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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
 
 
 
 
Texas Instruments proposal for:
 
Wintegra
 
Winpath 2 ASIC Design
 
Strictly Private, For Wintegra Use Only
 


Revision
Date
Description
1.0
7/19/2004
Initial Version.
2.0
9/22/2004
Quote updated.
3.0
12/9/2004
Updated quote for new inputs from Wintegra and Flip Chip packaging.
4.0
6/1/2005
Updated quote for die area changes.
 

 
 

 

 
Texas Instruments Inc.
 

 
 
 
6/19/2005
 

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WINPATH 2 ASIC Proposal for
 
Wintegra
 
Texas Instruments is pleased to provide the following quotation for the design and implementation of the WINPATH 2 Application Specific Integrated Circuit.
 
I. ASIC Product Overview.
 
TI's Communications Infrastructure ASIC organization has the proven technology, the experienced people, and the management commitment to provide Wintegra with timely, low-risk, and cost-effective solutions for the WINPATH design.
 
TI is quoting our 130nm high performance technology to meet the requirements of the design. Please find some key highlights of the full quote listed below that TI feels are key differentiators and benefits TI is able to offer to Wintegra:
 
Technology
 
[†]
 
People
 
 
·
TI's Comunications Infrastructure has dedicated design and development engineering personnel worldwide to assist in:
· Local customer design support
· High-performance ASIC design
· I/O and macro creation
· Package development and modeling
· Signal integrity
· Program management
 
Manufacturing
 
 
·
TI owned and operated manufacturing facilities
 
·
Internal dual sourcing
· TI offers [†] owned and operated qualified fabs in the [†] technology node
 
·
"Experimental Units" prototyped within TI Dallas campus
 
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[†] Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request by Wintegra, Inc. under 17 CFR §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 and submitted separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
     
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6/19/2005
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II. Design Specifications.
 
TI has developed a technical proposal for the WINPATH 2 design per our understanding of the Wintegra requirements. Below is a summary of the proposal.
 
A. WINPATH 2 Design Summary

ASIC Product
Name
SIA Node
L(drawn)
Metal Layers
Core Voltage
I/O Voltage
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]

Solution Summary
 
High Performance
Mid Range
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
 
Notes:
 
1.  [†]
2.  [†]
3.  [†]
4.  [†]
 
B. Package Summary

Package Summary
     
Package Type
Package Body Size
Ball Count
Ball Pitch
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
 
The package quoted is based on turnkey solution from ASE. TI and ASE continue technical discussions on feasibility of the [†] to meet the signal integrity, etc... needs of the Winpath 2 design. Discussions could lead to a different package requirement.
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[†] Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request by Wintegra, Inc. under 17 CFR §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 and submitted separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
     
ASIC Quotation 
6/19/2005
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C. IP Requirements

Name
 
[†]
Custom development
[†]
Custom development
[†]
Custom development
[†]
TI IP
[†]
TI IP
[†]
TI IP
[†]
TI IP
[†]
Custom development
 
D. Custom Blocks
 
TI will own the physical design of the following Wintegra IP:
 
[†]
 
The design will be done based on a specification delivered by Wintegra. TI will run [†] to ensure specification items are met before handing back to Wintegra for Signoff Verification. The exact scope of the custom development (i.e. the break down of the IP into critical and less critical sub-blocks) is still under discussion and will be eventually defined in Wintegra's specification.
 
E. Custom I/O
 
[†]
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[†] Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request by Wintegra, Inc. under 17 CFR §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 and submitted separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
     
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6/19/2005
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III. Design Responsibilities, Engagement and Schedule
 
Texas Instruments believes all design requirements can be met using the [ †]. Please reference the technical documentation for recommended design practices and considerations, or contact the nearest TI Customer Design Center.
 
TI will provide local support through the Freising Germany Customer Design Center (CDC). This team will be available to support Wintegra throughout the entire design process including synthesis, timing verification, floorplanning, and timing closure.
 
The custom blocks will be supported by TI design teams in the [†] and [†] and the custom I/O by I/O development team in the US.
 
A. Design Responsibilities
 
Wintegra will implement the design using production-released systems (hardware and software) supported by Texas Instruments.

Task
Responsibility
[†]
TI
[†]
Wintegra
[†]
TI/Wintegra
[†]
Wintegra/TI
[†]
TI/Wintegra
[†]
TI/Wintegra
[†]
Wintegra
[†]
Wintegra
[†]
TI/Wintegra
[†]
TI/Wintegra
[†]
Wintegra/TI
[†]
Wintegra
[†]
TI
[†]
Wintegra
[†]
TI
[†]
TI
[†]
TI
[†]
TI/Wintegra
[†]
Wintegra/TI
[†]
Wintegra
[†]
Wintegra/TI
[†]
TI
[†]
TI
[†]
TI/Wintegra
[†]
TI
 
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[†] Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request by Wintegra, Inc. under 17 CFR §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 and submitted separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
     
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6/19/2005
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B. Schedule
 
At the design kickoff meeting, TI and Wintegra negotiated a detailed development schedule, outlining all the critical milestones and deliverables. The schedule shown below outlines several of the major milestones. The schedule is updated with all the known changes as of June 19 2005.
 
Schedule

Task
Duration
Target Date
Responsibility
Design Kickoff
[†]
[†]
Wintegra/TI
[†]
[†]
[†]
Wintegra
[†]
[†]
[†]
Wintegra/TI
[†]
[†]
[†]
Wintegra
[†]
[†]
[†]
Wintegra/TI
[†]
[†]
[†]
TI
 
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[†] Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request by Wintegra, Inc. under 17 CFR §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 and submitted separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
     
ASIC Quotation 
6/19/2005
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IV. NRE
 
A. Summary of NRE charges for Winpath:
 
NRE Charges

Options
Winpath
Baseline NRE
$[†]
[†] Licensing NRE
$[†]
Total NRE
$[†]
 
The quoted Baseline NRE includes the following goods and services:
[†]
 
As an additional service to Wintegra, all Test Services are included in the Baseline NRE. Included in these services are all Insertion of Test Structures to ensure complete testability of the WINPATH design. The Baseline NRE does not include any special Design Services.
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[†] Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request by Wintegra, Inc. under 17 CFR §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 and submitted separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
     
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6/19/2005
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C. NRE Payment Terms:

Milestone
Amount
Design Award
$[†]
Release to PG
$[†]
Initial Verification Unit Shipment
$[†]
 
D. Termination of Design Service
 
Liability to TI for work performed prior to termination shall be based on actual costs incurred at the time of termination.
 
VI. Additional Engineering Services
 
A. Customer Requested Layout Changes
 
Charges for layout changes for customer design revisions are dependent on the extent of work required.
 
B. Redesigns
 
The NRE and schedule for a design re-spin is dependent on the nature of the changes made to the device and will include the entire cost of the masks and any engineering effort necessary to support the redesign.
 
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[†] Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request by Wintegra, Inc. under 17 CFR §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 and submitted separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
     
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6/19/2005
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VII. Verification Devices
 
TI offers our customers [†].
 
A. [†]
 
Upon successful completion and sign-off of the design specification and test vectors, TI will manufacture, assemble, test, and deliver [†] are assembled in a local, non-production qualified assembly facility, and tested using a limited set of the test program. In addition to [†] included in the NRE, TI will also support a limited number of additional [†]. [†] are assembled in our production facility and are also tested with a limited set of the test program. The maximum quantity of additional [†] is dependent on die and lot size.
 
B. Cycletime and Pricing
 
The table below outlines the cycletime and pricing for [†].
 
Verification Units Cycle time and Pricing

 
Cycle time
Unit Price
[†]
Per design schedule
[†]
[†]
7 days after initial [†]
[†]
[†]
21 days after initial [†]
[†]
 
Notes:
 
· Orders must be placed prior to PG release.
· TDL must be archived prior to PG release.
· A [†] is allowed for all additional [†].
 
C. Termination of Additional Verification Units
 
Liability to TI work in progress for additional verification units orders shall be subject to the following cancellation provisions:

Section/Stage Commenced
Cancellation Charge
Release to PG
[†] of Order
Assembly Start
[†] of Order
 
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[†] Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request by Wintegra, Inc. under 17 CFR §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 and submitted separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
     
ASIC Quotation 
6/19/2005
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VIII. Production Devices
 
A. Production Unit Pricing
 
TI utilizes a number of qualified manufacturing sites worldwide for fabrication, assembly and test of ASIC products. Production devices are manufactured using the standard Texas Instruments production flow, and will be tested in accordance with the ASIC Design Specifications.
 
Baseline Production Unit Pricing 2006-2007

[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
[†]
* [†]
 
Notes:
 
1.  [†]
2.  [†]
3.  [†]
 
B. Termination of Production Units
 
Liability to TI work in progress for production orders shall be subject to the following cancellation provisions:

Section/Stage Commenced
Cancellation Charge
Wafer Start
[†]% of Order
Assembly Start
[†]% of Order
 
Customer is not entitled to work in progress.
 
C. Special Requirements:
 
TI understands that there are special requirements from a production standpoint such [†] required to support Wintegra customer shipments. TI and Wintegra continue to work together to align on how TI best supports these requirements.
 
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[†] Information redacted pursuant to a confidential treatment request by Wintegra, Inc. under 17 CFR §§ 200.80(b)(4) and 230.406 and submitted separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
     
ASIC Quotation 
6/19/2005
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IX. Terms
 
This proposal is valid for 30 days. TI standard ASIC Business Agreement will apply.
 

 
In witness whereof, TI and Customer have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the Effective Date. In the event that the party who is the last to sign this Agreement does not execute and return to the other party a fully executed copy of this Agreement within fifteen (15) business days after the date this Agreement is executed by the first party to sign this Agreement, such first party's signature shall be automatically revoked and this Agreement shall have no force or effect.
 
Texas Instruments Incorporated      Wintegra LTD. 
       
By:

   
By:  /s/ Kobi Ben-Zvi 

Name:     Name: Kobi Ben-Zvi

  
   

  
Title:      Title:   CEO 

  
   

  
Date:      Date:   June - 19 - 2005 

  
   

  

 
 
     
ASIC Quotation 
6/19/2005
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