PRESS RELEASE
Global Communication Semiconductors, Inc. selects
AWR’s Microwave OfficeTM as Next Generation MMIC Design
Tool
El Segundo, CA. - September 15, 2000 - Applied
Wave Research, Inc. (AWR) announced that it has signed a comprehensive
agreement with Global Communication Semiconductors, Inc. (GCS) to
provide electronic design automation (EDA) solutions to be used
on a worldwide basis for the design of microwave integrated circuits.
GSC is a leading provider of heterojunction bipolar transistors
(HBT),
pseudomorphic high electron mobility
transistors (PHEMT),
Epitaxial Wafers, surface acoustic wave (SAW) and optoelectronic
devices.
GCS,
a pure play GaAs IC foundry, based in Torrance, California will
be using AWR’s Microwave OfficeTM software
and recommending it as the preferred design solution to customers
on a worldwide basis. GCS is currently in a major expansion
program to increase the fab facility from 10,000 sq ft to 21,000
sq ft by the end of 2000. The standardization on Microwave Office
will help GCS facilitate this expansion by increasing the efficiency
of the MMIC design,
layout and verification process. By the first quarter of
2001, GCS will increase the number of 4-inch wafer starts per week
from the current 500 to 2,000 4-inch equivalents.
Dr.
Owen Wu, CEO/President of GCS, stated “GCS’s selection
of Microwave Office demonstrates our commitment to leveraging new technology
as a means to providing competitive advantage in the market for
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs). AWR’s next-
generation technology will enable GCS to deliver a complete MMIC
solution, which is critical to our future expansion.” GCS
employs many leading engineers with strong backgrounds in semiconductor
materials, processes and devices. Collectively, our key technologists
have more than 250 years of experience in GaAs PHEMT and HBT technologies
and III-V optoelectronics such as detectors, lasers and LED's.
Wing Yau, Director
Foundry Service & Applications, stated “Helping our foundry
customers to achieve first pass success and time-to-market is one
our major goals in achieving customer satisfaction. By teaming with
AWR, our layout rules and device libraries are readily available
for easy access, allowing our customers to minimize design iteration
and reducing product development cycle time.”
Ted
Miracco, Chief Executive Officer for AWR, added "The selection
of Microwave Office as the standard design
tool at GCS demonstrates the importance of integrated foundry libraries
for leading-edge semiconductor manufacturers like GCS and the strengths
of AWR’s MMIC Design solution." AWR and GCS will be cooperatively
developing the integrated libraries necessary for MMICs to be designed,
layout and verified against foundry design rules.
Applied Wave Research, Inc.
(AWR), founded in 1994, provides integrated EDA solutions for the
design of high frequency communications, defence electronics and
high-speed computing and networking. AWR customers include leading
electronics companies involved in the development of wireless applications
like cellular telephones, pagers, direct broadcast satellite (DBS),
wireless local loop (WLL), collision avoidance radar, and other
emerging technologies. AWR has sales representatives and distributors
around the world. The company is headquartered in El Segundo, California.
More information about the company and its products may be obtained
from the World Wide Web at http://www.mwoffice.com.
Global
Communication Semiconductors, Inc., incorporated in 1997, is an
ISO 9002 certified GaAs foundry located 15 miles south of Los Angeles
International Airport. GCS’s business goal is to supply low
cost, high quality, specialty semiconductor materials, devices,
integrated circuits and solutions to the wireless, telecommunications
and fiber optical communications markets. GCS has been delivering
HBT PA, HBT Digital IC’s, PHEMT, Epitaxial Wafers, SAW and
Optoelectronic Devices since 1999. More information about GCS and
its products may be obtained from the World Wide Web at http://www.gcsincorp.com.
AWR,
the AWR logo, Microwave Office, EMSight, and VoltaireXL are trademarks
of Applied Wave Research, Inc. All others are properties of their
holders.
For more
information, please contact:
Ann Shubnell,
Marketing Communications
Applied Wave Research, Inc.
1960 East Grand Avenue, Ste. 500, El Segundo, CA USA
Tel 310-726-3000 – Fax 310-726-3005
info@mwoffice.com
Bill
Vitez, Director of Sales and Marketing
or
Wing Yau, Director
of Foundry Services
Global Communication
Semiconductors, Inc.
23600 Telo Avenue, Suite 118 Torrance, CA 90505
Tel 310-530-5890 – Fax 310-530-7279
info@gcsincorp.com
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