Brite Semiconductor
| Industry | Semiconductors |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
Key people | Dr. Charlie Zhi, President and CEO, Thomas Xu, Vice President of Operations |
| Products | ASICs |
Number of employees | 48 as of 2009 |
| Website | Brite Semiconductor |
Brite Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2008 to develop custom ASIC design solutions to electronics customers worldwide. The company focuses on high-end design services and Turn-Key services below 90 nm, as well as provides one package service, from source codes or netlists to chips as finished products.
History
Brite Semiconductor was founded in July 2008 in Shanghai's Zhangjiang High-Tech Park; its investors include Open-Silicon, Norwest Venture Partners, Gobi Partners, InterWest Partners and Pierre Lamond. Brite acquired its first successful 130 nm tape-out three months after its founding, its first 90 nm design win in September, and first 65 nm tape-out in October with the assistance of its leading strategic business partner and lead shareholder, Open-Silicon. In January 2009, Open-Silicon granted Brite license to its MAX technology.[1] In April 2010, Brite and Open-Silicon announced the success of a 65 nm wireless network chip.[2] Also in April, Synopsys Inc announced that Brite Semiconductor will join the Synopsys IP OEM Partner Program.[3][4]
In 2008 and 2009, Brite's lead investor, Open-Silicon, received the "Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company" Award from the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA).[5][6] Brite has completed over 15 design wins in its first two years, four of which are 65 nm designs.
Products and services
Brite offers turnkey spec-parts solutions, third party manufacturing Services, product OEM solutions, and design service solutions. Service also includes frontend and backend physical design, test engineering, packaging and assembly, wafer fabrication, and production support.
References
- ↑ "Open-Silicon licenses MAX Technology to Brite Semiconductor". Open-silicon.com. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ↑ "Brite Semiconductor, Open-Silicon and HiSilicon Announce Silicon Success of 65nm Wireless Network Chip". Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ↑ "Newcomers to Synopsys' IP OEM Partner Program". Edageek.com. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ↑ "Newcomers to Synopsys' IP OEM Partner Program". Eetimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ↑ "Global Semiconductor Alliance Announces its 2008 Award Recipients". Gsaglobal.org. December 15, 2008. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ↑ "Global Semiconductor Alliance Announces its 2009 Award Recipients". Gsaglobal.org. December 14, 2009. Retrieved 2014-02-26.