Design Kit Revs Up MEMS Product Development

The JumpStart design kit is claimed to provide a low-risk, inexpensive, efficient turnkey method for developing and prototyping MEMS devices. It consists of the company's Catapult MEMS design tool with integrated layout generators, a design kit for the Cronos-certified Multi-User MEMS Processes (MUMPs), and a reserved slot on a Cronos MUMPs fabrication run. The kit is available on Unix or Windows NT platforms and has an introductory price of $6,000.