1. To ensure confidentiality, we mutually agree to nondisclosure of proprietary information.
   
   
2. You provide us with the technical information we need to carry out the study — including a specification, schematic, block diagram, or merely a "wish list" describing the integrated circuitry you need.
   
   
3. We explore potential trade-offs and partitioning options to identify a cost-effective solution that meets your requirements.
   
   
4. After an initial review, we hold follow-up meetings or conference calls with you to clarify and refine your requirements.
   
   
5. We present you a proposal that defines the statement-of-work, schedule, nonrecurring engineering (NRE), production pricing, and the terms and conditions.
   

1. When we receive your purchase order for the project, we promptly assign a Project Engineer as your technical contact and begin the project.
   
   
2. Working with your engineering staff, our Project Engineer converts your requirements into an integrated circuit (IC) specification that is mutually acceptable.
   
   
3. After selecting the appropriate fabrication process, we design and simulate the circuit blocks that make up the IC, using one of our advanced Mentor Graphics workstations.
   
   
4. When the circuit is ready for physical design, the Project Engineer and layout designer generate the circuit floor plan.
   
   
5. One of our mask designers performs the physical layout of the IC floor plan and completely verifies it, using our resident DRC, ERC, and layout-versus-schematic (LVS) software.
   
   
6. The Project Engineer and one of his peers perform a final manual plot check, and the circuit is ready for mask and wafer fabrication.
   
   
7. After completing each stage of development, we hold design reviews at our facility. We encourage additional reviews at any time.
   

1. Ten prototype circuits are fabricated and assembled in ceramic packages.
   
   
2. You and we thoroughly evaluate the prototypes to see that they meet all provisions of the specification.
   

1. Following final approval of the IC design, we begin production when we receive your purchase order. Production orders are usually for one year's requirement with regular releases.
   
   
2. We produce your IC to our standard Mil-I-45208 quality program. Before delivery, we test all parts on a 100% basis using our automatic test equipment.
   

Our commitment

• Develop and nurture the finest circuit design team in the industry
  
• Create solutions using the best available circuit approaches and semiconductor process technologies
  
• Always flexible to meet each customer's unique technical and business requirements
  
• Only affiliate ourselves with manufacturers that deliver quality products
  
• Highly responsive customer service
  
  

Send us your company's nondisclosure agreement for our signature and any information that describes your requirements. After we review your requirements, we will call you to discuss them. It's that simple.