Design support is available from initial feasibility study through to turnkey design, if required. The most popular route is for customers to enter and simulate designs (on PC or workstation) then sign off to Hitachi for layout and back-end processing. Hitachi aims to support all major 3rd party design tools used in ASIC industry. Cell based designs (usually cost effective for production volumes of 50k pcs/year+) can be second sourced by VLSI Technology Inc.


Prime:
  Manufacture
Subsidiary:
   Design
Employees:
   10-50


Prime:
  Communications / Data Processing / Industrial
Subsidiary:
   Automotive / Consumer


PC Based:   Yes
Other:   Yes


Viewlogic, Mentor, Cadence, Synopsys, Compass.


www.hitachi-eu.com


ne-ecg.helpdesk@hitachi-eu.com
 


Address:
Whitebrook Park,
Lower Cookham Road,
Maidenhead,
Berkshire.
SL6 8YA
tel:
01628 585131
fax:
 01628 585130
Sales:
 Hitachi Helpline

 





PLD
FPGA
MPGA
CBIC
Analog
Mixed

Signal

Full

Custom

Scope of supply
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Y
Y
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Available Gates (minimum/maximum)
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-
-
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Minimum order volume
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5k/y
5k/y
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Minimum order value
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£10k/y
£150k/y
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Entry level costs (Inc. NRE costs & essential specific CAD tools)
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~£10k
~£50k
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Delivery (weeks)
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~8
~12
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Is design support provided?
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Yes
Yes
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Is vendor specific software/hardware required?
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No
No
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Is programming service for PLDJFPGA provided?
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-
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Can design be carried out on industry standard PCs?
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Yes
Yes
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PLD = Programmable logic Device FPGA = Field Programmable Gate Array
MPGA = Mask Programmed Gate Array CBIC = Cell Based Integrated Circuit