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  • 16 Mar 2016

New MEMS Design Contest Encourages Advances in MEMS Technology

Industry leaders in EDA & foundry services collaborate with academia to explore future possibilities of CMOS/MEMS integration

Dresden, Germany , 16 Mar 2016

Jointly sponsored by Cadence Design Systems, Coventor, X-FAB and Reutlingen University, a new MEMS Design Contest is being launched at DATE 2016. The objective of this contest is to encourage greater ingenuity with regard to the integration of MEMS devices and mixed-signal CMOS blocks. To kick off the contest, an informative session will be held in the Exhibition Theatre on Thursday, March 17, 2016 from 14:00 to 17:30 and is open to all DATE attendees free of charge.

The contest seeks companies, entrepreneurs, researchers and students from around the globe. Design teams are encouraged to propose imaginative design concepts that combine MEMS and mixed-signal technologies. The organizers will provide free training workshops to familiarize the participating teams with the design tools, design methodologies and process technologies involved.

A panel of highly experienced industry professionals and respected academics will undertake appraisal of the submissions. Each submission will be judged on the degree of innovation demonstrated in hardware and methodology, the novelty of the application and the value the design provides. Awards for the top three submissions will be presented at Cadence's annual user conference, CDNLive EMEA 2018, in Munich and the winning team's solution will be manufactured at X-FAB's wafer production facilities.

"Supporting innovation and advancement in electronic design is fundamental to what this contest is all about," said Alexander Duesener, Corporate VP EMEA of Cadence Design Systems. "Creating mixed-signal logic and MEMS designs requires a new process flow and totally new thinking. By enabling the winning design team to turn their concepts into manufactured designs, we highlight the value of MEMS and mixed-signal designs in today's products."

"The MEMS Design Contest calls attention to the increasing integration of MEMS and mixed-signal technologies in phones, cars and Internet of Things (IoT) devices," said Dr. Stephen Breit, Vice President of Engineering at Coventor. "By offering design teams state-of-the-art Cadence and Coventor tools in combination with X-FAB's latest MEMS and CMOS design kits, we hope to inspire new applications of our combined solution for efficiently designing, integrating and manufacturing MEMS and mixed-signal CMOS technologies."

"By enabling the winning design team to turn their ideas into manufactured designs, X-FAB is highlighting the value of proven MEMS process technology and design enablement through our design kits," added Joerg Doblaski, Director Design Support at X-FAB. "We look forward to seeing innovative designs from around the world and helping bring the best of them to life."

For complete information on the contest and how to enter visit: www.cadence.com/MEMS_Design_Contest_2018

About the Contest Organizers

Reutlingen University (www.reutlingen-university.de) is one of Germany's leading universities, offering international academic programs with close ties to industry and commerce. It will help formulate and organize the call for participation of the contest.

X-FAB (www.xfab.com) is the leading analog/mixed-signal and MEMS foundry group manufacturing silicon wafers for automotive, industrial, consumer, medical and other applications. X-FAB's analog-digital integrated circuits (mixed-signal ICs), sensors and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) are manufactured at five production facilities in Germany, Malaysia and the U.S. X-FAB employs more than 2,500 people worldwide.

Coventor, Inc. (www.coventor.com/mems-solutions) is the market leader in automated design solutions for developing semiconductor process technology and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Coventor serves a worldwide customer base of integrated device manufacturers, memory suppliers, fabless design houses, independent foundries, and R&D organizations from its headquarters in Cary, North Carolina, and offices in Silicon Valley, California, Waltham, Massachusetts, and Paris, France.

Cadence (www.cadence.com) enables global electronic design innovation and plays an essential role in the creation of today's integrated circuits and electronics. Customers use Cadence software, hardware, IP and services to design and verify advanced semiconductors, consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer systems. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centers and research facilities around the world to serve the global electronics industry.

For more information, please contact:
Andrea Huse
Cadence Design Systems, GmbH
ahuse@cadence.com

Toni Sottak
Wired Island International
toni@wiredislandpr.com

Anja Noack
X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG
Anja.noack@xfab.com


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