Anchor Semiconductor's NanoScope(TM)-YAM Adopted by UMC for Design Verification of Layout Patterns25 July 2006
Anchor Semiconductor, Inc., an industry leader in semiconductor DFM (Design For Manufacturing) software products, today announced that world leading semiconductor foundry UMC uses Anchor's NanoScope-YAM product in UMC's DFM flow for full-chip design verification of layout patterns to help achieve first time silicon success.
The control of layout-to-silicon pattern transfer has become a main challenge to the semiconductor industry in its continuous pursuit of advanced nanometer technologies. Most yield problems including performance related yield problems come from pattern transfer. NanoScope-YAM provides powerful engines in pattern search and pattern analysis to achieve higher semiconductor yield based on manufacturing know-how. UMC and Anchor have closely worked together to ensure that the methodology of NanoScope-YAM meets the requirement of UMC's nanometer DFM solution flow. UMC customers are already realizing the benefits of this solution.
Dr. Long-Ching Yeh, Vice President of EDA tool and DFM support, stated, "SoC designers today face various and unique DFM challenges with each chip they design, and to account for this, UMC is now providing optimized DFM resources to our advanced customers. NanoScope-YAM is a very useful vehicle to link manufacturing and design by locating and analyzing yield-sensitive layout patterns at the design stage."
Dr. Chenmin Hu, President of Anchor Semiconductor, stated, "We are very pleased that NanoScope-YAM was chosen in the UMC's DFM flow. With its advanced pattern-centric architecture, NanoScope-YAM provides design verification of layout patterns to achieve higher yield." Dr. Hu continues, "We have already had about a dozen users regularly using the Nanoscope product line. The selection of NanoScope-YAM by UMC for DFM solution further demonstrates it is a market-leading solution."
About UMC
UMC (NYSE: UMC, TSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor foundry that manufactures advanced process ICs for applications spanning every major sector of the semiconductor industry. UMC delivers cutting-edge foundry technologies that enable sophisticated system-on-chip (SoC) designs. UMC is also a leader in 300mm manufacturing; Fab 12A in Taiwan and Singapore-based UMCi are both in volume production for a variety of customer products. UMC employs over 10,500 people worldwide and has offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States. UMC can be found on the web at http://www.umc.com.
About Anchor Semiconductor
Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Anchor Semiconductor, Inc. is the pioneer and technology leader in semiconductor DFM software products for controlling layout-to-silicon pattern transfer to bridge the gap between design and manufacturing. With its breakthrough pattern- centric architecture, fast and accurate layout patterning simulation, flexible and powerful pattern analysis capabilities, Anchor's NanoScope software product family is uniquely capable of addressing the layout-to-silicon patterning challenges in both design and manufacturing domains.
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