| Chartered Names QThink a Design Services Alliance Partner |
3/26/2003 |
| March 26, 2003 – Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT and SGX-ST: Chartered) announced today that is has named QThink a partner in its design services alliance program. Chartered’s alliance program adds a formalized structure for the technical certification of its design partners. The program brings more focus on facilitating the development of system-on-chip (SoC) devices, in addition to accelerating the time-to-market of ARM core-based chips targeted for manufacturing at Chartered. As a member of Chartered’s alliance program, QThink delivers increased value to its clients by providing an even more extensive solution to customers' design needs.
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| QThink Expands Capabilities with Synopsys Multi-Year Tool Deal |
3/6/2003 |
| SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 6, 2003 -- QuantumThink Group, Inc. (QThink®), the leading pure-play IC design services company, announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Synopsys, Inc. [Nasdaq:SNPS], significantly extending the companies’ current agreement and giving QThink access to multiple licenses of advanced EDA tools such as Physical Compiler, Astro, and Primetime-SI, some of the key components of the
Galaxy™ Design Platform. The agreement also provides QThink the option of adding additional tools as needed and earliest access opportunities to future technology. This latest acquisition offers a total solution to clients who require the use of Synopsys tools in their design flows.
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| QThink Delivers Milestone 0.13um 7.25 Million-Gate Multimedia System-On-Chip Using Constraint-Driven™ Design Approach |
6/3/2002 |
| SAN DIEGO, CA (June 3, 2002) – QThink, the leading “pure-play” front-to-back VLSI design firm, today announced that it has successfully completed a 7.25 million-gate SoC chip for a low-power wireless multimedia application. The design included integrating both customer proprietary and third-party commercial IP (22 sub-blocks plus an ARM9™ core) and was successfully taped-out to a commercial 0.13-micron, 6 level metal, single-polysilicon technology. The resulting core-limited die size was 40 mm2. QThink used its Constraint-Driven™ methodology along with commercially available EDA tools to complete this milestone project. |
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| QThink Named PTSC’s First Certified Design Center |
3/26/2002 |
| SAN DIEGO, CA (BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2002--Patriot Scientific Corporation (PTSC OTCBB: PTSC news) and QThink, a leading front to back IC design services company, jointly announced Patriot's acceptance of QThink as its first Certified Design Center. The relationship between QThink and PTSC will facilitate PTSC's on-going product development and marketing strategies. The alliance should allow PTSC to rapidly move to .13 and lower geometries with its proprietary IGNITE microprocessor. Enhancing the IGNITE IP product applications will permit PTSC customers to advance quickly from the Intellectual Product to silicon, shortening their time to market. For more information, please click the link below to retrieve PTSC’s complete press release. |
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| QThink Delivers Milestone 8-Million-Gate Hierarchical Chip Using Constraint-Driven™ Design Approach |
12/18/2001 |
| SAN DIEGO, CA (December 18) – QThink, the leading “pure-play” front-to-back VLSI design firm, today announced that it has successfully completed an 8-million-gate digital chip for a fiber-optic networking application. The design included integrating approximately 1.9-million placeable instances and was taped-out to a commercial 0.18-micron, 6 level metal, single-polysilicon technology. The design methodology used included QThink’s Constraint-Driven™ approach to realize the three-levels of design hierarchy, 13 sub-blocks, 14 clock domains, 800 IOs and integration of 1.3Mbits of macrocells. The resulting core-limited die size was 350mm2. QThink used commercially available EDA tools as well as proprietary custom automation scripts and tools to complete this milestone project. |
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| QThink Named a Member of Actel Corporation's VariCore Design Alliance program |
12/10/2001 |
| SAN DIEGO, CA (December 10, 2001) - QThink announced today that it has become a member of Actel Corporation’s VariCore Design Alliance program. Under terms of the agreement, Actel will provide QThink with comprehensive training in the use of Actel’s VariCore IP solutions, including EPGA core design and VariCore’s integrated ASIC flow and methodology. The program’s goal is to provide SoC designers with the background and expertise necessary to integrate embedded FPGAs into complex system-level designs. For more information, please click the link below to retrieve Actel Corporation’s complete press release. |
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| QThink Joins Virage Logic's Memory Alliance Program |
11/19/2001 |
| SAN DIEGO, CA (November 19, 2001) – QThink, the leading “pure-play” front-to-back IC design services company, today announced that it has been named a partner in Virage Logic’s Memory Alliance Program (MAP). As a partner, QThink’s extensive experience in chip design and flow automation will expand the limited availability of memory-experienced design engineers and help ensure that there is continued development and use of embedded memory in system-on-chip (SoC) designs. For more information please click the link below to retrieve Virage Logic’s complete press release.
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| QThink Certified as inSilicon Authorized Design Center |
9/17/2001 |
| QThink, a leading “pure-play” front-to-back IC design services company, today announced that it has partnered with inSilicon Corporation as an Authorized Design Service Provider. inSilicon Corporation is a leading provider of communications platforms that are used to design systems-on-chip for wired and wireless applications. The certification enables QThink to work as a design center for inSilicon customers throughout the world. |
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| QThink Contributes to the American Red Cross in Support of the
New York Trade Center and Pentagon Terrorist Acts |
9/12/2001 |
| QThink announced today that it has contributed to the American Red
Cross to assist in providing disaster relief to the victims, and victim's
families of the New York Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist acts. |
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| QThink Drives ARM Front-To-Back Designs In US West Coast Region:
QThink becomes the latest US-based company to join the ARM ATAP Program
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9/7/2001 |
| SAN DIEGO, CA (Sept. 7, 2001) – QThink, the leading "pure-play" front-to-back IC design services company, today announced that it has achieved ARM Approved Design Center status. The move creates the first ARM-approved pure-play design center headquartered in California to become qualified to offer ARM® design resources throughout North America and the world. For more information please click on the link below to retrieve ARM's complete press release. |
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| QThink Named a MoSys Charter Design Services Member |
8/20/2001 |
| SAN DIEGO, CA (August 20, 2001) – QThink, the leading “pure-play” front-to-back IC design services company, today announced that it has been named a charter member of the MoSys 1T-SRAM Design Services Alliance program in the area of Turnkey Design. Under terms of the agreement, QThink will offer MoSys 1T-SRAM customers expertise in taking designs from system architecture, through design implementation and into netlist-to-tapeout flows for deep-submicron processes. |
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| QThink Completes Rolling Blackout Power Backup System for its San Diego Design Center |
5/23/2001 |
| QThink has completed a fully tested automated power backup system capable of withstanding California’s impending rolling blackouts. The system allows for complete uninterrupted network and EDA design tool operations to continue for up to six hours when blackouts occur. Power can be extended beyond 6 hours on critical systems, if required, by hot-redistribution of power during outages. California power authorities expect intermittent rolling blackouts to occur through at least the 2001 and 2002 summer months. |
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| QThink Wins “International Suppliers of Success” Award from Applied Micro Circuits Corporation |
4/17/2001 |
| QThink announced today that it has won Applied Micro Circuits Corporation’s “International Suppliers of Success” award for Ownership in the category of Engineering Services. Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC) designs, develops, manufactures, and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions for the world's optical networks. More information about AMCC can be found at www.amcc.com. |
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| QThink Earns the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Emerging Business Center’s Emerging Business Of the Month Award for March 2001 |
3/6/2001 |
| QThink announced today that it has been awarded the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Emerging Business Center’s Emerging Business Of the Month Award for March 2001. For the entire story, please see the Small Business Section in the March 6 edition of the San Diego Union Tribune (or click here for full story). Information about the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce can be found at www.sdchamber.org.
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| QThink Becomes a Sponsor of the San Diego Telecom Council |
2/15/2001 |
| QThink announced today that it is sponsoring the San Diego Telecom Council (SDTC). The San Diego Telecom Council is focused on developing and cultivating awareness of the region's telecom and information industry, as well as its unique environment for entrepreneurs, by providing a forum for exchanging industry knowledge and promoting local telecom industry goals. QThink will be a participant in many of the Telecom’s Special Interest Groups. Information about the SDTC can be found at www.sdtelecom.org. |
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| QThink Announces Record Growth |
1/29/2001 |
| QThink announced today that is has achieved significant top and bottom-line growth during fiscal year 2000. IC design revenue grew more than 400% over its first fiscal year, 1999. |
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| QThink Contributes to the American Red Cross in Support of the Recent Viejas/Alpine Fire Fund |
1/10/2001 |
| QThink announced today that it has contributed to the American Red Cross to assist in providing disaster relief to the communities that have been impacted by the wildfire in San Diego's east county. “QThink is pleased to make this contribution to the Red Cross to support their efforts to provide disaster relief for the communities, families and individuals affected by this unfortunate fire,” said Akbar Shokouhi, President of QThink. The Red Cross will be able to use these financial resources in areas that are most needed. The San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter of the American Red Cross responded immediately to the east county fire that began on Wednesday, January 3, opening two evacuation shelters as several hundred people fled to safety. The American Red Cross will assist all families displaced and affected by this fire. Assistance includes help in finding temporary housing, providing food, purchasing clothing, replacing furniture and providing referrals to medical care and crisis counseling. |
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| QThink Donates to the San Diego Child Abuse Prevention Foundation (CAPF) |
1/8/2001 |
| QThink announced today that it has made a donation to the San Diego Child Abuse Foundation (CAPF). QThink hopes that its contribution will help the Foundation achieve their goals in making a positive impact on the lives of the children they serve. For more information about CAPF, please visit their website at www.capfsd.com |
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| QThink Successfully Completes 10 ASIC Design Projects with Gate Counts over 1 Million |
1/2/2001 |
| QThink announced today that it has successfully completed 10 ASIC design projects with gate counts over 1 million. Many of these designs have clock speeds greater than 200MHz. In total, QThink has successfully completed over 75 IC design projects of varying complexity and duration. |
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| QThink Completes the Acquisition of Additional EDA Technology |
12/22/2000 |
| QThink announced today that it has significantly expanded its San Diego logical and physical design center capabilities and scope by signing new licensing agreements with multiple EDA technology companies. This action reinforces QThink’s position of being EDA tool diversified and leveraging its Constraint-Driven design-flow methodology across multiple EDA technologies. |
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| QThink Expands QThink University |
11/14/2000 |
| QThink today rolled out to its employees a new QThink University expanded syllabus, enhancing its beginning through advanced level technical and soft skill courses taught by IC design industry experts. Charlie Kahle, QThink’s Director of Engineering, stated, “QThink is building one of the world’s most sophisticated and continuous IC Design Technology Training Programs targeted at providing our clients with premier IC design expertise.” |
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| QThink Design Center Expansion |
8/16/2000 |
| QThink has increased its design center operations to include approximately 10,000 square feet in the San Diego Tech Center with an option to expand to over 20,000 square feet in the near future. |
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| QThink Becomes a Virtual Silicon Technology, Inc. Design Service Ambassador Partner |
6/29/2000 |
| QThink today became a partner in Virtual Silicon’s Design Service Ambassador program. As a member of this program QThink has access to the latest Virtual Silicon libraries for a wide range of foundries. Any QThink customer who is a Virtual Silicon library user for one of these foundries is authorized to work directly with QThink in developing designs for that foundry. For more information about the Design Service Ambassador program, please visit www.virtual-silicon.com. |
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| QThink Becomes a Verisity Verification Alliance Partner |
5/11/2000 |
| QThink today became a partner in Verisity’s Alliance Partner Program. As a member of this program QThink can offer design solutions based on the Verisity suite of tools. QThink has access to Verisity tools and training, close corporate support, and participation in the Verisity User’s Group. For more information about the Verification Alliance Program, please visit www.verisity.com |
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| QThink Expansion |
3/13/2000 |
| To accommodate our continued growth, QThink has relocated to a larger location in the San Diego Tech Center. The new location has approximately 4000 square feet with an option to expand to over 9000 square feet. QThink continues to increase our IC design services capacity. The new address is 9605 Scranton Road, Suite 150, San Diego, CA 92121 |
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| QThink Joins AEA |
11/8/1999 |
| QThink has become a member of the American Electronics Association (AEA). AEA members include many of the leading high-tech companies throughout the US. The San Diego council includes over 180 companies. For more information about AEA visit www.aeanet.org. |
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| QThink becomes TSMC Design Service Partner |
10/20/1999 |
| QThink is pleased to announce its acceptance in the prestigious TSMC Design Service Partner program. QThink engineers have extensive experience designing ICs for multiple TSMC processes including .25 and .18 micron. QThink CEO, Eric Tobias, stated “This validates QThink’s strategy of building partnerships that will allow us to deliver world class solutions to our customers”. |
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| QThink announces acquisition of additional EDA tools |
9/30/1999 |
| QThink announced another major acquisition of EDA tools today. This acquisition reinforces QThink’s strategy of being a tool diversified company. QThink believes that it is critical for our engineers to know how to use a variety of leading EDA tools; thereby, allowing us to choose to match customer’s internal design environments and to choose the best tool for the job. |
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| QThink becomes Certified Design Center for Magma |
9/15/1999 |
| QThink has achieved the status of Certified Design Center for Magma Design Automation. Magma produces a next generation physical design system called Blast Fusion. QThink has utilized Blast Fusion for designs in .35, .25 and .18 micron technologies. |
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| QThink Completes tape-out of a 1.2M-gate Gigabit-Ethernet IC and two 0.18um Network ICs. |
7/14/1999 |
| Using cutting-edge EDA tools and methodologies, QThink engineers successfully complete the tape-out of a 1.2M-gate, 0.25um, 5 layer-metal Gigabit Ethernet IC, as well as two 0.18um, 5 layer-metal Network ICs. All three chips have embedded RAMs and ROMs. |
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| QThink announces multi-year agreement to license advanced EDA tool technology. |
7/2/1999 |
| QThink announced today that it has entered into a multi-year agreement to license advanced EDA tool technology. This agreement, along with undisclosed third-party arrangements, will insure that QThink has access to key technology for creating and using state-of-the-art design tool-flows. These design tool-flows are being used to meet the ever increasing challenges of deep sub-micron design. |
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