eSilicon
. eSilicon is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2000 and based in Sunnyvale, California. eSilicon designs and manufactures digital CMOS ASICs. eSilicon is considered a pioneer of the fabless ASIC model and is the world's largest fabless ASIC supplier.Template:Dubious[1]
Locations[edit]
eSilicon's headquarters is in Sunnyvale, California. eSilicon has offices in Allentown, PA, New Providence, NJ, Bucharest, Romania, and Yokohama, Japan.
History[edit]
Since its founding in 2000 eSilicon has received a total of $86M in venture capital.[2] In 2002 eSilicon became widely known as the supplier of a key Apple Inc. Ipod ASIC through PortalPlayer.[3] 2004 revenues reached $91M largely driven by ASICs for the iPod. In 2006 Apple announced that they were changing their iPod ASIC strategy and eSilicon no longer supplies ASICs for the iPod.[4] Following the loss of the iPod business eSilicon diversified its customer base and announced in May 2008 that they were profitable and shipping ASICs to over 50 customers.[5] In January 2008 eSilicon acquired the assets of Swedish based ethernet networking switch supplier SwitchCore AB and announced that they would seek further acquisitions.[6] Rumors of eSilicon preparing to file for an IPO have circulated on and off since 2003.[7] [8] [9]
Products[edit]
eSilicon provides physical design, design for test insertion, package design, product qualification, IP licensing, and manufacturing services for digital CMOS ASICs. eSilicon has announced products in .25um, .18um, .13um, 90 nm, 65 nm, and 40 nm process technologies. Customer ASICs have been announced in a wide range of applications including digital cameras, portable multimedia players, inkjet printers, networking, and high performance computing. In February 2008 it was announced that eSilicon had licensed Avago Technologies high performance 90 nm and 65 nm SerDes technology for use in eSilicon's customer's designs.[10]
Manufacturing[edit]
As a fabless company eSilicon outsources all semiconductor manufacturing to merchant foundries. Since eSilicon's founding it has had a relationship with TSMC as its primary foundry partner.[11] eSilicon also outsources all package assembly and test.
External links[edit]
- ↑ "ASIC specialist eSilicon expands strategy, seeks acquisitions". 2008-05-06.
- ↑ "eSilicon Corporation Secures $15 Million In Funding". 2005-02-14.
- ↑ "eSilicon: Outsource and thrive - Design Strategies". 2002-01-21.
- ↑ "PortalPlayer dealt setback at Apple". 2006-04-19.
- ↑ "eSilicon Achieves Significant Milestone by Booking Production Orders from More Than Fifty Customers". 2008-05-22.
- ↑ "eSilicon: eSilicon Acquires SwitchCore's Product Lines". 2008-01-14.
- ↑ "Latest VC funding has eSilicon thinking IPO". 2003-09-12.
- ↑ "IPO on the cards for eSilicon next year". 2006-10-24.
- ↑ "eSilicon unveils "HardCore" macrocell program". 2007-06-18.
- ↑ "eSilicon Licenses Avago Technologies' High Performance Embedded SerDes Cores". 2008-02-27.
- ↑ "eSilicon Joins TSMC Design Center Alliance; Custom Chip Provider Further Streamlines Silicon Delivery Process". 2004-03-08.