Date:13th Dec 2011

ChipEstimate.com and SMIC Launch IP portal

ChipEstimate.com, has launched of a new intellectual property (IP) portal that aggregates SMIC process-compatible third-party IP cores.

"This new ChipEstimate.com portal highlights our ongoing effort to expand the SMIC IP ecosystem," said Steven Chen, Senior Director of Product Marketing of SMIC. "Deploying the IP offered by SMIC through an intuitive portal allows our customers to work more efficiently and productively toward improving silicon quality and time-to-market. Our work with ChipEstimate.com clearly demonstrates our ongoing commitment to provide value-added service, helping SMIC's customers select best-in-class IP and enabling quick and easy design decisions and successful IP integration."

"Our dedicated SMIC portal brings IP vendors and integrators that much closer," said Sean O'Kane, director of ChipEstimate.com. "Together, we enable IP integrators to streamline their selection process and give IP vendors a targeted forum for evangelizing their solutions."

The site is live, and immediately available at www.ChipEstimate.com/smic. Users can also benefit from the site's link to the Cadence InCyte Chip Estimator tool, which enables architectural exploration of IP targeted for SMIC processes.