威盛電子-Acreo攜手 跨海創建無線通訊設計中心
全球邏輯晶片設計大廠威盛電子,今日宣佈將與瑞典著名的微電子研究機構Acreo合作,於歐洲瑞典Lund一地、跨海創建公司首座無線通訊應用設計中心。
威盛表示,Acreo過去在光電通訊應用領域極富盛名,近年來更積極投入單晶片封裝( System on package)與系統單晶片(System on chip)領域、卓然有成。雙方合建的設計中心將專注於射頻(Radio Frequency)技術與混合信號功能區塊(Mixed Signal blocks)的開發,對於威盛與Acreo而言,均極具有策略性的價值。而這也是威盛在歐洲的第一個合作研發單位,將可望強化公司在通訊應用方面的研發技術能力,並與現有的個人電腦核心邏輯、中央處理器、繪圖晶片、網路與多媒體等產品結合。
同時這項合作案,亦將納入由瑞典政府、學界及全球科技業者所共同組成的系統單晶片(Socware, System-on-chip-ware)研發計劃之中。Socware計劃領導人Rolf Rising表示,威盛與Acreo共同創建的無線通訊應用設計中心,與Lund當地的大專院校比鄰,對於學術及產業經驗的交流,有顯著的優點。
威盛電子總經理陳文琦表示,這項合作案的開展,將使威盛得以與在射頻(Radio Frequency)等無線通訊領域執領導地位的學術研究社群共同攜手,加速實現公司發展後PC時代整體產品解決方案的理想;陳文琦並指出,威盛電子長期以來在產業界豐富的實戰經驗,也將透過此次的合作案,對下一世代3C整合技術的商品化、普及化做出更大的貢獻。
Acreo總裁Hans Hentzell則表示,無論在產品設計理念、以及對先進半導體製程技術的使用方面,威盛電子成功均扮演了台灣PC產業的先鋒角色,而雙方合作成立的無線通訊設計中心,勢必將為全球的系統單晶片技術研究,注入一股強大的動力。
ACREO is a Swedish institute whose expertise within electronics and optics lies in applied research and development. Its different technological development areas are system level integration, interconnect and packaging, imaging, surface characterization, photonics, silicon carbide electronics and micro system technology. Acreo has during several years been in the forefront with technologies for system-on-package (SoP). Now Acreo is adding strategic competence in the area of system-on-chip (SoC) design for wireless applications. Acreo has facilities in Stockholm/Kista, Norrkoping and Hudiksvall. The department of System Level Integration is located in Norrkoping and will now pioneer the start of Acreo in Lund.
Further information can be retrieved from Acreo's web site at www.acreo.se
Socware design cluster is a Swedish national cooperation involving universities and institutes, Government ministries, authorities and institutions as well as business and industry in a USD 60 million investment. Invest in Sweden Agency (ISA) serves as the business platform for Socware.
Further information can be retrieved from the Socware or ISA web site at www.socware.com or www.isa.se