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Open-Silicon Inc. Acquires IP Assets of Zenasis Technology
Acquisition Enables Open-Silicon to Increase Speed, Power, and Time-to-Market Solutions for ASICs
| Source: Open-Silicon
MILPITAS, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 7, 2007 -- Open-Silicon, Inc., a fabless semiconductor
company delivering a reliable, predictable and cost-effective alternative
to traditional chip design and supply chain models, today announces it has
acquired the key intellectual property assets of Zenasis Technology. This
acquisition expands Open-Silicon's Science of ASICs initiative.
"The focus of Open-Silicon's standardized design methodology is to address
the challenges of complex ASIC design in a disciplined manner to produce
cost-effective ASICs, with predictable on-time schedules and reliable
working first-time silicon results," said Dr. Naveed Sherwani, president
and CEO of Open-Silicon, Inc. "By incorporating this new technology, we
will be able to optimize our customers' designs for performance, power, and
area, and improve their time to market, which will allow them to
differentiate themselves in the market. This is exactly what the ASIC
market needs."
Most ASIC implementation tools optimize a design at the standard cell level
and physical design levels only. The acquired Zenasis technology will
enable Open-Silicon to combine the benefits of increased performance and
power through design-specific cell creation by concurrently analyzing and
optimizing designs at standard cell, physical and transistor levels. ASIC
designs with embedded processor cores can greatly benefit from this
technology. By using transistor-level design and analysis techniques,
embedded processor cores running at the highest frequencies can be
realized. For example, a processor core whose frequency would otherwise
limit its applicability to specific market applications due to performance
could now be increased by up to 10% to meet broader markets such as video
or communication.
"We are excited about the acquisition of Zenasis' hybrid optimization
technology," said Dr. Satya Gupta, vice president of engineering at
Open-Silicon. "By incorporating this new technology into our design flow,
we will be able to give ASIC customers access to technology enhancements
that were previously only available to high-end IDM customers. This
technology will help Open-Silicon bridge the performance gap between
standard cell based ASIC designs and custom designs."
About Open-Silicon, Inc.
Open-Silicon, Inc. is a fabless ASIC company delivering the most
cost-effective, predictable and reliable custom ASIC solution to
electronics product customers worldwide. Open-Silicon's OpenMODEL™ is
the semiconductor industry's first end-to-end custom ASIC solution based on
a revolutionary business model that provides a seamless, low-cost, low risk
alternative to traditional models for complex ASIC design and development.
For more information, visit Open-Silicon's website at www.open-silicon.com
or call 408-240-5700.