New Japan Radio and Silvaco Establish Design Environment for Analog Master Slice

Tokyo, Japan and Santa Clara, CA, - Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012.

New Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (New Japan Radio) and Silvaco, Inc. (Silvaco) today jointly announced the establishment of a special design environment for Analog Master Slice provided by New Japan Radio which improves design efficiency.

Design houses using Analog Master Slice for the development of special prototype ICs, and for small lot productions, take advantage of shorter production times compared to custom ICs. Design houses have long desired to improve and increase the speed of layout designs. To meet these demands, New Japan Radio and Silvaco have created a special design environment optimized for layout design of Analog Master Slice which reduces the layout design time by half.
This jointly built special design environment, which enables customers to achieve significant reductions in design time, is user-friendly for engineers with various levels of experience. The best mix of New Japan Radio's Analog Master Slice and Silvaco's Token License enables customers to greatly reduce development costs. New Japan Radio and Silvaco will continue to work closely with customers to understand customer needs and provide the best solutions.

About Analog Master Slice
Analog Master Slice is a service that customizes an analog IC for specific customer requirements using wafers with prefabricated elements such as transistors, resistors, capacitors and circuit blocks such as operational amplifiers, and adding the wiring layers as desired. Prefabricated elements, except for wiring layers, make it possible to deliver Engineering Sample (ES) in a minimum of four weeks after wiring layout is completed.

For more information about Analog Master Slice Service by New Japan Radio Co., Ltd, visit:

http://semicon.njr.co.jp/eng/analogmasterslice/

About New Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
New Japan Radio Group mainly provides analog semiconductors, through design and development, production, and sales. New Japan Radio's main product, operational amplifiers, has top level sales in the world. The company also provides unique products, such as electron tubes for radars and satellite communication components. Under the current trends of higher performance and larger scale LSI and high-speed and broadband radio communications, New Japan Radio will contribute to the society providing the best product possible based on the unique "microelectronics and microwave" technology.

Contact:
New Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
Email: semicon@njr.co.jp

About Silvaco Japan Co., Ltd.
Silvaco Japan was first established as a Japanese branch of Silvaco, Inc. (the U.S.) in 1989 and incorporated as a Japanese corporation in 1995. The Silvaco Japan corporate mission is to be the leading provider of TCAD and EDA software products in the Japan market. To achieve and maintain its leadership objective, Silvaco Japan is focused on building and growing a strong sales, product support and R&D work force. Silvaco Japan is headquartered in Yokohama, and maintains an additional office in Kyoto.

About Silvaco, Inc.
Silvaco, Inc. is a leading provider of TCAD, circuit simulation, and IC CAD software tools. Silvaco's tools are used by fabs for developing semiconductor processes, and design houses for developing analog, mixed-signal, and RF integrated circuits. The company provides a complete PDK-based design flow with interfaces to third-party design platforms. Silvaco has a worldwide presence with local offices in all key industrial regions in the world.

Contact:
General Manager Furui
Email: press@silvaco.co.jp