July 13, 2006 – SiTime Corp., a privately held start-up focused on developing MEMS silicon resonators, and Jazz Semiconductor, an independent wafer foundry focused primarily on specialty CMOS process technologies, announced a partnership to bring SiTime’s MEMS First silicon mechanical oscillator products to market at Jazz Semiconductor’s 200mm wafer foundry.

The MEMS First products are designed to replace traditional quartz oscillators. SiTime says it is well positioned to enter the timing markets with its MEMS First quartz oscillator replacement devices. The company says the devices can be fabricated using manufacturing techniques and equipment that exist in the silicon semiconductor industry today, which would allow industrial scaling of MEMS in a foundry environment.

Next generation, more integrated solutions will include MEMS oscillator devices and VLSI semiconductor control functions manufactured on the same silicon wafer.