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7 Asic Vendor Directory 7 ASIC VENDOR DIRECTORY Technologies Training Company Services Offered Area(s) of Specialization Process Offered? Acclaim Technology, Core-based design Cores, COT, DFT, technology migration, Gate array & Yes Design Services Group integration and simulation, synthesis, verification, IC place standard cell San Jose, CA implementation into and route silicon Advanced Designs Digital and Analog Analog, digital, and PCI cards Bipolar & CMOS Yes Colorado Springs, CO ASICs, mixed-signal, FPGA, board design, system, and PCI design Advanced Digital ASIC, FPGA, DSP, and Communications, audio, video, and forward- CMOS, ECL & Yes Designs system design error correction GaAs Chicago, IL Advanced ASIC, DSP, and full- Analog, digital, mixed-signal, video, audio, BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Microelectronics custom design power, graphics, disk drive, and networks & CMOS Jackson, MS Advanced Silicon Full chip design, layout Analog, digital, and high-density full-custom BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Technology and Dracula layout and design & CMOS Harbor City, CA programming Alta Group of Cadence Product design, Communications and network hardware BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Design Systems modeling, validation, design, and multimedia CMOS, & Sunnyvale, CA methodology, tool GaAs interfaces, & communications hardware design Annapolis Micro ASIC, FPGA, and Analog, digital, mixed-signal ASIC, full BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Systems reconfigurable custom, standard cell, gate array, custom & CMOS Annapolis, MD computing design cell design/characterization, synthesis, feasibility studies, and VHDL retargeting, behavioral modeling, FPGA to ASIC migration Verilog & VHDL APK Engineering FPGA, ASIC, custom IC, DSP, embedded processors, Bipolar, CMOS, Yes Agoura Hills, CA mask design and microcontrollers, RF front ends, Verilog, & GaAs verification, board and VHDL design, software, and systems Arisix ASIC, FPGA, and design ASIC/simulation related tools/scripts, design CMOS Yes San Jose, CA process consulting processes, & test Arizona Microtek ASIC RF, wireless, mixed-signal, PLL, analog, BiCMOS, bipolar, No Mesa, AZ video, fiber, and system cost reductions CMOS, & SOI ASIC Designs ASIC, FPGA, system, Analog, mixed-signal, ultra-low power, video, BiCMOS, Bipolar Yes Naperville, IL board design, software, telecommunications, networking, ATE, ULSI, RF, EEPROM, firmware, full turnkey, and RF CMOS, & GaAs and custom layout Source: Integrated System Design 22784 Sampling of Third Party Design Consultants INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ENGINEERING CORPORATION 7-1 ASIC Vendor Directory Technologies Training Company Services Offered Area(s) of Specialization Process Offered? ASIC International Advanced designs for DSP, cryptography, communications, BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Nashville, TN complex ASICs and graphics, video, audio, rad-hard. Cores: CMOS, & GaAs systems, architectural DSP and cryptographic definition, modeling, partitioning, synthesis, full layout, test, algorithms, FPGAs, Verilog, and VHDL Bear River ASIC design and layout Analog and mixed-signal design sensors, BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Microsystems electroptics and related signal & CMOS Grace, ID conditioning circuits Best Proto ASIC ASIC design and verification ASICs & systems No San Diego, CA Bethel Tronix ASIC, FPGA, board Analog, mixed-signal, RF, IF, optical, and BiCMOS, CMOS, Yes Cerritos, CA design, module design communications & GaAs Blackstone EDA Fault grading and ATPG, Verilog simulations and design for test ASICs & systems Yes Worcester, MA boundary scan synthesis, and VHDL/ Verilog RT-level conversions Cadence Design Complex IC design, Analog/RF, digital, mixed-signal, BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Systems design process networking and communications, CMOS, & GaAs San Jose, CA optimization, high-speed computing, consumer, processors, board design, and system controllers, memory devices, peripherals, design multimedia, and test CADmazing Solutions Verification, place and IC CAD Tools, multi-vendor, BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Santa Clara, CA route, Verilog, and CAD methodologies, and libraries & CMOS engineering CADWorx Consulting CAD engineering for PCI, graphics, large designs, technology CMOS, ECL, & Yes Dublin, CA ASIC & FPGA, technology translation, efficient design-flows FPGA retargeting, synthesis, verification, floorplanning, layout, test, custom, CAD tools, Verilog & VHDL, & submicron design methodology CAE Plus Development of executable Multimedia, communications, embedded N/A Yes Austin, TX specifications for system systems, digital, CPU, microcontroller, ICs & microprocessor Carpenter Electronic ASIC, EDA, FPGA, and Analog/mixed-signal, audio, automotive, BiCMOS, bipolar, No Association system design control & measure, medical, signal & CMOS Longhorne, PA processing, communications/telephony, data acquisition, power, and barcode Certus Consulting ASIC, FPGA, system, High-speed, disk drives, mixed-signal, CMOS Yes Group other communications, test, other Antioch, CA Comit Systems ASIC, FPGA, system ASIC/FPGA design, VHDL/Verilog designs, ASICs & FPGAs Yes Sunnyvale, CA design, embedded HDL cores, PCI, bridges, communications, systems, HDLs, high-speed computing, high-speed conversions, libraries, xnetworks testing, and verification Source: Integrated System Design 22785 Sampling of Third Party Design Consultants (continued) 7-2 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ENGINEERING CORPORATION ASIC Vendor Directory Technologies Training Company Services Offered Area(s) of Specialization Process Offered? CPU Technology Complex IC, ASIC, FPGA, Microprocessors, microcontrollers, graphic BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Pleasanton, CA DSP, megacell, board & processors, DSPs, legacy processors CMOS, GaAs, & system complex virtual system prototyping, rad-hard verification, and parallel processing DepCAD IC layout and CAD Standard cell and full custom layout— BiCMOS, bipoar, Yes Eastport, NY support—verification mixed-signal/digital/memories/ CMOS, & GaAs tools microprocessors, CAD services-chip verification, debug for Vericheck, Dracula, and Diva Doctor Design Hardware, software, and High-speed networks, set top box reference N/A Yes San Diego, CA ASIC design, board design, test equipment, digital and analog design, and FPGA Duet Technologies ASIC, FPGA, design Communications, top-down design, DFT, BiCMOS & CMOS No San Jose, CA migration, logic reverse engineering/spec reconstruction, consolidation, and libraries/design kits prototyping, libraries, modeling, and turnkey EDA services Emulation Experts System emulation, project Graphics, PC and PC peripherals, N/A Yes Sunnyvale, CA implementation, project microprocessors, computer systems and management & training, telecommunication technologies tool integration, ASIC emulation, & hardware/ software verification Eureka Technology IC design services, ASIC, Wireless communication, Spread Spectrum, CMOS & FPGA Yes Los Altos, CA FPGA, macro-function CPU, X86/ISA/PCI/PowerPC design, Architecture, product definition, behavioral modeling, synthesis, simulation, verification & timing analysis Explore Electronics Altera FPGA and mixed Video, imaging, printing, graphics, laser, BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Fullerton, CA ASIC, RISC/CISC/DSP- motion control, data communications, and & CMOS based schematic/PCB, PCMCIA analog, power, FCC/EMI, & rapid development techniques Fliptronics FPGA, ASIC, hardware/ High-speed digital system, ATE, CPUs, and CMOS Yes Sunnyvale, CA software system design FPGAs Florida Micro Devices Turnkey ASIC, full- and Analog and mixed-signal, high-performance BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Coconut Creek, FL semi-custom cell ASICs. Communications, controls, sensor, & CMOS development signal conditioning, circuits, linear, bipolar arrays, & CMOS low-voltage Focus Semiconductor ASIC Mixed-signal, micro-power, RF and VCXOs, BiCMOS & CMOS No Lower Gwynedd, PA video, audio, power management, telecommunications, and DSP Frequency Process characterization Interconnect modeling and analysis from CMOS Yes Technology and interconnect model the process test and measurement to tuning Los Altos, CA development. of the parasitic extractor engines Interconnect parasitic extraction calibration Source: Integrated System Design 22786 Sampling of Third Party Design Consultants (continued) INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ENGINEERING CORPORATION 7-3 ASIC Vendor Directory Technologies Training Company Services Offered Area(s) of Specialization Process Offered? Gambit Automated ASIC High-density gate arrays, sea of gates, Bipolar & CMOS Yes Design and standard cells San Jose, CA GME Designs ASIC and system/ High-speed data communications and CMOS and GaAs No Calabasas, CA algorithm broadband links. SCSI Green Hills Software Optimizing compilers and Optimizing Ada, C, C++, Fortran and N/A Yes Santa Barbara, CA software development Pascal compilers tools Guru Technology Design & Test, EDA tools, Graphics, multimedia, processors, BiCMOS, bipolar, Yes Santa Clara, CA ASIC & custom design, networking, chip-sets, ATE & CMOS DFT, ATPG, fault grading, scan, BIST, JTAG HighGate Design FPGA & EDA evaluation/ High-performance FPGA design; Xilinx PCI FPGA Yes Saratoga, CA design; Intellectual LogiCore customization Property design HRB Systems ASIC, FPGA, board-level & DSP. High-speed ASIC, FPGA, & PLD Bipolar, CMOS, No State College, PA system design. DSP design. Data communications ECL, & GaAs hardware design Idealogy Full system design Computer, telecommunications, and video/ All digital Yes Boulder, CO verification services for graphics systems. Verilog, VHDL, and technologies multi-ASIC, multiengineer mixed-simulation enviroments design projects. Custom design verification strategies.
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