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Munich, Germany, March 01, 2005:
Silicon Line GmbH, a Germany based analog and mixed signal IC design
company, announces today its corporate launch.
Silicon Line specializes in providing fast and reliably innovative
analog design solutions in standard CMOS processes.
The fabless semiconductor company brings a vast pool of design expertise to the
market.
Team members of
Silicon Line were instrumental in creating high-end design solutions
for Multi-Gigabit, xDSL, RF, and PHY-Layer applications.
Silicon Line’s fundamental core competency is to use mainstream CMOS
technologies instead of more expensive bipolar or GaAs process
technologies to create high performance analog and mixed signal
designs solutions.
CMOS is typically used for large digital chips. By using CMOS process
technologies for complex analog designs as well, true System-on-Chips
(SoC) can be done. Furthermore, customers of Silicon Line may
leverage from the cost advantages CMOS inherently has to offer compared to
the smaller
volume bipolar or GaAs process technologies.
Target customers for Silicon Line's products are semiconductor
manufacturers, ASIC vendors as well as electronic equipment vendors
requiring custom IC solutions for their next generation of products.
"It's a really exciting time to be involved in the semiconductor
industry," said Holger Hoeltke, Managing Director at Silicon Line.
"Driven by the ubiquitous digitalization, the world of semiconductors
is gaining more and more momentum. Analog design must
rise to the technical and commercial pace of this
digitalization. That requires fast reacting and flexible companies,
highly experienced in modern analog circuit design."
Silicon Line was founded and is led by industry
veterans. "We are very pleased to be able to gain Dr. Soenke Mehrgardt
and Dr. Rolf Nagel as founding members of Silicon Line," Hoeltke
added. "Dr. Mehrgardt is the former Executive Vice President and CTO
of Germany's semiconductor giant Infineon Technologies. Dr.
Nagel is the former Partner and Investment Manager of Star Ventures, a
leading international venture capital organization. Both founding
members bring a vast experience of their respective fields to the
company and blend perfectly with a world-class engineering team."
About Silicon Line GmbH
Silicon Line is a Germany based analog and mixed signal IC design
company, specializing in providing innovative design solutions
in standard CMOS. Silicon Line is located at Am Bluetenanger 54,
D-80995 Munich, Germany. Additional information is available
at
www.silicon-line.com.
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