For more information contact:
Bejoy Oomman Hassan Golestanian
Genesys Testware, Inc. Dolphin Technology, Inc.
Tel: 510-661-0791x208 Tel: 408-392-0012
Fax: 510-498-8734 Fax: 408-392-0090
Email: bejoygo@genesystest.com Email: corp@dolphin-ic.com
DOLPHIN TECHNOLOGY AND GENESYS TESTWARE DEVELOP DESIGN AND TEST FLOW FOR INCREASING YIELD AND QUALITY OF NANOMETER MEMORIES USING RAMpiler+TM AND ARRAYTESTMAKERTM
San Jose, California, April 26, 2005 — Dolphin Technology, a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP), and Genesys Testware, Inc., a leading supplier of yield, quality and cost improvement tools for nanometer IC announced today that they have jointly developed a design and test flow for improving yield and quality of nanometer memories using RAMpiler+ memories with ArraytestMaker repair. A detailed application note that describes this design and test flow is available for free download from the web sites for both Dolphin Technology (www.dolphin-ic.com) and Genesys Testware (www.genesystest.com). Printed copies of this application note that focus on memories at the TSMC 90nm process node, will be available at the Dolphin Technology booth during the 2005 TSMC US Technology Symposium being held at the San Jose Convention Center. This application note helps IC designers using Dolphin memory compilers to reduce unit IC cost without additional investment.
RAMpiler+ memory compiler from Dolphin is an advanced tool that can be used to efficiently build single-port, dual-port and 2-port memories with two dimensional redundancies. It can also be used to generate fuse arrays. RAMpiler+ memories are optimized for nanometer processes from the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, TSMC. ArraytestMaker from Genesys Testware was the first commercial tool to support yield enhancement of embedded memories. ArraytestMaker generates a register transfer level (RTL) yield and quality improvement circuit that can be synthesized to gate level in different technologies.
“Our goal is to enable IC designers to confidently transition to nanometer processes by improving yield and quality” said Mo Tamjidi, President, Dolphin Technology. “We are pleased to jointly develop and document a customer-proven design and test flow for improving yield and quality of nanometer memories with Genesys Testware.”
“We are pleased to offer a proven design and test flow for improving yield and quality of nanometer memories to IC designers building advanced system IC with megabits of Dolphin embedded memory” said Bejoy Oomman, President of Genesys Testware. “IC design groups without specialized skills and prior experience with yield and quality improvement of nanometer memories can confidently adopt this flow.”
Dolphin Technology Inc. is a leading provider of high performance semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) blocks that include embedded memory and memory compiler products, high performance and standard IOs and high performance standard cell libraries. Advanced design technology incorporated into Dolphin's SIP blocks enable System-on-Chip (SoC) designs to achieve faster clock rates, lower dynamic and leakage power, smaller die size and reduced manufacturing cost. For more information about Dolphin and its products, please visit www.dolphin-ic.com.
Genesys Testware, Inc. provides tools to improve yield, quality and cost of nanometer ICs. Its products are all silicon-proven in various customer designs. Genesys Testware’s corporate headquarters are located at 76 Whitney Place, Fremont, CA 94539. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at http://www.genesystest.com
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