According to the company, there has been an increase in demand for low-power IC, both next-generation ASICs and power-down derivatives, which are required in the mobile, consumer, networking, and server products that come from Japan. The company’s Japanese subsidiary enables it to meet that demand.
Open-Silicon claims that it offers a low-power capability with its PowerMax technology, which provides low-power design techniques such as back biasing, custom low power cells, and power recovery. The company also recently joined the Power Forward Initiative, a low-power industry group.
The company attributes much of its success to the OpenModel, an ASIC development process that combines its design and product engineering capabilities with supply chain implementation.
Rick Murayama, managing director of Open-Silicon Japan, said: “As Japanese semiconductor companies consolidate and go to a fab-lite model for 40nm, 28nm, or 22nm, the trend is to shift to foundry-based silicon for which Open-Silicon is a great fit.
“Our predictability and reliability enable customers to enjoy the same high level of quality and service they have enjoyed from the large traditional IDMs.”
The company recently acquired Silicon Logic Engineering (SLE) to increase the front-end capabilities for designing derivative ICs.
