Fujitsu Ltd. (Fujitsu), Fujitsu Microelectronics of America Inc. (FMA) and Jazz Semiconductor (Jazz), a wholly owned subsidiary of Jazz Technologies Inc., announced that they will work together to manufacture System-on-Chip (SoC) products for RF CMOS devices.
Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the companies, the collaboration is designed to combine superior RF and mixed signal expertise from Jazz and leading-edge existing 90 nm and 65 nm manufacturing technology from Fujitsu, enabling both companies to deliver high performance Customer Owned Tooling (COT) foundry services to SoC customers. The alliance will enable Fujitsu to offer Jazz’s high precision RF models and design kits using Fujitsu’s 90 nm and 65 nm low leakage, leading-edge LSI manufacturing process. The companies will conduct joint marketing and sales activities, and the products will be manufactured at Fujitsu’s 300 mm Mie fab located in Kuwana city, Mie prefecture in Japan.
“We are pleased to announce this agreement with Jazz, and we are confident that we will provide optimal solutions to our mutual customers,” said Shigeru Fujii, corporate senior vice president and group president of Fujitsu's Electronic Devices Business Group. "The wireless SoC market is becoming increasingly important. Through this collaboration, we will support customers as they expand their markets.”
“Jazz has RF modeling capabilities, a specialized design platform in analog and mixed-signal technologies and RF expertise. Coupled with Fujitsu’s 65 nm and 90 nm process technologies and comprehensive library of digital IPs, our joint efforts with Jazz will provide customers access to state-of-the art and flexible manufacturing technology that will provide first-rate solutions,” said Kazuyuki Kawauchi, president and chief executive officer at Fujitsu Microelectronics America.
“This collaboration demonstrates Jazz and Fujitsu’s commitment to developing solutions to quickly and effectively address our customers’ next-generation technology needs,” said Gil Amelio, chairman and chief executive officer, Jazz Technologies Inc. “The joint development model is a cost-effective approach to providing innovative manufacturing solutions. The relationship with Fujitsu will aid in the expansion of our technology roadmap by enabling us to offer RF CMOS in Fujitsu’s advanced 90/65 nm technology nodes.”