Join hands to expand IMEC to provide 90 nm process service customers

UMC and Europe's largest independent Nano Electronics Research Center IMEC announced today, will work together to IMEC's Europractice IC service extended to UMC 90 nanometer process technology, Europractice customers will be able to easily obtain the most advanced technology includes 0.25 and 0.18, 0.13 and 90 micron to nanometer from electricity, for the prototype of output and a small amount of production.

IC, IMEC's Europractice services, can provide customers with ASIC services, and help their products quickly listed. UMC and Europractice over the years has been committed to the UMC silicon wafer test plan -- multiple spindle (MPW) prototype production and manufacturing services for European companies and academic institutions, companies and institutions in Europe is expected to have a small amount of production needs, including universities, company research center, emerging companies and have a niche market that will benefit the 90 nanotechnology service.

In addition, for small research or design students, Europractice also provides the mini@sic price advantage of the prototype production scheme, this scheme can be a small design prototype to reduce production costs, the general foundry silicon shuttle service price 20%.

The general manager of the UMC European subsidiary, Hu Xiaoquan said, the UMC cooperation between the Europractice and extended to 90 nanometer process, let the European universities, emerging companies and small companies to adopt the process, help to strengthen the 90 nanometer process technology has become the mainstream technology advantage.

Europractice IC Service Director Carl Das pointed out that, by virtue of UMC provides 90 nanometer process technology services, Europractice to achieve a consistent commitment in providing academic institutions and small company design and manufacture of deep sub micron ASIC solutions, researchers and academic institutions will be able to use 90 nanometer process technology with a cost-effective way.