FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2002
STMicroelectronics N.V.
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39, Chemin du Champ-des-Filles,
1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland
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Enclosures:
A press release dated August 27, 2002 announcing that Motorola, Philips, and
STMicroelectronics are debuting the industry's first 90-nanometer CMOS design
platform.
[Motorola Logo] [Philips Logo] [STMicroelectronics Logo]
PR No. T1222H
MOTOROLA, PHILIPS AND STMICROELECTRONICS DEBUT
INDUSTRY'S FIRST 90-NANOMETER CMOS DESIGN PLATFORM
Alliance announces early availability of 90nm cell libraries and design
platform for system-on-chip solutions
AUSTIN, TEXAS, EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS, and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, August 27,
2002 - Motorola, Philips and STMicroelectronics are debuting the industry's
first 90nm (0.09-micron) CMOS design platform. This allows designers to start
next generation system-on-chip (SoC) product development for low-power,
wireless, networking, consumer and high-speed applications. This early, key
achievement clearly demonstrates the winning relationship of the alliance
announced earlier this year among Motorola, Philips and STMicroelectronics to
jointly develop breakthrough semiconductor technology at their new R&D center in
Crolles, France.
The new 90nm CMOS design platform, available from all three companies, takes
full advantage of the multiple features and modularity of 90nm process
technology. In particular, multiple threshold-based library elements can be
selected at the design level and used in the same design block, providing users
of the platform greater flexibility to optimize performance and power
consumption. This capability enables faster development of chips for use in
high-performance and power-sensitive products.
"This design environment brings to the market the combined strengths and
experience of the Motorola/Philips/ST alliance and verifies our plan to have
first 300mm silicon on 90nm technology by the end of this year," said Chris
Belden, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Technology &
Manufacturing for Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector. "Tremendous
intellectual resources are being applied to this partnership. The potential
represented in this shared library will result in faster time-to-market and
formidable competitive advantages for our customers."
"This design platform places our companies in the leadership position at the
90nm node," said Theo Claasen, Chief Technology Officer of Philips
Semiconductors. "With our alignment of the technology we offer our customers the
world's most advanced and manufacturing-efficient CMOS technology. Our library
and design block IP offerings combined with third party IP, puts us in the
unprecedented position to deliver silicon system solutions that help people
effortlessly connect to information, entertainment and services."
"In addition to immediate use by ST's external customers, this library platform
is already being used by ST's product development groups to build the
differentiated design blocks required by complex system-on-chip applications,"
said Joel Monnier, Corporate Vice President and Central R&D Director at
STMicroelectronics. "The early availability of this platform to designers is an
important moment in this tripartite alliance. It is tangible proof of early
success in our relationship and demonstrates to the market our serious
commitment to be leaders in 90nm CMOS technology."
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Technical details:
The full library platform includes:
o Two standard cells libraries, optimized respectively for performance
and density, offering a rich selection of more than 1,000 cells;
densities of more than 400Kgates per mm(2) and supporting a core supply
of 1.0V or 1.2V, with metal pitches of 0.28 micrometer and from six to
nine metal routing layers; each library is offered with multiple Vt
variants;
o Full range of 1.8V, 2.5V and 3.3V I/O cells;
o Extremely dense embedded memories, including 6T-SRAM enabling density
from 1.6 to 1.2mm(2) per Mbit, dual port, register files and ROM
compilers;
o A fully compatible low-cost process variant, allowing up to 32-Mbit of
embedded DRAM with a density of 0.5mm(2) per Mbit.
Further extensions to the initial offering, including SOI (Silicon-on-Insulator)
versions and high-performance integrated passive devices will be available soon.
A shuttle multi-project reticle service is already available with short cycle
times, providing significantly reduced NRE charges for small wafer volumes and
therefore enabling low-cost prototyping.
The 90nm design platform is fully supported by the industry leading CAD tools
from Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys through design solutions that are
developed in partnership with their individual R&D groups.
Editors' Note
In April 2002, Motorola, Philips and STMicroelectronics announced an alliance to
jointly develop future generations of CMOS technology from the 90nm node down to
32nm over the next five years, with the participation of TSMC for process
development and alignment. The alliance's joint development program is based at
Crolles, France, in the new 300mm wafer R&D Center called `Crolles2', and
augmented by each company's existing R&D operations and laboratories.
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About Motorola
As the world's #1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's Semiconductor
Products Sector creates Digital DNA(TM) system-on-chip solutions for a connected
world. Our strong focus on wireless communications and networking enables
customers to develop smarter, simpler, faster and synchronized products for the
person, work team, home and automobile. Motorola's worldwide semiconductor sales
were $4.9 billion (USD) in 2001. http://www.motorola.com/semiconductors
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated
communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2001 were $30
billion. http://www.motorola.com
About Royal Philips Electronics
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is one of the world's biggest
electronics companies and Europe's largest, with sales of $ 28.8 billion (EUR
32.3 billion) in 2001. It is a global leader in color television sets, lighting,
electric shavers, medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring, and
one-chip TV products. Its 184,000 employees in more than 60 countries are active
in the areas
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of lighting, consumer electronics, domestic appliances, components,
semiconductors, and medical systems. Philips is quoted on the NYSE (symbol:
PHG), London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other stock exchanges. News from Philips
Semiconductors can be found on www.philips.semiconductors.com/news/
About STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics, the world's third largest semiconductor company, is a global
leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum
of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and
system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio
and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip
(SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today's
convergence markets. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock
Exchange (symbol: STM), on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange. In
2001, the Company's net revenues were $6.36 billion and net earnings were $257.1
million. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.
Press Contacts:
Motorola
EMEA: Steven Sloan, +41 22 799 1329
US and Asia: Scott Stevens, +512 895 7311
Philips
Europe: Marijke Sas, +31 40 214 60 14, Marijke.Sas@philips.com
US: Paul Morrison, +1 408 474 50, Paul.Morrison@philips.com
Asia Pacific: Robyn Kao, +886 2 2382 4025, Robyn.Kao@philips.com
STMicroelectronics
Corporate: Maria Grazia Prestini, +41 22 929 6945
US: Michael Markowitz, +1.212.821.8959
Additional contacts for STMicroelectronics in Europe:
Benoit de Leusse, Investor Relations Manager Europe, STMicroelectronics,
Tel: +33.4.50.40.24.30
Jean-Benoit Roquette/Nicole Curtin, Investor Relations, and
Lorie Lichtlen, Media Relations, Financial Dynamics,
Paris tel. +33 1 47 03 68 10
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
STMicroelectronics N.V. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 28, 2002 STMicroelectronics N.V.
By: /s/ Pasquale Pistorio
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Name: Pasquale Pistorio
Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer