Global Unichip Expands Implementation of Dassault Systèmes Solution to manage IC-Design Operation Process

21/05/2009

ENOVIA PLM Helps to Reduce Purchase Order Response Time while Doubling Issue Resolution Rate

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, May 21—Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Global Unichip Corp. (GUC; TW: 3443), the leading fabless ASIC and SoC design foundry has expanded the deployment of ENOVIA PLM solutions to streamline service and design lifecycle management. By facilitating cross-enterprise process integration, the implementation will enable GUC to enhance its core competency with flexible order management capabilities helping to increase competitiveness amid the global downturn.

“GUC chose Dassault Systèmes as a PLM service partner based upon its capability to create a robust, powerful platform and provide best-practice, highly customized solutions through a professional service team”, said Albert Li, Design Development Division Director, GUC Taiwan. “IC design and implementation require tight control of quality and yield rate for the optimal cost scenario. Efficiency is essential. It is a must that we complete all the design project deliverables before the delivery time. ENOVIA PLM solution has provided an effective way for GUC to address these challenges.”

With more than 100 annual projects in development across 20 distributed Lotus Notes systems incorporating offices in Taiwan, China, Japan, South Korea, North America and Europe, GUC faced the challenge of effectively managing data in a highly complex environment. The ENOVIA PLM solution has enabled the company to create a centralized view of the company’s information facilitating improved coordination and collaboration among IP providers, IC design partners, wafer manufacturers, IC testers and packagers.

By implementing ENOVIA PLM, GUC has refined and enhanced its design operation process. Purchase order reporting time has been reduced dramatically owing to increased visibility and synchronization of information processing that enables real-time updates of data for both users within the enterprise and business partners. Meanwhile, the company’s issue resolution rate more than doubled as project management and execution improved considerably by means of common working platform. And automatically generated reports have been vital in reducing complexity and keeping track of project progress and exceptions.

“Dassault Systèmes PLM solution has enabled GUC to increase its design-win confidence through offering competitive pricing supported by precise cost estimation,” noted Bernard Parrenin, general manager of Dassault Systèmes Taiwan. “At the same time, the customer has been successful in lowering expenditure by productive utilization of project manpower that reduces superfluous costs incurred from potential project delays. The ability to forecast shipment volume and schedule has also maximized GUC’s price negotiation advantage.”

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A propos de GUC

Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), a dedicated full service SoC (System On Chip) Design Foundry based in Taiwan, was founded in 1998. GUC is now publicly traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the symbol 3443. With 295MUSD revenue and the 6th place of Taiwan fabless design companies, GUC has proved to be a successful company to provide total solutions from silicon-proven IPs to complex time-to-market SoC turnkey services. GUC is committed to providing the most advanced and the best price-performance silicon solutions through close partnership with TSMC, GUC’s major shareholder, and other key packaging and testing power houses. With state of the art EDA tools, advanced methodologies, and experienced technical team, GUC ensures the highest quality and lowest risks to achieve first silicon success. GUC has established a global customer base throughout Greater China, Japan, Korea, North America, and Europe. Its track-record in complex SoC designs has brought benefits to customers in time to revenue at the lowest risk.

A propos de Dassault Systèmes

Leader mondial des solutions 3D et de gestion du cycle de vie des produits (Product Lifecycle Management ou PLM), Dassault Systèmes apporte de la valeur ajoutée à 100 000 clients, répartis dans 80 pays. Pionnier du marché du logiciel en 3D depuis 1981, Dassault Systèmes développe et commercialise des logiciels d'application PLM et des services qui anticipent les processus industriels de demain et offrent une vision 3D de l'ensemble du cycle de vie d'un produit, de sa conception à sa maintenance. L’offre de Dassault Systèmes se compose de CATIA pour la conception virtuelle de produits, SolidWorks pour la conception mécanique en 3D, DELMIA pour la production virtuelle, SIMULIA pour la simulation et les tests virtuels, ENOVIA pour la gestion collaborative et globale du cycle de vie et 3DVIA pour des expériences 3D vécues en-ligne comme dans la vie réelle. Dassault Systèmes est coté sur les marchés Nasdaq (DASTY) et Euronext Paris (n°13065, DSY.PA). Pour plus d’informations: http://www.3ds.com/fr/http://www.3ds.com/fr/

CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, SolidWorks et 3D VIA sont des marques déposées de Dassault Systèmes ou de ses filiales aux USA et / ou dans d'autres pays.