ST Rated by Gary Smith as the World's Best Chip Design Company

　　According to a news report from Gary Smith EDA, STMicroelectronics has been named by Gary Smith EDA as one of the world's four leading semiconductor design companies. Gary Smith EDA is a globally renowned consulting and market intelligence firm specializing in electronic design automation (EDA), electronic system level (ESL) design, and related technologies.

　　Founder and chief analyst Gary Smith highlighted in the report his assessment of STMicroelectronics' industry-leading electronic system level (ESL) design capabilities, deep proprietary technical expertise, and the contributions of its computer-aided design (CAD) team to the semiconductor design industry. Gary Smith, a respected veteran chip design market analyst, said: "Many of the design tools and methodologies we use today were pioneered by STMicroelectronics. The leadership of the STMicroelectronics design team in developing electronic system level design methodologies deserves praise from the chip design industry."

　　Philippe Magarshack, Vice President of STMicroelectronics' Central CAD and Design Solutions Division, stated: "Mr. Smith has extensive experience in the chip design evaluation industry, and his views and opinions are respected and recognized by the global semiconductor community. This report further reflects STMicroelectronics' design-focused corporate strategy. Focusing on product design enables us to deliver competitive advantages to our customers and reinforces our commitment to integrating first-class design capabilities and manufacturing facilities to provide outstanding products to our customers."

　　STMicroelectronics has fulfilled the requirements of system-level design for architecture optimization, system verification, and software development of virtual platforms, taking the lead in evolving toward the SystemC and IP-XACT open standards, thereby enabling interoperability of intellectual property modules in the system-on-chip assembly process.

　　STMicroelectronics' design capabilities cover a wide range of semiconductor technology areas, including logic circuits, memory, MEMS, power semiconductors, logic-power combined devices, as well as chip-level design, software, firmware, tools, and methodologies. STMicroelectronics' system-on-chip ESL reference design flow has been certified by authoritative bodies, accelerating the R&D process for new highly integrated and low-power complex chips. In addition, the company's manufacturing capabilities and close collaboration with foundries and back-end packaging experts provide great flexibility in optimizing the entire chip implementation process.

　　By establishing technology centers in multiple regions around the world and collaborating with industry and academia, STMicroelectronics is able to maintain a leading position in semiconductor R&D innovation.