Open-Silicon Ships 100 Million ASICs

Demonstrating Robust Design and Manufacturing Technology

MILPITAS, CA–(Marketwired – April 23, 2015) - Open Silicon announces a major milestone — the shipment of its 100 millionth ASIC in Q1 2015. Proving industry-wide adoption of OpenMODEL™, the semiconductor industry’s first end-to-end ASIC development solution is based on a revolutionary business model that provides a seamless, low-cost, and low-risk alternative to traditional models.

“With leading edge foundry, various flavors of process technologies, latest packaging technologies and integration of several third party IPs, we have proven our OpenModel approach meets the needs of our customers,” said Asim Salim, Open-Silicon’s Vice President of Manufacturing Operations.

Since its inception in 2003, Open-Silicon has experienced exceptional industry-wide acceptance, primarily due to its design and operational excellence. This operational excellence has been demonstrated with consistent performance — very low DPPM (<40 PPM), on time delivery (OTD) >99% and negligible customer returns. Open Silicon’s robust Design For Test (DFT) and Design For Manufacturing (DFM) methodology validates the controls and checks instituted in the process for shipping quality products.

“Our low RMA return is a further validation of our excellence in design engineering. This helps control our costs related to RMA and adds to increased customer satisfaction through delivery of reliable products,” said Jay Vyas, Open-Silicon’s Senior Vice President and CFO.

For more information about Open Silicon please visit www.open-silicon.com.

About Open-Silicon Open-Silicon transforms ideas into system-optimized ASIC solutions within the time-to-market parameters desired by customers. The company enhances the value of customers’ products by innovating at every stage of design — architecture, logic, physical, system and software — and then continues to partner to deliver fully tested silicon and platforms. Open-Silicon applies an open business model that enables the company to uniquely choose best-in-industry IP, design methodologies, tools, software, packaging, manufacturing and test capabilities. The company has partnered with over 150 companies ranging from large semiconductor and systems manufacturers to high-profile start-ups, and has successfully completed 300 designs and shipped 100 million ASICs to date. Privately-held, Open-Silicon employs over 250 people in Silicon Valley and around the world. www.open-silicon.com