"We are glad to have BrainChip add a very unique set of AI IPs to IFS IP Alliance portfolio"
So it looks like Suk Lee (SL) was head-hunted by IFS, and it looks like we were head-hunted by SL who would have had detailed foreknowledge of Akida.
Given that there were only 14 members of the IFS IP alliance when SL joined, I wouldn't be surprised if we were No. 1 on SL's hit list.
Note: This list is not exhaustive - note the word "include:" in the "current partners" list, which shows 13 companies, including our friends SiFive and ARM. Still, SL has probably met his KPIs for the year.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/foundry/ifs-accelerator/ip-alliance.html
The current partners of IFS Accelerator - IP Alliance include:
“The leadership team at Alphawave IP has a deep heritage of close collaboration with Intel since 2009. When Intel launched IFS, they brought advanced semiconductor capacity online at high scale. Intel Foundry Services offers a wide range of manufacturing services to meet customers’ unique product needs. We are pleased to be an anchor member of the IFS Accelerator - IP Alliance, which will enable our mutual customers to build some of the most advanced semiconductor products in the world, with IFS as their manufacturing one-stop-shop.”
-- Tony Pialis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alphawave
“Intel is unleashing its silicon design and manufacturing expertise to build customers’ world-changing products. We are pleased to expand our differentiated IP offerings at Intel Foundry Services for customers mandating domestic manufacturing. Our close collaboration with Intel gives us the opportunity to expand our mutual customers and deliver the best-in-class IPs with optimal performance. We look forward to all the opportunities Intel Foundry Services will bring in the future.”
-- Mahesh Tirupattur, Executive Vice President, Analog Bits
“RISC-V is the 21st Century Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) created from a clean slate and freed from the hamstring of supporting a half century of backward compatibility. By providing a world-class foundry for this revolutionary new ISA, Intel Foundry Services will enable the leading edge silicon for 5G, ADAS, AI, AR/VR, data center, semiconductor storage, and HPC built around the RISC-V architecture. We are excited to be one of the lead IP partners in IFS Accelerator - IP Alliance program. Intel’s large scale foundry provides committed capacity for IFS customers which ensures that SoC designs based on Andes RISC-V processor cores will achieve the production ramp and volume successfully.”
-- Frankwell Lin, CEO, Andes Technology Corp.
“The industry must work together to meet the demands for technology in nearly every segment of our lives. Arm is on a mission to deploy secure, energy-efficient Arm-based technology wherever compute happens, and by working with other key players in the industry as part of the IFS Accelerator, we are putting IP in the hands of those designing the future of computing.”
-- Drew Henry, SVP, IPG Strategy and Operations, Arm
“We are proud to partner with Intel as part of its IFS Accelerator – IP Alliance. The combination of BrainChip’s Akida IP and Intel’s leading technology helps ensure that customers looking to implement edge AI acceleration and learning have the tools and resources to accelerate their success.”
-- Anil Mankar, Chief Development Officer, BrainChip.
“With today’s rigorous design requirements and increasing pressure to deliver innovative SoCs faster than ever, both IFS and Cadence are committed to facilitating design innovation. As a member of the IFS Ecosystem Alliance, we’re ensuring that mutual customers can seamlessly adopt Cadence’s state-of-the-art EDA solutions and IP optimized for IFS process technologies to stay in front of dynamic market demands.”
-- Dr. Anirudh Devgan, President and CEO, Cadence
“With global cybersecurity and hacking risks increasing daily, this partnership with IFS will provide our customers the unparalleled IP for secure storage and other security features. With cloud applications continue to emerge and empower our daily life through connectivity, the needs for chip-level security and safe storage in electronic devices will soar.”
-- Michael Ho, President, eMemory
“IFS offers an unmatched combination of leading-edge packaging and process technology. With its Accelerator - IP alliance, IFS is enriching its world-class IP portfolio with the alliance partnership to complement the leading technology offerings. M31 is delighted to join IFS Accelerator, and excited to enable our customers to take the full advantage of the significant leap in power, performance, and area (PPA) from Intel’s advanced technologies.”
--Scott Change, CEO, M31
“Intel is making substantial investment in the U.S. and Europe to create a world class foundry business to serve the growing demand for chips. We are pleased to join the IFS Accelerator - IP Alliance program and work with Intel to enable IFS customers to take advantage of the benefits of Intel Foundry process technology. The unlimited potential of RISC-V is at the heart of SiFive’s leading portfolio of processor IP and will enable IFS Customers to build advanced designs using Intel technology.”
-- Rohit Kumar, SVP Engineering, SiFive
“This partnership gives Silicon Creations customers new ways to propel their innovative designs ahead, improve design productivity, and get to market faster. IFS is driving collaboration to advance design and IP capabilities, and our partnership with IFS is another example of how we are committed to our global customers’ success. We’re proud to be an IP alliance member of IFS’ comprehensive ecosystem program, Accelerator.”
-- Randy Caplan, Co-founder, and Executive VP at Silicon Creations
“Through IFS, Intel is opening its advanced manufacturing expertise to outside fabless design companies. We are pleased to expand our portfolio by joining the IFS Accelerator IP Alliance. We look forward to working with IFS to support mutual customers with our proprietary ESD technology.”
-- Koen Verhaege, CEO, Sofics.
“Synopsys joining Intel Foundry Services Alliance is a natural extension of our over 30-year history with Intel. With our recent AI-based autonomous design breakthrough that is getting particularly good results on Intel technology, we catalyze designers in Intel’s robust ecosystem to boost productivity and accelerate innovation. Together we put our mutual customers on the fast-track towards the next 1000X in productivity needed this decade.”
-- Dr. Aart de Geus, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Synopsys
“Vidatronic is thrilled to bring our experience to IFS IP alliance initiative, customers will benefit by having access to our patented IP that is pre-certified in Intel’s process technology for faster time-to-market and decreased overall risk. Ultimately, we will be able to provide them essential building blocks to their SoCs that not only improve performance but save them time and money.”
-- Moises Robinson, Co-Founder and President of Vidatronic
