Computer-Aided-Design Research at the Ge Microelectronics Center

In late 1980, the GE Microelectronics Center (MEC) was established to develop a proprietary gate array program for infusing JC technology into GE products. One team developed a CAD system helping engineers through the complete design cycle from circuit description capture and simulation to layout, post-layout simulation, processing, and test. Another team developed a gate array CMOS process at the 1 ¿ fabrication facility in North Carolina´s Research Triangle Park opened in June 1982.