eSilicon was founded in 1999 in San Jose, California, by Anjan AJ Sen.[3][4] He conceived the concept while attending Harvard Business School in 1997 based on his prior experience as a chip designer. Sen incorporated the company in November 1999, and secured key alliances with TSMC and Artisan, which led to Series A financing in March 2000.[5][6][1] Since its founding in 1999, eSilicon has received a total of $86M in venture capital.[7] In 2002, eSilicon became widely known as the supplier of a key Apple Inc.iPod ASIC through PortalPlayer.[8] 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 stopped supplying ASICs for the iPod.[9] 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.[10] In January 2008 eSilicon acquired the assets of Swedish-based Ethernet networking switch supplier SwitchCore AB and announced that they would seek further acquisitions.[11] Rumors of eSilicon preparing to file for an IPO have circulated on and off since 2003.[12][13][14]
In 2011, eSilicon started the MoZAIC™ “Modular Z-axis Integrated Circuit” 2.5D ASIC program[15] to analyze new approaches that would provide more bandwidth for customers. This includes the development of an HBM PHY in 28nm and finFET technologies as well as the study of 2.5D packaging. eSilicon has completed seven test chips to date that verify the HBM PHY IP and assemble a supply chain ecosystem in support of 2.5D integration—design, verification, test and reliability. eSilicon has multiple 14/16nm finFET 2.5D ASICs in design, with several entering production in the first half of 2018.
On November 11, 2019, Inphi, a provider of high-speed data movement interconnects, acquired eSilicon for $216 million. The completion of the acquisition was announced on January 13, 2020.[16]
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eSilicon range of services provides physical design, design for test insertion, traditional and 2.5D package design, product qualification, IP licensing, and manufacturing services for digital CMOS and finFET ASICs. eSilicon has announced products in .25 um, .18 um, .13 um, 90 nm, 65 nm, 40 nm, 28 nm and 14 nm process technologies. In 2017, eSilicon announced tapeout to production of one of the first 2.5D ASICs, developed on Samsung 14LPP technology.[17][18] Customer ASICs have been announced in a wide range of applications including high-bandwidth networking, high-performance computing, digital cameras, hearing aids, portable multimedia players and inkjet printers.
eSilicon specializes in a high-performance, high-bandwidth IP + 2.5D solution that targets networking, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence (AI)[19] and 5G wireless infrastructure applications by offering specialized memories with 2.5 GHz worst-case operation with more than a billion searches per second along with the 2.5D integration of 1024 GB/s data rate high-bandwidth memory (HBM2). Memory and I/O products in this category include ternary content addressable memory (TCAMs), fast cache, multi-port and asynchronous register files and HBM2 PHY.[20]
Manufacturingedit
As a fabless company, eSilicon outsources all of its semiconductor manufacturing to merchant foundries. It has had a relationship with TSMC as its primary foundry partner,[21] and also has a partnership with Samsung Foundry.[22] eSilicon outsources all package assembly and test.
^"eSilicon Joins TSMC Design Center Alliance; Custom Chip Provider Further Streamlines Silicon Delivery Process". Business Wire. 2004-03-08.
^"Samsung and eSilicon Taped Out 14nm Network Processor with Rambus 28G SerDes Solution". news.samsung.com. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
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This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message eSilicon is a company engaged in semiconductor design and manufacturing services that delivers custom ICs and IPs to OEMs eSilicon CorporationCompany typePrivateIndustrySemiconductors ElectronicsFounded1999 25 years ago 1999 FounderAJ Sen 1 HeadquartersSan Jose California USAKey peopleAJ Sen Founder Jack Harding CEO Philippe Morali CFO ProductsASICs semiconductor IPNumber of employees600 2017 ParentInphi Corporation Synopsys 2 Websitewww wbr esilicon wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Products 3 Manufacturing 4 References 5 External linksHistory editeSilicon was founded in 1999 in San Jose California by Anjan AJ Sen 3 4 He conceived the concept while attending Harvard Business School in 1997 based on his prior experience as a chip designer Sen incorporated the company in November 1999 and secured key alliances with TSMC and Artisan which led to Series A financing in March 2000 5 6 1 Since its founding in 1999 eSilicon has received a total of 86M in venture capital 7 In 2002 eSilicon became widely known as the supplier of a key Apple Inc iPod ASIC through PortalPlayer 8 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 stopped supplying ASICs for the iPod 9 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 10 In January 2008 eSilicon acquired the assets of Swedish based Ethernet networking switch supplier SwitchCore AB and announced that they would seek further acquisitions 11 Rumors of eSilicon preparing to file for an IPO have circulated on and off since 2003 12 13 14 In 2011 eSilicon started the MoZAIC Modular Z axis Integrated Circuit 2 5D ASIC program 15 to analyze new approaches that would provide more bandwidth for customers This includes the development of an HBM PHY in 28nm and finFET technologies as well as the study of 2 5D packaging eSilicon has completed seven test chips to date that verify the HBM PHY IP and assemble a supply chain ecosystem in support of 2 5D integration design verification test and reliability eSilicon has multiple 14 16nm finFET 2 5D ASICs in design with several entering production in the first half of 2018 On November 11 2019 Inphi a provider of high speed data movement interconnects acquired eSilicon for 216 million The completion of the acquisition was announced on January 13 2020 16 Products editeSilicon range of services provides physical design design for test insertion traditional and 2 5D package design product qualification IP licensing and manufacturing services for digital CMOS and finFET ASICs eSilicon has announced products in 25 um 18 um 13 um 90 nm 65 nm 40 nm 28 nm and 14 nm process technologies In 2017 eSilicon announced tapeout to production of one of the first 2 5D ASICs developed on Samsung 14LPP technology 17 18 Customer ASICs have been announced in a wide range of applications including high bandwidth networking high performance computing digital cameras hearing aids portable multimedia players and inkjet printers eSilicon specializes in a high performance high bandwidth IP 2 5D solution that targets networking high performance computing artificial intelligence AI 19 and 5G wireless infrastructure applications by offering specialized memories with 2 5 GHz worst case operation with more than a billion searches per second along with the 2 5D integration of 1024 GB s data rate high bandwidth memory HBM2 Memory and I O products in this category include ternary content addressable memory TCAMs fast cache multi port and asynchronous register files and HBM2 PHY 20 Manufacturing editAs a fabless company eSilicon outsources all of its semiconductor manufacturing to merchant foundries It has had a relationship with TSMC as its primary foundry partner 21 and also has a partnership with Samsung Foundry 22 eSilicon outsources all package assembly and test References edit a b https www edn com foundries rise but not cot eSilicon Acquisition by Inphi and Synopsys Reuters 2019 11 19 Founder of eSilicon Launches Astro Semiconductor Design And Reuse https www eetimes com astro semi debuts with storage analog ip print yes Division of Corporations Filing ex 218000 htm www sec gov eSilicon Corporation Secures 15 Million In Funding Business Wire 2005 02 14 Morrison Gale 2002 01 21 eSilicon Outsource and thrive Design Strategies Electronic News 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 Reuters 2008 01 14 Archived from the original on 2008 03 07 Mullins Robert 2003 09 12 Latest VC funding has eSilicon thinking IPO IPO on the cards for eSilicon next year 2006 10 24 eSilicon unveils HardCore macrocell program 2007 06 18 Archived from the original on 2013 01 21 eSilicon Takes TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum Customers Choice Award for Best Paper design reuse com 2016 10 29 Retrieved 2024 04 11 Inphi Completes Acquisition of eSilicon Design And Reuse Retrieved 2023 11 03 High performance high bandwidth IP platform for Samsung 14LPP process technology 2017 03 22 Samsung and eSilicon Taped Out 14nm Network Processor with Rambus 28G SerDes Solution 2017 03 22 eSilicon Announces Availability of neuASIC IP Platform for AI ASIC Design design reuse com 2018 09 18 Retrieved 2024 04 11 eSilicon 7nm SerDes Hits 56Gbps semiengineering com 2018 10 24 Retrieved 2024 04 18 eSilicon Joins TSMC Design Center Alliance Custom Chip Provider Further Streamlines Silicon Delivery Process Business Wire 2004 03 08 Samsung and eSilicon Taped Out 14nm Network Processor with Rambus 28G SerDes Solution news samsung com Retrieved 2024 05 12 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ESilicon amp oldid 1224906094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
