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[Esq.111]

Afternoon Steve10 ,

Be interesting if Abu Dhabis Sovereign Wealth fund , Mubadala Investment Co . Poppsup on our share registry.

Regards,
Esq.

 

[TopCat]

Ford chip deal with GlobalFoundries shakes up automotive

Ford has signed a deal for chip production with GlobalFoundries that is likely to see Ford buy an ASIC design house

www.eenewseurope.com

Highlighting the signficant shift in the automotive semiconductor supply chain, Ford has signed a ground-breaking deal to buy chips directly from foundry GlobalFoundries in the US that could well lead to it buying an ASIC design house.


The strategic collaboration aims to advance semiconductor manufacturing and technology development within the US and boost chip supplies for Ford and the US automotive industry. This follows suggestions by General Motors that it also would buy chips directly.

 

[Shadow59]

Have I missed it? Why isn't anyone here talking about BrainChip Tapes Out AKD1500 Chip in GlobalFoundries 22nm FD SOI Process??

Has it been mentioned on the ASX as an announcement? Anywhere? Anyone who has shares in BRN (mostly) hold them on the ASX.
Making an announcement through places like Newswire or tweeting does not reach everyone invested in BRN! Whereas an announcement through the ASX should reach most people. This is where it should be!

Edit: Sorry I'm being very negative today. It will be different tomorrow.

 

[Diogenese]

Thanks wilzy. Yep it’s there but could also do it as a seperate announcement just like when Akida 1000 was done (my recall). Different ways to communicate good news etc and why have to read through a 8 page report. WBT consider tape outs as a seperate announcement (milestone) just so investors don’t miss it. All good, just different from my point of view only.

Maybe we got a yellow card for the Ford incident.

 

[toasty]

globalfoundries 22nm fdsoi
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I smell something

I agree. TSMC handled the first iteration of Akida and established a partnership with us to promote/sell our product. Now a change of horse, mid race as it were, to Global Foundries. Things that make you go "hmmm". Maybe something to do with these??

NASA SBIR 2020-I Solicitation | Z2.02-5369 - Radiation Tolerant Standard Cell Library in a 22nm FDSOI CMOS Process | Proposal Summary

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/globalfoundries-to-manufacture-bae-systems-radiation-hardened-single-board-computers-for-space/

Its also interesting that GF took legal action against TSMC in 2019 for patent infringement. No love lost between the 2 obviously, so the likelhood of a tripartite relationship seems unlikely.

https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/globalfoundries-sues-tsmc-apple-google-and-17-others-for-patent-infringement

Might be drawing some long bows here so better DYOR.

 

[Harwig]

I would like to say, I have invested in this company having done due diligence and am pleased with the 4C they released. It shows steady growth built on strategy and skilled business acumen. I not only have approached my investment in Brainchip from an analytical perspective but also a modicum of faith. Happy am I for I have few wants and wealthy am I for I have patience,

 

[Diogenese]

Here we go again! The company has made very clear that it will not be putting out announcements unless strictly required to by the letter of law of the ASX, meaning a material event. The BRN crew is ultra cautious about being forced to show their hand by the ASX and I, for one, accept that give everything we all constantly say about the character of that organisation.

I think Sean has provided a low-key summary in the 4c of what people were asking for.

The manipulators were always going to have a crack once the 4c was released and it wouldn't surprise me to see a heap of crap articles, downramping etc to try and push SP below 60c over the next week.

For LTHs, the 4c is reasonable, the tape-out good news and all seems to be building and heading in the right direction. I think there's a hint in the final line "We remain positive on future market penetration and broad adoption of BrainChip’s technology."

All good. Akida ballista

Completing tapeout of Akida 1500 could be considered to be the IT equivalent of converting a resource estimate from "inferred" to "proven". The initial circuit design "estimated" that it was feasible.

Then there was the quickly forgotten nearology item about MegaChips and MorseMicro, reinforced by the discovery that several MorseMicro engineers are following BrainChip.

MicroMorse was founded by the inventors of WiFi, so they would have better insight than most into how the next generation on micro-networks should develop.

MorseMicro has the potential to provide the communications network for the connected IoT.

It is quite possible that Akida could improve the operation of the MorseMicro ultra-low-power, ultra-long-range WiFi, and both being under the auspices of MegaChips enhances the possibility of a collaboration.

 

[wilzy123]

Have I missed it? Why isn't anyone here talking about BrainChip Tapes Out AKD1500 Chip in GlobalFoundries 22nm FD SOI Process??

because we are still shaking our fists at the company for not standalone-ANN'ing it..

 

[Fullmoonfever]

I see mid last year that Renesas developed some additional tech for 22nm.

Wonder if AKD1500 can integrate here as well given Renesas comments on the dev need?

https://www.renesas.com/tw/en/about/press-room/renesas-develops-circuit-technologies-22-nm-embedded-stt-mram-faster-read-and-write-performance-mcus

Renesas Develops Circuit Technologies for 22-nm Embedded STT-MRAM with Faster Read and Write Performance for MCUs in IoT Applications


TOKYO, Japan ― Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has developed circuit technologies for an embedded spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory (STT-MRAM, hereinafter MRAM) test chip with fast read and write operations fabricated using a 22-nm process. The test chip includes a 32-megabit (Mbit) embedded MRAM memory cell array and achieves 5.9-nanosecond (ns) random read access at a maximum junction temperature of 150°C, and a write throughput of 5.8-megabyte-per-second (MB/s).

Renesas presented these achievements on June 16 at the 2022 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits, held between June 12 and 17 in Hawaii.

As the advances of IoT and AI technologies continue, microcontroller units (MCUs) used in endpoint devices are expected to deliver higher performance than ever, and therefore need to be fabricated with finer process nodes. MRAM fabricated in BEOL (Note 1) is advantageous compared to flash memory fabricated in FEOL (Note 2) for sub-22 nm processes because it is compatible with existing CMOS logic process technology and requires fewer additional mask layers. However, MRAM has a smaller read margin than flash memory, which degrades read speed. A large gap between the CPU operating frequency and the read frequency of the non-volatile memory is also a challenge since it can degrade MCU performance.

 

[Beebo]

Completing tapeout of Akida 1500 could be considered to be the IT equivalent of converting a resource estimate from "inferred" to "proven". The initial circuit design "estimated" that it was feasible.

Then there was the quickly forgotten nearology item about MegaChips and MorseMicro, reinforced by the discovery that several MorseMicro engineers are following BrainChip.

MicroMorse was founded by the inventors of WiFi, so they would have better insight than most into how the next generation on micro-networks should develop.

MorseMicro has the potential to provide the communications network for the connected IoT.

It is quite possible that Akida could improve the operation of the MorseMicro ultra-low-power, ultra-long-range WiFi, and both being under the auspices of MegaChips enhances the possibility of a collaboration.

But is MorseMicro a “communications” company? (Rhetorical)

 

[buena suerte :-)]

HI Guys & Gals regarding my earlier post a 'good old fashioned' ASX announcement!!...

I have received this message from Tony and he has asked me to share this with you all and hopes it answers many questions and doubts we are having re ASX announcements.

Very much appreciated and many thanks to you Tony.

Hi BienSuerte

Happy new year to you.

I picked on your comment on TSE and I've been deluged by similar comments today from other shareholders, so please allow me to clarify and share my thoughts with you and others on TSE.

Firstly, to ensure you don't miss out on any news from BrainChip, I recommend you go to our website and subscribe to receive all updates so when we release press releases or ASX announcements you wont miss anything important, and you wont have to rely solely on the "1000 Eyes" .

Secondly, while the tapeout of Akida1500 reference chip represents an important progression in the development of our IP portfolio and demonstrates our ability to customise our neuromorphic chip architecture to meet specific end-user requirements, the news itself has no immediate revenue or financial implications, and is therefore neither material nor price sensitive. Todays share price reaction to this news would appear to bare that point out. The threshold for these matters is "materiality" and its not always as clear cut as it seems from the outside.

As we've discussed in person, and I've discussed at countless retail investor engagements and in thousands of emails, we are adhering to the ASX Continuous Disclosure Guidelines and the Listing Rules. The decision to make an ASX announcement or a media release is discussed by our Board of Directors and our Executive Leadership Team and guided by the advice of our Company Secretary. I certainly have input into those discussions, but ultimately its a decision made by the CEO. We don't make these decisions lightly and we certainly do consider the expectations of shareholders and the market in those debates, but ultimately we are guided by the law and especially by the ASX, especially in regard to "ramping announcements". To have made an ASX announcement about the tape out of Akida1500 would have been a ramping announcement, as defined by the ASX.

I know that everyone has their own opinions on these matters, but opinions aren't facts. The fact is we are disclosing everything we are required to disclose and we are applying a conservative interpretation of the ASX continuous disclosure obligations, because we have run afoul of these obligations in the past and under previous management we ended up on an ASX watch list for repeated ramping announcement violations. We are not doing that again and we have sought advice from the ASX Compliance Team to satisfy ourselves that we are operating in compliance with their rules. This is not only good corporate governance but also a way of minimising our risk of regulatory intervention.

I know its probably a vain hope on my part that this note will end this discussion for good, but I hope it at least proves that we do listen to our shareholders and we are aware of their views and expectations. Please feel free to share this note on the BRN Discussion thread and I look forward to catching up with you at our next TSE-BRN Investor function in Perth. My best wishes to you and your lovely wife.

Regards

Tony Dawe

 

[thelittleshort]

Previous specs published show AKD1500 with LSTM and transformer networks, however, the tape-out announcement doesn't specifically mention these two features but rather it says " The AKD1500 uses the latest features of BrainChip's extremely energy-efficient, event-based, Akida™ AI IP."

I wonder why LSTM and transformer networks weren't mentioned specifically? I know it mentions GlobalFoundries' leaky boat technology but what else could the latest features from Akida IP be if not LSTM and transformer networks?

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Hi @Diogenese

1. What is the process to get from AKD1500 to AKD2000, given that it is now 'simply' optimising a taped out iteration? Is the hard work already done? Or is there significant engineering involved to incorporate LSTM/transformer functionality?
2. Based on 1. how difficult would it be to also release AKD2000 in 2023? Given that we have no clue how far PvdM has already advanced future AKD iterations

I'm still hoping we announce another BrainChip product release this year, but this one with more fanfare ie in conjunction with a Tier 1 partner or two

 

[Townyj]

HI Guys & Gals regarding my earlier post a 'good old fashioned' ASX announcement!!...

I have received this message from Tony and he has asked me to share this with you all and hopes it answers many questions and doubts we are having re ASX announcements.

Very much appreciated and many thanks to you Tony.

Hi BienSuerte

Happy new year to you.

I picked on your comment on TSE and I've been deluged by similar comments today from other shareholders, so please allow me to clarify and share my thoughts with you and others on TSE.

Firstly, to ensure you don't miss out on any news from BrainChip, I recommend you go to our website and subscribe to receive all updates so when we release press releases or ASX announcements you wont miss anything important, and you wont have to rely solely on the "1000 Eyes" .

Secondly, while the tapeout of Akida1500 reference chip represents an important progression in the development of our IP portfolio and demonstrates our ability to customise our neuromorphic chip architecture to meet specific end-user requirements, the news itself has no immediate revenue or financial implications, and is therefore neither material nor price sensitive. Todays share price reaction to this news would appear to bare that point out. The threshold for these matters is "materiality" and its not always as clear cut as it seems from the outside.

As we've discussed in person, and I've discussed at countless retail investor engagements and in thousands of emails, we are adhering to the ASX Continuous Disclosure Guidelines and the Listing Rules. The decision to make an ASX announcement or a media release is discussed by our Board of Directors and our Executive Leadership Team and guided by the advice of our Company Secretary. I certainly have input into those discussions, but ultimately its a decision made by the CEO. We don't make these decisions lightly and we certainly do consider the expectations of shareholders and the market in those debates, but ultimately we are guided by the law and especially by the ASX, especially in regard to "ramping announcements". To have made an ASX announcement about the tape out of Akida1500 would have been a ramping announcement, as defined by the ASX.

I know that everyone has their own opinions on these matters, but opinions aren't facts. The fact is we are disclosing everything we are required to disclose and we are applying a conservative interpretation of the ASX continuous disclosure obligations, because we have run afoul of these obligations in the past and under previous management we ended up on an ASX watch list for repeated ramping announcement violations. We are not doing that again and we have sought advice from the ASX Compliance Team to satisfy ourselves that we are operating in compliance with their rules. This is not only good corporate governance but also a way of minimising our risk of regulatory intervention.

I know its probably a vain hope on my part that this note will end this discussion for good, but I hope it at least proves that we do listen to our shareholders and we are aware of their views and expectations. Please feel free to share this note on the BRN Discussion thread and I look forward to catching up with you at our next TSE-BRN Investor function in Perth. My best wishes to you and your lovely wife.

Regards

Tony Dawe

Good to see its a definite NO! To...

Thanks for posting the response Bien.. appreciated.

 

[misslou]

HI Guys & Gals regarding my earlier post a 'good old fashioned' ASX announcement!!...

I have received this message from Tony and he has asked me to share this with you all and hopes it answers many questions and doubts we are having re ASX announcements.

Very much appreciated and many thanks to you Tony.

Hi BienSuerte

Happy new year to you.

I picked on your comment on TSE and I've been deluged by similar comments today from other shareholders, so please allow me to clarify and share my thoughts with you and others on TSE.

Firstly, to ensure you don't miss out on any news from BrainChip, I recommend you go to our website and subscribe to receive all updates so when we release press releases or ASX announcements you wont miss anything important, and you wont have to rely solely on the "1000 Eyes" .

Secondly, while the tapeout of Akida1500 reference chip represents an important progression in the development of our IP portfolio and demonstrates our ability to customise our neuromorphic chip architecture to meet specific end-user requirements, the news itself has no immediate revenue or financial implications, and is therefore neither material nor price sensitive. Todays share price reaction to this news would appear to bare that point out. The threshold for these matters is "materiality" and its not always as clear cut as it seems from the outside.

As we've discussed in person, and I've discussed at countless retail investor engagements and in thousands of emails, we are adhering to the ASX Continuous Disclosure Guidelines and the Listing Rules. The decision to make an ASX announcement or a media release is discussed by our Board of Directors and our Executive Leadership Team and guided by the advice of our Company Secretary. I certainly have input into those discussions, but ultimately its a decision made by the CEO. We don't make these decisions lightly and we certainly do consider the expectations of shareholders and the market in those debates, but ultimately we are guided by the law and especially by the ASX, especially in regard to "ramping announcements". To have made an ASX announcement about the tape out of Akida1500 would have been a ramping announcement, as defined by the ASX.

I know that everyone has their own opinions on these matters, but opinions aren't facts. The fact is we are disclosing everything we are required to disclose and we are applying a conservative interpretation of the ASX continuous disclosure obligations, because we have run afoul of these obligations in the past and under previous management we ended up on an ASX watch list for repeated ramping announcement violations. We are not doing that again and we have sought advice from the ASX Compliance Team to satisfy ourselves that we are operating in compliance with their rules. This is not only good corporate governance but also a way of minimising our risk of regulatory intervention.

I know its probably a vain hope on my part that this note will end this discussion for good, but I hope it at least proves that we do listen to our shareholders and we are aware of their views and expectations. Please feel free to share this note on the BRN Discussion thread and I look forward to catching up with you at our next TSE-BRN Investor function in Perth. My best wishes to you and your lovely wife.

Regards

Tony Dawe

Bookmarked for the next time this happens. Poor Tony having to repeat himself over and over again, and well done to the company for doing exactly as they should have done

 

[Violin1]

HI Guys & Gals regarding my earlier post a 'good old fashioned' ASX announcement!!...

I have received this message from Tony and he has asked me to share this with you all and hopes it answers many questions and doubts we are having re ASX announcements.

Very much appreciated and many thanks to you Tony.

Hi BienSuerte

Happy new year to you.

I picked on your comment on TSE and I've been deluged by similar comments today from other shareholders, so please allow me to clarify and share my thoughts with you and others on TSE.

Firstly, to ensure you don't miss out on any news from BrainChip, I recommend you go to our website and subscribe to receive all updates so when we release press releases or ASX announcements you wont miss anything important, and you wont have to rely solely on the "1000 Eyes" .

Secondly, while the tapeout of Akida1500 reference chip represents an important progression in the development of our IP portfolio and demonstrates our ability to customise our neuromorphic chip architecture to meet specific end-user requirements, the news itself has no immediate revenue or financial implications, and is therefore neither material nor price sensitive. Todays share price reaction to this news would appear to bare that point out. The threshold for these matters is "materiality" and its not always as clear cut as it seems from the outside.

As we've discussed in person, and I've discussed at countless retail investor engagements and in thousands of emails, we are adhering to the ASX Continuous Disclosure Guidelines and the Listing Rules. The decision to make an ASX announcement or a media release is discussed by our Board of Directors and our Executive Leadership Team and guided by the advice of our Company Secretary. I certainly have input into those discussions, but ultimately its a decision made by the CEO. We don't make these decisions lightly and we certainly do consider the expectations of shareholders and the market in those debates, but ultimately we are guided by the law and especially by the ASX, especially in regard to "ramping announcements". To have made an ASX announcement about the tape out of Akida1500 would have been a ramping announcement, as defined by the ASX.

I know that everyone has their own opinions on these matters, but opinions aren't facts. The fact is we are disclosing everything we are required to disclose and we are applying a conservative interpretation of the ASX continuous disclosure obligations, because we have run afoul of these obligations in the past and under previous management we ended up on an ASX watch list for repeated ramping announcement violations. We are not doing that again and we have sought advice from the ASX Compliance Team to satisfy ourselves that we are operating in compliance with their rules. This is not only good corporate governance but also a way of minimising our risk of regulatory intervention.

I know its probably a vain hope on my part that this note will end this discussion for good, but I hope it at least proves that we do listen to our shareholders and we are aware of their views and expectations. Please feel free to share this note on the BRN Discussion thread and I look forward to catching up with you at our next TSE-BRN Investor function in Perth. My best wishes to you and your lovely wife.

Regards

Tony Dawe

Great response. Thanks Tony and thanks @BienSuerte for posting. I do think most of it has been said before but it seems to need to keep repeating. All Tony missed out was......patience grasshopper......

 

[Andi85]

My take is that The company does watch this space and listens to what 1000 eyes have to say.

HI Guys & Gals regarding my earlier post a 'good old fashioned' ASX announcement!!...

I have received this message from Tony and he has asked me to share this with you all and hopes it answers many questions and doubts we are having re ASX announcements.

Very much appreciated and many thanks to you Tony.

Hi BienSuerte

Happy new year to you.

I picked on your comment on TSE and I've been deluged by similar comments today from other shareholders, so please allow me to clarify and share my thoughts with you and others on TSE.

Firstly, to ensure you don't miss out on any news from BrainChip, I recommend you go to our website and subscribe to receive all updates so when we release press releases or ASX announcements you wont miss anything important, and you wont have to rely solely on the "1000 Eyes" .

Secondly, while the tapeout of Akida1500 reference chip represents an important progression in the development of our IP portfolio and demonstrates our ability to customise our neuromorphic chip architecture to meet specific end-user requirements, the news itself has no immediate revenue or financial implications, and is therefore neither material nor price sensitive. Todays share price reaction to this news would appear to bare that point out. The threshold for these matters is "materiality" and its not always as clear cut as it seems from the outside.

As we've discussed in person, and I've discussed at countless retail investor engagements and in thousands of emails, we are adhering to the ASX Continuous Disclosure Guidelines and the Listing Rules. The decision to make an ASX announcement or a media release is discussed by our Board of Directors and our Executive Leadership Team and guided by the advice of our Company Secretary. I certainly have input into those discussions, but ultimately its a decision made by the CEO. We don't make these decisions lightly and we certainly do consider the expectations of shareholders and the market in those debates, but ultimately we are guided by the law and especially by the ASX, especially in regard to "ramping announcements". To have made an ASX announcement about the tape out of Akida1500 would have been a ramping announcement, as defined by the ASX.

I know that everyone has their own opinions on these matters, but opinions aren't facts. The fact is we are disclosing everything we are required to disclose and we are applying a conservative interpretation of the ASX continuous disclosure obligations, because we have run afoul of these obligations in the past and under previous management we ended up on an ASX watch list for repeated ramping announcement violations. We are not doing that again and we have sought advice from the ASX Compliance Team to satisfy ourselves that we are operating in compliance with their rules. This is not only good corporate governance but also a way of minimising our risk of regulatory intervention.

I know its probably a vain hope on my part that this note will end this discussion for good, but I hope it at least proves that we do listen to our shareholders and we are aware of their views and expectations. Please feel free to share this note on the BRN Discussion thread and I look forward to catching up with you at our next TSE-BRN Investor function in Perth. My best wishes to you and your lovely wife.

Regards

Tony Dawe

 

[BaconLover]

HI Guys & Gals regarding my earlier post a 'good old fashioned' ASX announcement!!...

I have received this message from Tony and he has asked me to share this with you all and hopes it answers many questions and doubts we are having re ASX announcements.

Very much appreciated and many thanks to you Tony.

Hi BienSuerte

Happy new year to you.

I picked on your comment on TSE and I've been deluged by similar comments today from other shareholders, so please allow me to clarify and share my thoughts with you and others on TSE.

Firstly, to ensure you don't miss out on any news from BrainChip, I recommend you go to our website and subscribe to receive all updates so when we release press releases or ASX announcements you wont miss anything important, and you wont have to rely solely on the "1000 Eyes" .

Secondly, while the tapeout of Akida1500 reference chip represents an important progression in the development of our IP portfolio and demonstrates our ability to customise our neuromorphic chip architecture to meet specific end-user requirements, the news itself has no immediate revenue or financial implications, and is therefore neither material nor price sensitive. Todays share price reaction to this news would appear to bare that point out. The threshold for these matters is "materiality" and its not always as clear cut as it seems from the outside.

As we've discussed in person, and I've discussed at countless retail investor engagements and in thousands of emails, we are adhering to the ASX Continuous Disclosure Guidelines and the Listing Rules. The decision to make an ASX announcement or a media release is discussed by our Board of Directors and our Executive Leadership Team and guided by the advice of our Company Secretary. I certainly have input into those discussions, but ultimately its a decision made by the CEO. We don't make these decisions lightly and we certainly do consider the expectations of shareholders and the market in those debates, but ultimately we are guided by the law and especially by the ASX, especially in regard to "ramping announcements". To have made an ASX announcement about the tape out of Akida1500 would have been a ramping announcement, as defined by the ASX.

I know that everyone has their own opinions on these matters, but opinions aren't facts. The fact is we are disclosing everything we are required to disclose and we are applying a conservative interpretation of the ASX continuous disclosure obligations, because we have run afoul of these obligations in the past and under previous management we ended up on an ASX watch list for repeated ramping announcement violations. We are not doing that again and we have sought advice from the ASX Compliance Team to satisfy ourselves that we are operating in compliance with their rules. This is not only good corporate governance but also a way of minimising our risk of regulatory intervention.

I know its probably a vain hope on my part that this note will end this discussion for good, but I hope it at least proves that we do listen to our shareholders and we are aware of their views and expectations. Please feel free to share this note on the BRN Discussion thread and I look forward to catching up with you at our next TSE-BRN Investor function in Perth. My best wishes to you and your lovely wife.

Regards

Tony Dawe

Thank you for sharing @BienSuerte

The question still remains.

Why does ASX have 2 different rules for 2 different companies on the same type of news?

Why is it a company such as WBT able to make this news ''price sensitive'' and BRN has to put out a Twitter post/media article?

What is the standard practice? Treating 2 companies differently on the same sort of news - the way I see it is discriminatory from ASX.

Below is the WBT announcement. Once you have read it, please read the BRN media release.



( On that note, GF and CE-Leti are in partnership )

 

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• Offers a complete portfolio of configurable RISC-V based processor IP cores
• Provides a comprehensive processor development platform with full software toolchain support

• CoreHW is your one-stop custom ASIC solution partner
• CoreHW competences cover RF systems; RFIC; analog, mixed signal and digital; RF front-end and antennas

• CSEM is a supplier of design services and silicon IPs, recognized as a leader for very low-power ICs & systems, and a rich history & IP catalog in ULP digital, RFICs and embedded machine learning
• CSEM’s IcyTRX, best-in-class Bluetooth Low Energy silicon RF IP, is integrated in millions of chips worldwide

 

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• WaveIntegrity™ is a comprehensive software suite that integrates seamlessly into any client flow to tackle SLN during digital, analog or RF IP authoring and full system integration, from RTL to tape out
• SiPEX™ accurately models interactions between devices, back-end-of-line, and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates enabling RF front end module designers to fully simulate layout and design changes with accuracy, speed and seamless design flow interoperability

• Dolphin Integration SoC Fabric IP streamlines and speeds-up the design of cost-effective low-power SoC in 22FDX® technology
• Dolphin Integration 22FDX® IP library includes power-saving voltage regulators, power gating cells and logic modules

• Provides reliable OTP IP, NeoFuse, for sophisticated SoC designs on 22FDX® process technology targeting mobile, IoT, and RF connectivity applications
• Offers comprehensive, cost-effective, and customizable logic NVM solutions

• Empyrean’s high speed SarADC IP in 22FDX® provides high performance with ultra low power
• Empyrean’s worldwide support team provides timely, strong support

• Design services for Automotive, CCS, and RF
• Value-add services include firmware development and pre/post silicon validation

• EXTOLL provides leading-edge semiconductor IP for the interconnect market.
• High-performance, low latency SERDES PHY, which provides interconnect solution from 2.5 to 32 Gpbs, and high-speed, low-jitter LC-PLL are both silicon proven in several process nodes.

• A leading applied research and development center for ASIC, system-on-chip (SoC), and IP
• Offers dynamic biasing IPs for advanced SoC designs in 22FDX® technology

• A total RF, mmWave, digital and mixed-signal test solution provider, from test fixture design, test program development on ATE/ Bench and RF HTOL reliability test to production
• Die processing service: Back grinding, laminate, laser mark, laser grooving, dicing, AOI, singulated wafer probing and T&R with six-side visual inspection

• OSAT provider to apply TSVs for CIS package in mass production
• OSAT provider with CIS product turn-key services from chip package to module

• Ensigma is a leader in delivering wireless connectivity and broadcast IP solutions
• Provides a single-source solution for low-power connectivity including Wi-Fi, BLE and 802.15.4

• IN2FAB Technology specializes in migrating schematic and layout data of IP in other processes to 22FDX® technology
• Circuits can be translated from other GLOBALFOUNDRIES processes or from third party foundries in a fraction of the time taken for redesign

 

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• Silicon-to-systems range of engineering services
• Software services ranging from various firmware, embedded and applications-specific offerings

• Characterization, simulations and modeling services for substrates, active and passive devices for analog and RF applications and MEMS, with a special focus on the FEM. Our services cover on-wafer and packaged components testing
• Incize’s capabilities include small- and large-signal, wideband, nonlinear and noise behaviors, as well as harsh environment and radiation hardness applications

• Innosilicon provides silicon-validated complex interface IPs in 22FDX®, 14LPP, 28SLP and other nodes with high performance, fully customizable solutions
• Leading one-stop-shop IP and turnkey solutions

• ID-Xplore™: a Fast Design and Migration tool for analog IPs
• ID-Xplore™ provides full support for static and dynamic body biasing in FD-SOI technologies

• Intrinsix is a Semiconductor Design Solutions company with over 30 years’ experience working with GlobalFoundries process offerings across many technologies including 22FDX®, 12LP/LPP and 8HP process nodes.
• Intrinsix has expertise in Digital, Analog, Mixed-Signal, and RF applications for Commercial and Consumer applications as well as Aerospace/Defense/Government programs.

• Silicon Validated Foundation and Complex IP
• Portfolio ranging from Foundry Certified Foundation IP to a complete ASIC solution

• Industry-leading RapidIO IP in 22FDX®
• Strong local support provides professional service to clients

• Credentialed FD-SOI expertise on system design, IC design, and fast prototyping
• IoT, RF, and ADAS SoC realization focus