To kick off the partnership, Marubeni will demonstrate Stratosphere Solutions' silicon-proven StratoPro(TM) platform during SEMICON Japan (Booth: 5C-605) December 6-8 in Chiba, Japan. StratoPro is a silicon intellectual property (IP) platform used by semiconductor manufacturers to accelerate process and design yield ramps.
"Japanese semiconductor companies are driving the push to smaller geometries, and pursuing high volume applications, such as consumer electronics; areas where high parametric yield is critical to profitability" states Prashant Maniar, Stratosphere Solutions' chief strategy officer. "They recognize the need to curb the impact of variability on performance and yield."
Under terms of the agreement, Marubeni Solutions and Stratosphere Solutions will enable customers to drive yields higher, bring yield into the design flow and form collaborative relationships across the semiconductor value chain. "Marubeni has a solid reputation, a long tradition of customer support and service, and shares a similar vision of the semiconductor market to ours," says Robert P. ("Bob") Smith, chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of Stratosphere Solutions. "They are known for their deep understanding of the importance of design for yield solutions, and have unparalleled experience selling to both semiconductor fabs and designers. We welcome Marubeni to our team."
Remarks Yoshitsugu Itamiya, managing director of Semiconductor Systems at Marubeni Solutions: "We did an extensive evaluation and customer survey about Stratosphere Solutions and its products. It was clear the product offering is very appealing to the Japanese semiconductor manufacturing and designer communities. We are excited about the relationship and look forward to working together."
About Marubeni Solutions Corporation
Marubeni Solutions Corporation (MSOL), with headquarters located in Tokyo, is a leading company introducing the advanced technology products in Japan and Asia from all over the world. The main business is sales, consulting, maintenance/technical servicing and import/export of systems including Electrical devices, Equipment, Network systems and CAD/CAM/CAE systems. For more information, visit: http://www.msol.co.jp/
About Stratosphere Solutions
Stratosphere Solutions Inc. provides innovative yield improvement products to semiconductor companies. The company's StratoPro product delivers a unique combination of a silicon-proven intellectual property (IP) platform and applications that enables manufacturers to accurately characterize process variations for sub-100 nanometer processes. Founded in 2004 by semiconductor manufacturing and electronic design automation (EDA) experts, its customer base includes leading worldwide semiconductor companies building products utilizing processes from 130nm down to 45nm. Corporate headquarters are located at: 830 Stewart Drive, Suite B10, Sunnyvale, Calif. 94085. Telephone: (408) 701-1418. Facsimile: (408) 730-5889. Email: info@stratosol.com. Website: http://www.stratosol.com.
StratoPro is a trademark of Stratosphere Solutions Inc. Stratosphere Solutions acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services.
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