Accelicon's 2008 Year End Review
Accelicon reports significant revenue growth in 2008
Accelicon Technologies, Inc. (Accelicon), the leading device-modeling solutions provider, reports significant revenue and customer growth in 2008. In an otherwise challenging year in the semiconductor and EDA market, Accelicon continued to observe increased adoption of their device modeling solutions and associated services. MBP, Model Builder Program, became the leading device model extraction and generation solution for semiconductor companies worldwide in 2008. MBP's performance, ease-of-use, accuracy, and advanced model support, are unequalled in the industry. Accelicon's MQA, Model Quality Assurance, continues to be the standard for model verification and documentation throughout the industry. Accelicon's customer list expanded to over 80 worldwide, including foundries, IDMs and fab-less design houses. Profitable, and incorporated since 2002, Accelicon claims the largest engineering staff dedicated to device modeling solutions worldwide.
Accelicon announced PQA, Proximity Quality Assurance, in 2008. Developed with the collaboration of leading semiconductor design houses, PQA is the industry's first platform for sub 45nm SPICE model and design analysis. PQA allows engineers to evaluate the advanced models provided by leading foundries, which incorporate the effects of stress and lithography distortions, and its effect on design performance.
Also in 2008, Accelicon continued to develop and enhance their advance measurement and modeling lab. A new wafer probe station was installed, and advanced 1/f noise and reliability measurement and modeling capabilities were incorporated. Accelicon offers modeling services to their customers, and is the largest such provider in the field.
Accelicon became a member of the Compact Model Council in 2008. The Compact Model Council is the premier organization establishing standards in the device-level modeling community. The CMC's charter is to promote the international, nonexclusive standardization of compact model formulations and the model interfaces.
And, Accelicon completed the IP acquisition of Knowlent last year. Knowlent was the industry's leading analog/mixed-signal test bench development environment, including analysis, characterization and verification functionality. Knowlent's existing Opal customers will continue to be supported by Accelicon."
On behalf of our entire organization, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to Accelicon's customers who have adopted our solutions, and worked with us to improve them ." said Tim K Smith, Accelicon's CEO. "Accelicon's success is testament to our dedication supporting customers and developing the finest solutions in this space."