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RF Integration has been certified by IBM as their Foundry Solutions Partner
New Orleans, LA (April 9th, 2003)
At developerWorks Live! in New Orleans, IBM today announced it is extending support for solution developers who are working with its semiconductor products.
IBM's Ready for IBM Technology program has been expanded beyond its standard PowerPC products to include foundry and ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) solutions, reinforcing the company's increased focus in all three areas. "The expansion of the Ready for IBM Technology program is a win-win for IBM, Business Partners, and customers," said Jim Northington, vice president of marketing and business development, IBM Technology Group.
"Adding foundry and ASIC solutions to the program helps customers speed their time to market, reduce their development risk, and generally make it easier to do business with IBM."
Under the IBM Ready for Technology program, Business Partners follow a set of procedures to ensure that their products will work with various IBM semiconductor solutions. Ready for IBM Technology solutions include software, complementary hardware, design tools and flow, libraries and IP, and design services. The complete business solution is validated, including processor and chipsets, operating systems, middleware, IP cores, foundry design flows and foundry libraries. The Ready for IBM Technology offerings make it easier for Business Partners to work with IBM, helping customers create innovative technologies and respond quickly to market demand and opportunity. Participants use a mark to highlight validated solutions and gain exposure to those solutions on IBM Web sites.
As part of today's announcement, 13 IBM Business Partners for foundry and four IBM Business Partners for ASIC have validated their offerings and are now qualified to use the Ready for IBM Technology mark, demonstrating that third-party technology is compatible with a wide variety of IBM Microelectronics Division solutions. In addition, 15 IBM Business Partners have previously validated their solutions in combination with the IBM PowerPC microprocessor and related standard products.
About RF Integration
RF Integration is a “fabless” manufacturer of RF/Mixed Signal ASIC’s for the Wireless and Broadband Communications Markets.
RF Integration utilizes GaAs, CMOS, SOI and SiGe processes from “best in class” foundries for optimization of cost/performance for each ASIC. A large library of IP’s allows for design flexibility and fast time-to-market.
The company is headquartered at 150 Industrial Avenue East, Lowell, MA 01852, with two Design Centers in Cork, Ireland and Belfast, Northern Ireland.
For more information contact Jean Luc Lembert at (858) 212-4950 or access the website at www.rfintegration.com.
