charteredsemi.com) Investor Relations Contact: Suresh Kumar (sureshk@charteredsemi.com) Phone: (408) 941.1100 E-mail: info@charteredsemi.com Company URL: http://www.charteredsemi.com Product description: Chartered continually expands its portfolio of process technologies to address customers' product and time-to-market requirements. Its broad technology offerings include logic, mixed signal, RF CMOS, BiCMOS, EEPROM and HVCMOS. At 90nm, Chartered teamed with IBM to offer the industry's first cross-foundry platform, providing GDSII design compatibility to enable true multi-sourcing. Company description: Chartered, one of the world's top three dedicated semiconductor foundries, provides flexible and cost-effective manufacturing solutions for customers, enabling the convergence of communications, computing and consumer markets. In Singapore, Chartered operates four fabrication facilities and has a fifth fab, the company's first 300mm facility, which is expected to begin pilot production by the end of 2004. Company: Cypress Semiconductor Ticker Symbol: (NYSE: CY) Booth/Stand: 128 Phone: 408-943-2600 E-mail: questions@cypress.com Company URL: http://www.cypress.com Silicon Valley Technology Center (SVTC), a division of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, bridges the gap between a Lab to Fab by offering an alternative strategy for taking a product from proof-of-concept to manufacturing. SVTC offers customers opportunities to develop and characterize their silicon-based technologies cost-effectively, accelerating time-to-revenue through access to Cypresss 65-nanometer state-of-the-art R&D fab in Silicon Valley and its 20+ years of technology development and design experience. Company: eInfochips, Inc. Booth/Stand: 155 Media Contact: Donna Wilson, 510-795-6825 Phone: 408-496-1882 E-mail: info@einfochips.com Company URL: http://www.einfochips.com Press Area URL: http://www.einfochips.com/newsroom.html eInfochips is a leading provider of ASIC design and verification services. The spectrum of services extends from Specification to Silicon with extensive experience on front-end design, HVL based verification methodologies and physical design. The IP portfolio includes IP on technologies like Fibre Channel, Serial ATA, SONET, SPI 4, OCP-IP. eInfochips is a 200 engineer company based out of Santa Clara, with an India design centre. It has delivered SoC and Embedded solutions to a variety of customers, thus increasing their cost-effectiveness and reducing their time-to-market. A partial list of customers includes Broadcom, TI, LSI Logic, Cisco, Sun Microsystems, Philips. Company: ePAK International, Inc. Booth/Stand: 347 Media Contact: Richard Brook Phone: 512.231.8083 E-mail: richard.brook@epak.com Company URL: http://www.epak.com Product description: ePAK manufactures a complete line of products for shipping wafers from 1" up to 300 mm. The Company also offers an increasing number of Processing Boats for use inside the FAB. ePAK has recently filed for several patents on effective shipping of background and bumped wafers with experience in shipping wafers as thin as 3 mils with 3 mil bumps. Company description: ePAK was founded in the late 1999 by an experienced team of packaging engineers. The Company's initial focus was on backend materials such as shipping trays and carrier tape. At the beginning of 2003, the Company decided to produce products for shipping wafers. Since then, ePAK has brought more than 100 products to market for wafers from 1" up to 300 mm. Company: EUropean Operation Ltd., The Booth/Stand: 133 Media Relations Contact: Adam Fletcher Investor relations Contact: Jeff Weigel Phone: +44 1 600 89 05 05 E-mail: info@TheEUropeanOperation.com Company URL: http://www.TheEUropeanOperation.com or http://www.TheEUropeanOperation.com Pan-European: -"Top 10" Target OEM Customer Direct Sales... -"Full Service" Public Relations / Marketing Communications... -Business Advisory Services... EUO focus exclusively on the needs of Semiconductor "Start-Up's" entering the European Market. We leverage our sales, marketing, management, experience, industry knowledge and contacts to generate results... "...The EUropean Operation's unique blend of sales, marketing communications and business strategy, gave us an effective way to build momentum in Europe a year earlier than we could afford to do it any other way..." Bob Nunn - President and CEO - Fulcrum Microsystems Inc. Company: EverCAD Navigator Booth/Stand: 512 Media Contact: Brian Oh Phone: 510-744-1168 x 228 E-mail: brian@evercad.com Company URL: http://www.evercad.com Press Area URL: http://www.evercad.com/news.html Product description: EverCAD's ADiT is an analog/mixed-signal simulator that can be used as (1) SPICE with greater than 3X speed with the same accuracy. (2) High capacity fast SPICE with greater than 20X speed within 3% accuracy loss. (3) Hierarchical simulator for memories, i.e., DRAM. (4) SoC verification, which co-simulates with VCS, NC-Verilog, Verilog-XL and ModelSim. Company description: EverCAD's vision is to be the most trusted and the best EDA technology firm. EverCAD Corporation is a private EDA firm specializing in advanced circuit simulation & analysis tool suite for analog, mixed signal, and SoC designs. It was founded in 1998 and currently employs over 20 staff members worldwide. Company: Fabless Semiconductor Association Booth/Stand: 518 Media Contact: Helen Garrett Phone: 972-239-5119 x201 E-mail: hgarrett@sheltongroup.com Company URL: http://www.fsa.org Press Area URL: http://www.fsa.org/news/ The FSA is the voice of the global fabless business model. Incorporated in 1994, the Association positively impacts the growth and return on invested capital of this business model to enhance the environment for innovation. The FSA provides a platform for meaningful global collaboration between fabless companies and their partners; provides members with timely research and resources; and identifies, debates, and discusses business and technical issues. FSA members include fabless companies and their supply chain and service partners and represent more than 21 countries spanning North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. Company: Galaxy Semiconductor Solutions Booth/Stand: 152 Media Contact: Bertrand Renaud Phone: 781.891.1148 E-mail: Bertrand.renaud@galaxysemi.com Company URL: http://www.galaxysemi.com Product description: Galaxy's Examinator(TM) is a software solution that enables test and product engineers to perform characterization, production monitoring, and yield analysis studies from standard semiconductor data files such as STDF, GDF, WAT, etc. Over 1000 engineers across hundreds of sites worldwide, within fabless, IDMs, ATE and Subcontractor organizations, rely on Examinator today. Company description: Galaxy Semiconductor Solutions develops and markets innovative test data analysis and optimization software aimed at the semiconductor industry. The Galaxy software enables product and test engineers to rapidly conduct correlation, trend, and root cause analysis for their product characterization, yield improvement and test optimization missions. Company: GDA Technologies Inc Booth/Stand: 509 Media Contact: Sandeep Mohankumar Investor Relations: Deepika Sarai Phone: 408-467-3587 E-mail: sandeep@gdatech.com Company URL: http://www.gdatech.com Press Area URL: http://www.gdatech.com/NewsF.htm Product description: Electronic Design Services including Chip design, Board and Systems design, Embedded Software design and Soft IPs. In the IC Design space, GDA provides Logic design, DFT, Physical design and Foundry Interface services. GDA also has suite of IP's such as PCI Express, RapidIO, Hypertransport, SPI4.2, 10GMAC etc. Company description: GDA Technologies, Inc. is a leading Electronic Design Services (EDS) company specializing in embedded, networking and consumer electronic designs. GDA is focused on designing IC and board level products in areas of High speed communications, Digital Video, Internet Appliances and Hand Held Solutions. GDA is headquartered in San Jose, CA. Company: Global Factory.Net, Inc. Booth/Stand: 127, 129 & 131 Media Contact: Rina Lee Investor Relations Contact: Sharone Zehavi Phone: (408) 551-6450 E-mail: info@globalfactory.net Company URL: http://www.globalfactory.net Product description: Global Factory Semiconductor Manufacturing Management Software is the most comprehensive in the industry. Features include WIP control, Design, Product Engineering, Sales, Distribution, Supply Chain, Analytics, Planning and Quality Control. It facilitates Exception Based Management and "Instant ISO" with end-to-end business process execution. Extremely flexible, easy integration and comes with personalized portals. Company description: Global Factory (founded in 1999) develops solutions for the unique global operation challenges of the semiconductor industry. It is the leading supplier of value-chain solutions. With comprehensive functionality covering customer facing, internal operation, engineering, supplier facing and overall quality control, Global Factory has the most customer deployments in the segment. Company: Heffernan Insurance Brokers Booth/Stand: 153 Media Contact: Ann Mohler Phone: 925.934.8500 E-mail: annmo@heffgroup.com Company URL: http://www.heffgroup.com Product Description: TECHchoice, a division of Heffernan Insurance Brokers, designs and implements insurance and benefits programs for high tech companies of all types. From start-ups to multinationals; software to hardware, TECHchoice has the expertise and efficiency the tech world expects. With a focus in fabless, TECHchoice is proud to sponsor the FSA. Company Description: Heffernan Insurance Brokers is one of the largest full service insurance brokerages in Northern California. Providing comprehensive insurance and financial services to businesses and individuals nationwide; Heffernan is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California with additional offices in San Francisco, Petaluma, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon; and West Palm Beach, Florida. Company: Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation Booth/stand: 325 Media Contact: Jim Huang Phone: 408-997-6237 E-mail: jhuang9898@aol.com Company URL: http://www.hkstp.org Product description: HKSTP provides shared facilities/services for IC design companies to complete the whole IC design/development process from design start to production release: IC Data Centre IC EDA Centre IC Probe and Test Development Centre Reliability Lab Product Analysis Lab Photonics Development Support Centre All facilities are ISO9001 certified. Company Description: Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) is a $1.5 Billion project set up by Hong Kong Government. HKSTP' mission is to provide quality infrastructure and support facilities for innovation and technology development in focused clusters that encompass electronics, biotechnology, precision engineering and information technology/telecommunications industries. Company: HPL Technologies, Inc. Ticker Symbol: HPLA.PK Booth/Stand: 221/223 Media Contact: Dean Frazier Investor Relations Contact: Michael Scarpelli Phone: 408-437-1466 E-mail: info@hpl.com Company URL: http://www.hpl.com Press Area URL: http://www.hpl.com/news/index.htm Product description: Cell Designer is a next-generation DFM software solution targeted at devices built in advanced process technologies (130nm and below). Design data (circuit netlist and layout) are combined with process data (lithography, etch, and process variation) into a calibrated physical simulation to accurately predict electrical circuit performance and yield. Company description: HPL is a leading provider of DFM and yield optimization solutions that enable semiconductor companies to enhance the efficiency of design, fabrication and test. HPL's products include a robust, flexible software platform that accelerates the process of identifying, measuring, and correcting sources of failure in production processes and designs. Company: IPCore Technologies IPCore Technologies is a global IC design service company. With offices in China, United States, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, IPCore delivers the most competitive IC design service solution to clients worldwide. IPCore can give your product an extra competitive edge in lower power, higher performance or smaller die due to its core competency in optimization. Optimization is aided by broad selection of internal and external tools and supported by a team of experienced IC professionals. IPCore is the One-Stop-Silicon-Solution company with flexible business models whether you need standard ASIC design service or full turn-key solution from concept to product. Company: Jazz Semiconductor Booth/Stand: 515 & 517 Media Contact: Lauri Julian Investor Relations Contact: Erica Mannion; Erica@sapphireinvestorrelations.com Phone: (949) 453-8080 E-mail: Lauri@lages.com Company URL: http://www.jazzsemi.com Product description: Analog and RF focused platform process technologies at 0.35um, 0.25um and 0.18um nodes, including standard digital CMOS, Analog/RF CMOS, BiCMOS and SiGe BiCMOS and associated process modules for advanced levels of RF and Analog integration. Jazz processes are focused on wireless, wireline and emerging converged consumer applications. Company description: Jazz Semiconductor is an independent wafer foundry focused primarily on specialty CMOS process technologies, including SiGe BiCMOS and RFCMOS for the manufacture of highly integrated analog and mixed-signal semiconductor devices. Jazz has expanded its wafer fabrication facilities beyond the U.S. through manufacturing partnerships in China with Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation and Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co., Ltd. Company: Kilopass Technology, Inc. Booth/Stand: 510 Media Contact: Georgia Marszalek; 650-345-7477; Georgia@ValleyPR.com Investor Relations Contact: Charles Ng; 408-980-8808; klptinfo@kilopass.com Company URL: http://www.kilopass.com Press Area URL: http://www.kilopass.com/e15/?CurrentItem=4&SubItem=3 Kilopass Technology's Super Permanent Memory (XPM) provides an excellent solution for electrically field-programmable code storage, data storage, embedded security features, and IC configuration applications such as memory repair, circuit trimming and calibration, and low cost, flexible implementation of customer specific product features. Kilopass Technology's Super Permanent Memory (XPM) is built using standard CMOS logic process technologies and requires no additional mask steps or process modifications. It is fully scalable, and silicon proven to deliver high density, high performance, and high reliability electrically field-programmable embedded NVM solutions in today's leading edge CMOS technologies. Company: KYEC Ticker Symbol: Taiwan SEC #2449 Booth/Stand: 226 Media Contact: jcku@kyec.com.tw Investor Relations Contact: joggerchao@kyec.com.tw Phone: 1-408-452-7680 E-mail: hcpeng@kyecusa.com Company URL: http://www.kyec.com.tw Product description: KYEC offers complete IC back end testing services. The comprehensive service line includes Wafer-Sort, Laser-Repair, Wafer-Grinding, Dicing-Saw, Waffle-Pack, Final test, Burn-in, Module-Test, Marking, Lead Scan, Tape & Reel, Dry-Pack, Drop-ship. Engineering capabilities well cover Memory, Logic, Mix-signal, RF/SOC, Image Sensor, LCD driver. Company description: No.1 Semiconductor Test Service. KYEC Commits To Offer Complete Engineering And Production Services With Capable Resources, Large Production Basis, Perfect Facilities And State-Of-Art Workmanship To Provide Multi-Disciplines of Testing To Ensure Customers To Receive Services With Cost Effective, Short Turn-Around Time But No Compromise To The Quality. Company: Magma Design Automation Ticker Symbol: LAVA Booth/stand: 432 Media contact: Monica Marmie Investor Relations Contact: Milan G. Lazich Phone: 408-5665-7500 E-mail: aila@magma-da.com Company URL: http://www.magma-da.com Press Area URL: http://www.magma-da.com/news.html Magma provides leading software for designing highly complex integrated circuits while maximizing Quality of Results and reducing overall design cycles and costs. At the 2004 FSA Suppliers Expo, Magma will be highlighting Blast Create(TM), its advanced front-end design solution, Quartz Formal(TM), its new high-capacity formal verification solution and Blast Logic(TM), a utility that reads a netlist and constraints to generate reports for assessing timing feasibility. Magma will also be a featured partner in Chartered Semiconductor's exhibit where Magma will provide an overview of a reference flow that is designed to make adopting the jointly developed IBM-Chartered 90-nm semiconductor process platform fast and easy. Company: MEFAS, Inc. Booth: 146 Phone: 949-699-0525 E-Mail: lab@mefas.com Company URL: http://www.mefas.com MEFAS - Microelectronics Failure Analysis, Testing, & Reliability Qualification Services offers one stop shopping for professional microelectronics failure analysis, reliability qualification services, and FIB circuit edits. MEFAS specializes in comprehensive Failure Analysis Services and Reliability Testing. Located in Southern California, our state-of-the-art 15,000 sq. ft. laboratory has 33 engineers and technicians supporting organizations worldwide. In business for over a decade, MEFAS is the leader in device functional failure analysis service. Company: Microbridge Technologies Inc. Booth/Stand: 104 Media Contact: Nick Tasker Investor Relations Contact: Mike Foster Phone: (514) 938-8089 E-mail: ntasker@mbridgetech.com Company URL: http://www.mbridgetech.com Product description: The Rejustor is a low-cost replacement for manual trim potentiometers, laser-trimmed resistors and digital trimming devices. The Rejustor is an electrically-trimmable passive resistor whose resistance and TCR can be adjusted independently. The Rejustor provides a simple, low cost means to adjust and temperature compensate ALL analog circuits, discrete and integrated. Company description: Microbridge Technologies Inc. is a technology product and licensing company specializing in micro-systems technology for electronics, semiconductor devices and sensor-based systems. Company: MOSAID Technologies, Inc. Ticker Symbol: MSD.TO Booth/Stand: 201 Media Contact: Sara Haskill Investor Relations Contact: Richard Boadway Phone: 408 565-9418 E-mail: lev@mosaid.com Company URL: http://www.mosaid.com Press Area URL: http://www.mosaid.com/corporate/news-events/releases-2004/index.php Product Description: MOSAID licenses a range of Semiconductor Intellectual Property (SIP) products. From embedded DRAM and CAM macrocells to I/O libraries and memory controllers, MOSAID SIP is ideal for networking, communications, electronic data processing and consumer applications. MOSAID also offers clients full custom design services to integrate and optimize our SIP offerings. Company Description: MOSAID is a global leader in semiconductor memory, serving its customers with innovative design, test and intellectual property products and services. Invention is our Hallmark. Almost three decades of MOSAID memory expertise and innovation enable semiconductor companies worldwide to improve the quality, reliability and functionality of their memory related products. Company: Nassda Corporation Ticker Symbol: Nasdaq: NSDA Booth: 346 Media Contact: Graham Bell Investor Relations Contact: Annie Chan-Zien Phone: 408-988-9988 E-mail: sales@nassda.com Company URL: http://www.nassda.com Press Area URL: http://www.nassda.com/news.html Product description: Discover why over 250 companies rely on Nassda(TM) for early success of their analog, mixed-signal, memory, and high-performance digital designs. HSIMplus provides full-chip post-layout simulation and IR drop analysis, with an optional link to digital co-simulation. HANEX(TM) and CRITIC(TM) deliver high-accuracy timing analysis for custom and ASIC digital flows. Company description: Nassda is a leading provider of full-chip circuit verification software for complex nanometer semiconductors. It develops and markets simulation analysis solutions for advanced ICs, especially for analog, mixed signal, memory, system-on-chip and high performance digital designs. Nassda enables first silicon success, and improved product quality and yield for its customers. Company: OCP-IP (Open Core Protocol- International Partnership Booth/Stand: 330 Media Contact: Joe Basques Investor Relations Contact: OCP-IP Administration Phone: (503) 291-2560 E-mail: admin@ocpip.org Company URL: http://www.ocpip.org Press Area URL: http://www.ocpip.org/pressroom/releases/2004 OCP International Partnership is a non-profit semiconductor industry consortium formed to administer the support, promotion and enhancement of the Open Core Protocol (OCP) specification. OCP is the first fully supported, openly licensed, complete interface socket for IP cores. OCP addresses design, verification and testing issues common to IP core reuse in "plug-and-play" SoC products. Company: PDF Solutions Ticker Symbol: PDFS Booth/Stand: 539/541 Media Contact: Jen Bernier; 408-977-7762; jen@akipr.com Investor Relations contact: Sonia Segovia; 408-280-7900; sonia.segovia@pdf.com Company URL: http://www.pdf.com Press Area URL: http://www.pdf.com/news_top.phtml Product description: dataPOWER(TM) YMS platform is the industry's defacto standard for data management and yield enhancement. pDfx(TM) Environment - Is the first tool that lets designers implement process-aware design-for-manufacturability (DFM) at the synthesis stage of design flows, without needing a Ph.D. in process engineering. Company description: PDF Solutions(R), Inc. is the leading provider of process-design-integration technologies for manufacturing ICs. PDF's products and services help chip companies optimize manufacturability of chip designs and capability of fab processes. Through simulation of nanometer design and process interactions, the PDF solution offers clients reduced time to market, increased chip yield and performance, and enhanced product reliability and profitability. Company: Photronics, Inc. Ticker Symbol: PLAB Booth/Stand: 206 Media Contact: Michael McCarthy Phone: 203-775-9000 E-mail: mmccarthy@brk.photronics.com Company URL: http://www.photronics.com Press Area URL: http://www.photronics.com/about/press.jsp Product description: A key element in the manufacture of semiconductors, photomasks are used to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers during the fabrication of integrated circuits. Photomask technology is also critical in the production of microelectronic mechanical systems (MEMS), biosensors and a variety of photonics devices. Company description: Photronics is the industry leader in the design, development and production of reticles and photomasks for semiconductor and microelectronic applications. Established in Connecticut in 1969, the Company became a publicly-held corporation in 1987 and today operates nine manufacturing facilities around the globe. Company: Pintail Technologies Booth/Stand: 227 Media Contact: Stephanie Mayo; smayo@sheltongroup.com; (972) 239-5119 x139 Investor Relations Contact: Taylor Scanlon Phone: (972) 464-5919 E-mail: taylor.scanlon@pintail.com Company URL: http://www.pintail.com Link To Your Press Area URL: http://www.pintail.com/resources/downloads.htm Product description: Pintail's integrated software suite for real-time test monitoring and optimization applies advanced sampling and parts averaging: TestVision(R) offers quick data analysis, graphing and management to improve test programs. SwifTest(R) reduces test time and improves quality through dynamic, real-time sampling and reporting of test program performance. The TestScape(TM) Web-based dashboard provides real-time, up-to-the-second test floor reporting and analysis. Company description: Pintail Technologies is a semiconductor test improvement company providing breakthrough software solutions combining real-time test process control and innovative analytical programs to impact testing cost and quality. Pintail solutions help fabless and integrated device manufacturers, test suppliers and ATE vendors increase competitive advantage and hasten customer response. Company: PolarFab Booth/Stand: 447 Media Contact: Christina Sanchez; (215) 453-8700; csanchez@simongroup.com Phone: (952) 876-3000 E-mail: info@polarfab.com Company URL: http://www.polarfab.com Product Description: PolarFab provides analog and mixed-signal foundry services for customer-designed integrated circuits using BCD, BiCMOS and bipolar silicon processes for mixed-signal and power management semiconductor applications. We offer a complete range of services including wafer fabrication, process design kits, process development and transfer, mask generation, wafer probe, failure analysis, reliability testing and prototype assembly. Company Description: Headquartered in Bloomington, MN, PolarFab is the only US-owned, pure-play foundry in the country. We provide our customers with faster time-to-volume in an easy-to-do-business-with environment. We accomplish this with our superior manufacturing capability, proven design methodology, and exceptional customer service through the creativity, flexibility, and responsiveness of our people. Company: Prolific Inc. Booth/Stand: 506 Media Contact: Michael Miller Phone: 510-252-0490 E-mail: info@prolificinc.com Company URL: http://www.prolificinc.com/ Press Area URL: http://www.prolificinc.com/news.html Product description: ProTimingTM runs during the PrimeTime step of the physical design flow, performing block-level, design-specific timing optimization. The software makes use of cells already existing in the library and can provide a 5-10-20% performance increase or power reduction without modifying RTL or adding new cells to the library. Company description: Prolific Inc.'s tools optimize IC timing, power, area, and yield, while reducing overall design time and costs. ProTimingTM delivers up to 20% improvement in timing and power in a no-risk, fully automated, and integrated flow. ProGenesis(R) automatically creates standard cells optimized for design performance, power, area and yield. Company: QThink Booth: 505 Media/Investor Relations Contact: Marco Zelada Phone: (858) 362-8179 E-mail: marcoz@qthink.com Company URL: http://www.qthink.com QThink designs low-power, high-performance, complex ICs for customers in a number of vertical markets such as wireless, networking, consumer, etc., using ASIC, COT, and Rapid-Prototyping approaches. The IC design service offering is complete front-to-back, starting from a paper specification, QThink Executable Spec (QES), RTL, or netlist hand-off. The company has completed over 150 complex designs, in technologies that span the entire spectrum in leading edge deep-submicron fabrication technologies. QThink's partnerships with all leading foundry, IP, and EDA providers, along with its engineering capabilities, excellence in project execution, and professional program management on all projects allows the company to provide this full range of services. Company: Sarnoff Europe Booth/Stand: 329 Media Contact: Henk De Blaere Phone: +32-59-275.915 E-mail: hdeblaere@sarnoffeurope.com Company URL: http://www.sarnoffeurope.com Press Area URL: http://www.sarnoffeurope.com/events.html Product description: TakeCharge ESD design IP delivers clear and continuous customer value. Silicon proven in a broad, advanced range of technologies/applications: CMOS down to 65nm, BiCMOS, SiGe, SOI, HV & RF/HS, low-capacitance... Customized solutions are delivered as Technology Transfer or Design Kit, including design rules, tools, application notes, reference cells, support, maintenance. Company description: Sarnoff Europe from Gistel, Belgium, is a subsidiary company of Sarnoff Corporation of Princeton, NJ. Sarnoff Europe assumes worldwide responsibility for development, maintenance and commercialization of an innovative Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio for on-chip ESD protection & IC yield - known as TakeCharge(R). Licensees include major IDM and fabless companies. Company: Silicon Border Development Booth/Stand: 203 Media Contact: Stephanie Mayo; smayo@sheltongroup.com; (972) 239-5119 x139 Investor Relations Contact: Ron Jones; ron.jones@siliconborder.com Phone: (510) 796-2493 E-mail: ron.jones@sheltongroup.com Company URL: http://www.siliconborder.com Press Area URL: http://www.siliconborder.com/aboutus Product description: Silicon Border is a 10,000-acre, high-tech industrial park establishing a cost-effective manufacturing alternative in North America for the semiconductor supply chain. The construction-ready site in Mexico offers 15 square miles of world-class utility resources and infrastructure to support the operational, technical and financial needs of the global chip industry. Company description: Established in 2001, Silicon Border Development has assembled a team of semiconductor, finance and real estate experts to establish North America's premier semiconductor park in Mexicali, Mexico. Guided by US industry and Mexican economic leaders, Silicon Border is focused on world-class support for providers of IC design, manufacture and device integration. Company: Sonics Booth: 126 Media Contact: Nancy Sheffield (408) 269-0849 Phone: 408-269-0849 Email: nancypr@aol.com Company URL: http://www.sonicsinc.com Press Area URL: http://www.sonicsinc.com/sonics/news/index_html Company Description: Sonics, Inc. provides the next-level of internal interconnect solutions required to speed design and reduce the risk of developing complex system-on-chip (SOC) semiconductors. Sonics' SMART interconnects simplify IP integration, improve SOC performance, increase reusability of design blocks, and reduce overall development costs. Major semiconductor and systems companies have successfully applied Sonics products and methodologies to SOCs used in leading products in the wireless, digital consumer electronics, and communications markets. Visit Sonics at the FSA Expo and hear how customers have experienced dramatic reductions in time to market while enjoying significant savings in design and manufacturing costs. Company: Toppan Chunghwa Electronics Co., Ltd. (TCE) Booth/Stand: 326/328 Media Contact: Frank Chang Investor Relations Contact: Richard Chen Phone: +886-3-5643000 ext.250 E-mail: rich@tce.com.tw Company URL: http://www.tce.com.tw Product description: TCE provides photomask solutions that assist customers in meeting the complex challenges of new technology. Besides supporting wide-ranging technology needs, we are responsible for supplying our customers with 65nm, 45nm and advanced photomask. Company description: In the competitive world of microelectronics, we at TCE are proud to be recognized as one of the worldwide leading photomask provider. TCE has well experiences to provide customized services to foundry, design house and IC fab customers. We are able to meet customers' requirements in all aspects of photomask production. Company: Viko Test Lab Booth/Stand: 229 Media Contact: Deanna Patino Phone: 408 988-2181 E-mail: dcrader@vikotestlab.com Company URL: http://www.vikotestlab.com Product description: VIKO Test Lab is the semiconductor industry's test house of choice for Electrical Test, Burn-in, Package Qualification and Back-end Services in the Bay Area. With the addition of new tester platforms and increase of our engineering development capability, VIKO Test Lab is poised to provide our customers with even greater value propositions. Company description: VIKO Test Lab, founded in 1991 is an Infiniti Solutions company. VIKO works with other Infiniti Solutions companies ADEC, ACOM and ATEC to integrate our operations with burnin chambers/boards, systems PC board fabrication & assembly and offshore Assembly & Test services under one management. Company: Virtual Silicon Booht/Stand: 205 Media Contact: John Ford Phone: (408) 548-2700 E-mail: johnf@virtual-silicon.com Company URL: http://www.virtual-silicon.com Press Area URL: http://www.virtual-silicon.com/newsroom.cfm Product Description: Virtual Silicon supplies semiconductor IP to manufacturers and designers of systems-on-chip (SoC). Their complete SIP solutions include Mobilize(TM) - the industry's first power management IP solution in addition to their standard cell libraries, basic I/Os, application specific I/Os, memory compilers & instances, and PLL compilers & instances. Company Description: Virtual Silicon is a leading supplier of semiconductor intellectual property (SIP). Virtual Silicon has licensed and delivered its Silicon Ready(R) SIP products to hundreds of customers creating complex systems-on-chip (SoC), including semiconductor manufacturers, foundries, SoC designers, and systems developers who demand broad functionality, highest quality, and maximum performance for their semiconductor innovations. Company: White Mountain Labs Booth/Stand: 523 Media Contact: Brenda McCaffrey Phone: (480) 763-0497, x12 E-mail: Brenda.mccaffrey@whitemountainlabs.com Company URL: http://www.whitemountainlabs.com Press Area URL: http://www.whitemountainlabs.com/pressroom.asp Product description: White Mountain Labs, the industry leader in Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and Latch-up testing, has successfully integrated Transmission Line Pulse (TLP) measurements with product-level ESD testing. ESD is a significant yield and quality issue for packaged semiconductor devices. TLP measurements have become an important tool in the design of on-chip protection. Company description: White Mountain Labs is a dedicated Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) test facility performing testing to standards prescribed by the ESD Association, JEDEC, Mil-Std and the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC). WML works with clients to create the ESD knowledge exchange that builds client confidence in the robustness of integrated circuit designs. Company: X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries Booth/Stand: 301-305 Media Contact: Dagmar Berendes; Thomas Hartung Phone: (408) 505-5551 E-mail: dagmar@thinkbold.com Company URL: http://www.xfab.com Press Area URL: http://www.xfab.com/xfab/frontend/index.php4?id=7&sort= sort&pre_cat_open=1&subid=252&subsort=name X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG, headquartered in Erfurt, Germany, is an independent analog/mixed-signal foundry manufacturing silicon wafers for analog-digital integrated circuits (mixed-signal ICs) on customer order. The company maintains production facilities in Erfurt (Germany), Plymouth (UK) and Lubbock (Texas, US) and employs approximately 1,000 people worldwide. Wafers are manufactured based on ultra-modern modular CMOS- and BiCMOS- processes with technologies ranging from 1.0 down to 0.35 micron. Main application areas are the automotive, communications, consumer and industrial sector. More information is available at www.xfab.com. Company: X Initiative Booth: 149 Media Contract: Sherrie Gutierrez, MCA Phone: 650-968-8900 E-Mail: sgutierrez@mcapr.com Company URL: http://www.xinitiative.org Press Area URL: http://www.xinitiative.org/wt/sec.php?page_name=news The X Initiative, a group of 40+ leading companies from throughout the semiconductor industry, is chartered with accelerating the availability and fabrication of the X Architecture, a revolutionary interconnect architecture based on the pervasive use of diagonal routing. The X Initiative's five-year mission is to provide an independent source of education about the X Architecture, to facilitate support and fabrication of the X Architecture through the semiconductor industry design chain, and to survey usage of the X Architecture to track its adoption. Membership is open to all companies throughout the semiconductor supply chain. Company: ZFOUNDRY Booth/Stand: 434/436 Media Contact: Jamie Laughlin Investor Relations Contact: Konrad Herre Phone: 408-844-0066 (at show 408-219-1853) E-mail: service@zfoundry.com Company URL: http://www.zfoundry.com Product description: Customer Process Transfer: Utilizing over 40 years of experience and standard ZFOUNDRY(R) modules to create or improve custom processes like HV-CMOS with special implant, DMOS, power MOSFET, back metal, NMOS, BiCMOS and trench. Standard Mixed-Signal Processes: CMOS on 0.8/0.6 um with analog, high or low voltage, and embedded EEPROM options. Company description: ZFOUNDRY(R) specializes in technologies for power management, converter, and driver ICs including high-voltage structures, thick and back metal. ZFOUNDRY(R) offers process transfer and development, supported by an experienced technology team. The fab also offers a standard mixed-signal technology portfolio, including low-voltage and EEPROM devices, with long-term availability and automotive qualification.