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Open-Silicon Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification
| Source: Open-Silicon
MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwire - June 25, 2009) - Open-Silicon, Inc., a leading open market
semiconductor manufacturer and provider of spec-to-silicon System-on-Chip
(SoC) design services, today announced that the company was recently
certified for the ISO 9001:2008 standard as part of their overall strategic
plan for implementing best business practices and procedures. ISO 9000 is
a family of standards for Quality Management Systems that was updated to
ISO 9001:2008 on November 15, 2008.
"Quality is the foundation of our business. By certifying to the newest
version of the ISO standards, we are confident that our processes are of
the highest quality and that the continual improvement process to our
systems is automatically implemented," said Dr. Shafy Eltoukhy, vice
president of manufacturing operations. "This adherence to quality
translates to excellence in our SoC services and products that deliver on
our promise of reduced design and development times, reduced costs and
improved product reliability and performance."
The International Organization for Standards (ISO) is the largest standards
organization in the world, with a network of standards institutes from 159
countries. The ISO 9001 is a set of procedures covering all key processes
within a business and ensures that these processes are efficient, effective
and are monitored consistently allowing the company to continuously improve
on its processes.
About Open-Silicon
Open-Silicon, Inc. is a leading semiconductor company focused on setting
new standards for predictable, reliable and flexible custom IC development.
Open-Silicon provides leading edge SoC design, proven open market IP
integration and high quality silicon manufacturing services to customers
worldwide. Through the MAX Technologies, Open-Silicon continues to
introduce technology advantages in the areas of low power design, high
performance processor implementation, variability management, and low cost
test that help customers increase their market success. In 2008,
Open-Silicon was recognized by the GSA as the Most Respected Private
Semiconductor Company. For more information, visit Open-Silicon's website
at www.open-silicon.com or call 408-240-5700.