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Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Montreal, Canada, May 16, 2002 — Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading professional graphics company, and UMC (NYSE: UMC), a world leading semiconductor company, today announced their collaboration on the new Matrox Parhelia™-512 graphics chip.
A high-fidelity GPU, Parhelia-512 uses UMC's 8-layer 150nm (0.15um) process technology, which allows for reasonable power dissipation and a manageable die size. Bringing a new level of visual quality, excellent performance and a wide range of innovative new technologies to market, this AGP 4X device supports frame buffers of up to 256MB in size and integrates two 400 MHz RAMDACs, a TV encoder and support for dual TMDS transmitters.
"The constant introduction of evermore sophisticated graphics programs is placing great demand on today's graphics chips to innovate", said Dr. Fu Tai Liou, Chief Officer of worldwide sales and marketing, UMC. "We are pleased to be able to help Matrox deliver Parhelia-512, a highly competitive graphics solution, within their critical market windows."
"We chose to base Parhelia-512 on an 8-layer 150nm (0.15um) process technology in order to achieve high routing density," said Ed Dwyer, Executive Vice President, Matrox Graphics Inc. "We are pleased to be working with UMC because of their ability to quickly ramp up production and reach a high yield of an extremely complex design."
About UMC
UMC (NYSE: UMC, TSE: 2303) is a world-leading semiconductor foundry that manufactures advanced process ICs for applications spanning every major sector of the semiconductor industry. UMC delivers the cutting-edge foundry technologies that enable sophisticated system-on-chip (SOC) designs, including 130nm (0.13um) copper/low k, embedded DRAM, and mixed signal/RFCMOS. In addition, UMC is a leader in 300mm manufacturing with three strategically located 300mm fabs to serve our global customer base: Fab 12A in Taiwan, UMCi in Singapore (completion in early 2002), and AU Pte. Ltd., a joint venture facility with AMD that is also located in Singapore (production in 2005). UMC employs over 8,500 people worldwide and has offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States. UMC can be found on the web at http://www.umc.com.
UMC delivers the cutting-edge foundry technologies that enable sophisticated system-on-chip (SOC) designs, including 130nm (0.13um) copper/low k, embedded DRAM, and mixed signal/RFCMOS.
A high-fidelity GPU, Parhelia-512 uses UMC's 8-layer 150nm (0.15um) process technology, which allows for reasonable power dissipation and a manageable die size. Bringing a new level of visual quality, excellent performance and a wide range of innovative new technologies to market, this AGP 4X device supports frame buffers of up to 256MB in size and integrates two 400 MHz RAMDACs, a TV encoder and support for dual TMDS transmitters.
"The constant introduction of evermore sophisticated graphics programs is placing great demand on today's graphics chips to innovate", said Dr. Fu Tai Liou, Chief Officer of worldwide sales and marketing, UMC. "We are pleased to be able to help Matrox deliver Parhelia-512, a highly competitive graphics solution, within their critical market windows."
"We chose to base Parhelia-512 on an 8-layer 150nm (0.15um) process technology in order to achieve high routing density," said Ed Dwyer, Executive Vice President, Matrox Graphics Inc. "We are pleased to be working with UMC because of their ability to quickly ramp up production and reach a high yield of an extremely complex design."
About UMC
UMC (NYSE: UMC, TSE: 2303) is a world-leading semiconductor foundry that manufactures advanced process ICs for applications spanning every major sector of the semiconductor industry. UMC delivers the cutting-edge foundry technologies that enable sophisticated system-on-chip (SOC) designs, including 130nm (0.13um) copper/low k, embedded DRAM, and mixed signal/RFCMOS. In addition, UMC is a leader in 300mm manufacturing with three strategically located 300mm fabs to serve our global customer base: Fab 12A in Taiwan, UMCi in Singapore (completion in early 2002), and AU Pte. Ltd., a joint venture facility with AMD that is also located in Singapore (production in 2005). UMC employs over 8,500 people worldwide and has offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Europe, and the United States. UMC can be found on the web at http://www.umc.com.
UMC delivers the cutting-edge foundry technologies that enable sophisticated system-on-chip (SOC) designs, including 130nm (0.13um) copper/low k, embedded DRAM, and mixed signal/RFCMOS.
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