ami, mostek agree to pool ideas on gate arrays and cell libraries

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U K is favourite site for US firms investing in Europe, says report US electronics firms are choosing the UK for foreign investment. Almost one in three such companies now planning to set up facilities abroad will do it in the UK. Ireland and the FRG come second and third, says UK publi- cation, the Electronics Location File. The UK electronics industry has a 'very commendable industrial relations record' say the authors of the report. The most important factor for the US companies is 'manpower related'. Good transport and communications and low wages come next. Pay for UK electronics personnel is often below that in other European countries. Financial aid and incentives come fifth, and availability of suitable property, sixth. Language, culture and history were factors also mentioned by some of the 760 firms surveyed. Close to 40% oi the US electronics firms in the survey intend to set up new plant outside the USA during the next three years. Of these expanding companies, 28% had chosen or short- listed the UK. The figures for Ireland and the FRG were 16.9% and 16.6%. Mexico and the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea and other European countries followed. The Electronics Location File costs £8 and is available from Urban Publish- ing Company, 17 The Green, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1PX, UK. Te/: 01-948 5721. $11.2 Rodime will supply up to £.7.5M ($I 1.25M) of 3½-in hard discs to ACT for its Apricot computer. The deal comes on top of contracts for Rodime with Compaq and Televideo. ACT will buy RO 351 and RO 352 models with 5 Mbyte and 10 Mbyte ol formatted storage respectively. The drives use open-loop head/arm positioning and a stepper motor. Data is recorded at 600 track/in and the transler rate is 5 Mbit/s. 'Following c'xtensive testing of every feasible Winchester on the market, we chose Rodime,' said A C I ~ managing direct,or, Roger Foster Rodime's director of marketing Malcolm Dudson added that 'both Rodime and ACT clearly demonstra!e that the UK can still produce worlci beating products in the microcomputer market/ AMI, Mostek agree to pool ideas on gate arrays and cell libraries AMI (American Microsystems) and Mostek will work together on CMOS gate arrays and standard cell libraries. The two firms will also alternate source 2 #m and 3/zm double-metal CMOS gate arrays and 3/zm double- metal CMOS standard cells. The deal is 'unique', says Mostek 'because it establishes a long-term cooperative effort to develop and support complete semicustom families with the emphasis on both silicon and software.' Both firms have US and European manufacturing plant. The'alternate sourcing will cover databases (masks) and net lists. All product families will have common cell names and symbols. Conversion programs will be available to translate both logic net list and test vector formats between AMi and Mostek. The alternate-sourced products will be in dual-inline, pin grid array and chip carrier packages. The companies will work together on packaging. Other aspects of the deal include evaluation and development of CAD tools for schematic capture, mask design (place arld route) and testing. AMI and Mostek will collaborate with workstation vendors to incor- porate data files for gate array families and standard cell libraries. The technology exchange agreement will be administered by a technology transfer committee meeting at least quarterly. It will be made up of higher management from both firms. The committee will also evaluate additionai products and technologies for codevelopment, 212 microprocessors and rnicrosystems

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U K is favourite site for US firms investing in Europe, says report US electronics firms are choosing the UK for foreign investment. Almost one in three such companies now planning to set up facilities abroad will do it in the UK. Ireland and the FRG come second and third, says UK publi- cation, the Electronics Location File.

The UK electronics industry has a 'very commendable industrial relations record' say the authors of the report. The most important factor for the US companies is 'manpower related'.

Good transport and communications and low wages come next. Pay for UK electronics personnel is often below that in other European countries.

Financial aid and incentives come fifth, and availability of suitable property, sixth. Language, culture and history were factors also mentioned by some of the 760 firms surveyed.

Close to 40% oi the US electronics firms in the survey intend to set up new plant outside the USA during the next three years. Of these expanding companies, 28% had chosen or short- listed the UK. The figures for Ireland and the FRG were 16.9% and 16.6%.

Mexico and the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea and other European countries followed.

The Electronics Location File costs £8 and is available from Urban Publish- ing Company, 17 The Green, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1PX, UK. Te/: 01-948 5721.

$11.2 Rodime will supply up to £.7.5M ($I 1.25M) of 3½-in hard discs to ACT for its Apricot computer. The deal comes on top of contracts for Rodime with Compaq and Televideo.

ACT will buy RO 351 and RO 352 models with 5 Mbyte and 10 Mbyte ol formatted storage respectively. The drives use open-loop head/arm positioning and a stepper motor. Data is recorded at 600 track/in and the

transler rate is 5 Mbit/s. 'Following c'xtensive testing of

every feasible Winchester on the market, we chose Rodime,' said ACI ~ managing direct, or, Roger Foster

Rodime's director of marketing Malcolm Dudson added that 'both Rodime and ACT clearly demonstra!e that the UK can still produce worlci beating products in the microcomputer market/

AMI, Mostek agree to pool ideas on gate arrays and cell libraries AMI (American Microsystems) and Mostek will work together on CMOS gate arrays and standard cell libraries.

The two firms will also alternate source 2 #m and 3/zm double-metal CMOS gate arrays and 3/zm double- metal CMOS standard cells.

The deal is 'unique', says Mostek 'because it establishes a long-term cooperative effort to develop and support complete semicustom families with the emphasis on both silicon and software.'

Both firms have US and European

manufacturing plant. The'alternate sourcing will cover

databases (masks) and net lists. All product families will have common cell names and symbols. Conversion programs will be available to translate both logic net list and test vector formats between AMi and Mostek.

The alternate-sourced products will be in dual-inline, pin grid array and chip carrier packages. The companies will work together on packaging.

Other aspects of the deal include evaluation and development of CAD

tools for schematic capture, mask design (place arld route) and testing.

AMI and Mostek will collaborate with workstation vendors to incor- porate data files for gate array families and standard cell libraries.

The technology exchange agreement will be administered by a technology transfer committee meeting at least quarterly. It will be made up of higher management from both firms. The committee will also evaluate additionai products and technologies for codevelopment,

212 microprocessors and rnicrosystems