Blaze DFM at the 44th Design Automation Conference

What: Blaze DFM Exhibiting and Presenting Hands-On Tutorials at the 44th Design Automation Conference (DAC)
When: June 4-7, 2007
Where: San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, Calif.

Blaze DFM, the electrical DFM company, will have multiple presences at this year's Design Automation Conference.

• Standard Cell Library and Hard IP Design
  Presented by Blaze DFM, Inc. / Ponte Solutions, Inc. / Sagantec, 9:00am - 12:00pm, Monday, June 4, 2007 Room 11A
  
  Blaze, Ponte Solutions, and Sagantec are presenting a hands-on tutorial on the value of design for manufacturing (DFM) solutions during intellectual property (IP) development. Participants will use analysis tools from Ponte and Blaze to detect areas of the IP blocks and cells that may be highly susceptible to manufacturing defects, "hotspots," and then automatically fix those hotspots with Sagantec's optimization software. For more information on this tutorial and online registration, visit the DAC web site at http://www2.dac.com/44th/monmat.html.
  
  
• Manufacturing-Aware Optimization
  Presented by Blaze DFM, Inc. / Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., 2:00pm - 5:00pm, Wednesday, June 6, 2007 Room 11A
  
  Blaze and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are presenting a hands-on tutorial on how to handle manufacturing variation on large digital designs. Participants will learn how to use the information contained in TSMC's DFM Design Kit (DDK) together with Blaze's electrical DFM analysis and optimization software to reduce the effects of manufacturing variation and substantially boost parametric yield. For more information on this tutorial and online registration, visit the DAC web site at http://www2.dac.com/44th/wedmat.html.
  
  
• STARC Customer Presentation
  10:00am - 11:00am, June 7, 2007, San Diego Convention Center, Booth #1884
  
  Mr. Masami Murakata of the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC) will present the results of the technical evaluation that led to STARC's selection of Blaze MO leakage power optimization software for their STARCAD-CEL 65nm ultra low-power reference flow.
  
  
• Blaze DFM Technical Sessions
  
  Blaze's engineering team will be presenting the following technical papers and tutorials:
  "Modeling for DFM/DFY," Monday, June 4, 12pm - 5pm, Room 6A
  "Line End Shortening is not Always a Failure," Tuesday, June 5, 4:30pm - 6:30pm, Room 6F
  "How Design Meets Yield in the Fab," Friday full-day tutorial, June 8, Room 6D
  
  
• Blaze Electrical DFM Product Demonstrations
  June 4 - 7, 2007 San Diego Convention Center, Booth #1884
  
  Blaze will also be offering product demonstrations at exhibition Booth #1884. Blaze MO leakage power optimization software has been proven in silicon to reduce subthreshold leakage power and variability by up to 20 percent and 30 percent, respectively, on 90nm and 65nm designs, resulting in substantial double-digit gains in parametric yield. For more information, visit the company website at http://www.blaze-dfm.com.

About Blaze DFM
Blaze DFM provides software solutions to fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers, and silicon foundries. Blaze products give IC designers greater control over manufacturing variability, improving yield and shortening time to volume production. Blaze DFM, Inc., 1275 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, 408.470.4900. Web: http://www.blaze-dfm.com
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