ARM has announced that its Artisan physical intellectual property (IP) has been validated by foundry UMC on its 28HPM process technology.
“Mutual customers will now have access to a complete solution of advanced physical IP that is highly suited for implementing ARM technology, such as the ARM Cortex-A processor series,” said Simon Segars, executive vice president and general manager, Physical IP Division, ARM.
The deal represents the growing relationship between ARM and UMC as the processor firm moves its silicon IP toward the 28nm process technology node.
“We are delighted to expand our long-standing relationship with ARM, which spans over 10 years," said S. C. Chien, vice president, customer engineering and IP development design support divisions at UMC.
"The cooperation further demonstrates our commitment to deliver industry leading resources for customers designing into UMC’s most advanced 28nm process node," said Chien.
UMC’s high-K metal gate 28HPM process technology is scheduled for pilot production in mid 2012.
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