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Tower Buys Motorola Process
Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS) is to transfer its all-copper, 0.13µm HiPerMOS7 (HiP7) technology to Tower Semiconductor’s 200mm Fab 2 facility, under a transfer and licensing agreement. Motorola product prototyping by Tower customers could begin on HiP7-based technology as early as Q1 2003.
Tower intends to use HiP7 as the 0.13µm technology platform for its analogue, digital and mixed-signal processes, as well as for its proprietary CMOS Image Sensor and microFLASH technologies. The transfer of HiP7-based technology to Fab 2 is due for completion in Q4 2003.
The agreement also calls for the two companies to further enhance the technology to provide compatibility with the widest range of industry-standard design tools and services. The technology is expected to be developed at a Motorola facility concurrent with the HiP7 transfer.
The relationship between Tower and Motorola dates back to 1994. In 1998, Motorola transferred its 0.6µm and 0.8µm analogue and mixed-signal processes to Tower's Fab 1.
