austriamicrosystems AG Provides a New Front-to-Back Analog Mixed Signal Design Kit Using Mentor Graphics Tools

Unterpremstatten, Austria, April 3, 2002 - - austriamicrosystems AG announces that they are extending their usage of ModelSim.

Additionally, austriamicrosystems AG has renewed their long-term contract with Mentor Graphics in the area of backend verification and simulation. The longstanding relationship between the two companies is evolving towards a much closer partnership providing solutions to internal design teams and mutual and/or prospective customers.

austriamicrosystems AG, with headquarters in Unterpremst

austriamicrosystems Business Unit Full Service Foundry has successfully positioned itself in the mixed signal foundry market offering well established CMOS RF, high-voltage CMOS, BiCMOS and SiGe-BiCMOS processes. The full service package includes analog process characterization, advanced design kits with high precision simulation models, reliable analog and digital libraries, extensive design and layout support, fast prototyping and full backend capabilities. With this support during the design phase, with high-end tools and experienced engineers, austriamicrosystems succeeds to be an attractive analog mixed signal foundry especially for fabless designhouses. Additional information can be found on Internet www.austriamicrosystems.com .

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For more information, please contact:
Birgit Betz
Mentor Graphics Germany
49.89.57096.400
birgit_betz@mentor.com
Urs Harnik-Lauris
austriamicrosystems AG
43.3136.500.5277
urs.harnik@austriamicrosystems.com
 
 
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