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Collaboration will further progress SmartPower technology
AMI Semiconductor and MagnaChip Semiconductor have announced that MagnaChip will manufacture AMI Semiconductor's 0.35-micron SmartPower technology and continue existing joint development of ULP technology.
AMI Semiconductor and MagnaChip Semiconductor have announced that MagnaChip will manufacture AMI Semiconductor's 0.35-micron SmartPower technology and continue existing joint development of ULP technology. This agreement follows an announcement made in 2005 of a 0.18-micron development and foundry relationship between the two companies.MagnaChip and AMIS have developed a 0.18-micron ultra-low power (ULP) process that enables customers to extend battery life by combining a typical off-current of 0.1pA/um2 for the core logic transistor with an optimized design environment including low-power standard cells and SRAM compilers from Virage Logic. Another part of the agreement covers the SmartPower process transfer from AMIS to MagnaChip along with a capacity agreement that allows AMIS to utilise MagnaChip's foundry services to address significant growth opportunities in the high-voltage telecom market. "We are pleased to have MagnaChip as a manufacturing partner to supplement our own manufacturing operations," said Chris King, CEO of AMIS. "The collaborative effort of both companies will provide our customers with advanced products for low-power medical applications, such as hearing aids and implantable devices, as well as high-voltage telecom products, such as highly-integrated power-sourcing equipment, that use SmartPower technology.""We appreciate the confidence AMIS has shown in MagnaChip by embracing us as a manufacturing partner in two key process technology areas," said Sang Park, Chairman and CEO of MagnaChip. "We believe that this relationship will enable our two companies to grow in the ultra-low-power and SmartPower markets and provide customers quality and capabilities in their end products."