Achieving a significant milestone in their partnership, Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) has announced that it applied Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd’s (TSMC) 65nm process technology to its SoftFone baseband processors. With TSMC’s 65nm technology, ADI’s SoftFone baseband processors designs will benefit from lower cost and better power efficiency, which are both important considerations for advanced multimedia applications in wireless handsets. "Analog Devices and TSMC have been collaborating for 18 years. Today, a wide range of our products—analog, DSP, RF and mixed signal—are manufactured by TSMC," said Christian Kermarrec, VP RF and wireless systems at ADI. "TSMC’s continued leadership in advanced technology, such as 65nm, has been instrumental in our SoftFone and general purpose DSP roadmaps, helping ADI to achieve continuously improved cost, power consumption and performance." "First time silicon success of Analog Devices’ baseband product on TSMC’s 65nm process is a testament to our long and strong partnership. The deep and broad collaboration between the two companies starts from the initial design to tape-out to working silicon," said Kenneth Kin, senior VP of worldwide sales and service for TSMC. "The confluence of ADI’s excellent designs and TSMC’s robust technologies has resulted in a gamut of successful new product introductions in the past, and will continue to provide assurance of future silicon success." |
