VIS adopts Sagantec's process migration sol'n

Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. (VIS) is adopting Sagantec's process migration solution for its standard cell libraries to be able to quickly migrate its IP or modify it to accommodate customer needs.

According to Sagantec, the solution will enable VIS' library development to meet customer's tight prototyping schedule. VIS has already successfully migrated a library from one process to another process using the Sagantec solution. In addition to the time and effort savings, the migration engine could handle the library layout style very well including diagonal shape structures and complete the entire library with only a few DRC errors, both companies noted.

VIS director of IP design, Jeffrey Lin, said, "We chose Sagantec's migration solution for its high quality of results and automated capabilities. With the Sagantec migration tools, we can reduce the manpower of porting our library cells to meet customer demand."

"VIS, being a specialized foundry provider, needed a versatile migration technology that could accommodate its specialized and demanding customer requirements. We're glad that we played a significant role in VIS's success by supplying an automated, high quality, versatile migration solution that helps VIS shorten its IP migration schedule and delivers great results." said Coby Zelnik of Sagantec.

"We continue to work with both foundries and designers to fulfill their current and future process migration and optimization needs in a variety of processes and technologies." Zelnik concluded.