TechnoConcepts, Inc. has selected Jazz Semiconductor, an independent wafer foundry located in Newport Beach, California, to fabricate its True Software Radio (TSR) chips.

According to Antonio Turgeon, chairman of TechnoConcepts, “We anticipate the first engineering run of our chips to be complete, with samples available in summer. This will set the stage for the first full production run for delivery to customers in late 2006 or early 2007.”

“Jazz currently offers successive generations of its SiGe BiCMOS process, which supports the features that will facilitate TechnoConcepts’ innovative designs as we focus on capturing market share in our next-generation products,” said Turgeon. "Specifically, we will see significant power savings using the Jazz process since 95% of the chip will be fabricated in low-power CMOS and only 5% will utilize the high-performance SiGe, both available on the Jazz SiGe BiCMOS platform process.”

Marco Racanelli, vice president of technology and engineering, Jazz Semiconductor, said, “Our process platforms are customizable and can be optimized to leverage the power efficiencies of low power CMOS while enjoying the benefits of high speed, low noise SiGe in a single process technology. These features have been utilized by TechnoConcepts to improve the way wireless signals are transmitted, received and processed.”

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