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Open-Silicon is a semiconductor solutions company founded in 2003 to provide traditional ASIC design, derivative and platform SoCs, and production handoffs where Open-Silicon provides manufacturing operations. ==Corporate history== Open-Silicon was founded in 2003. The idea was to select best-in-class technology from the open market and apply it through an engineering process focused on three goals: low cost, high schedule predictability, and high reliability. Initial funding was provided by Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and InterWest Partners.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Open-Silicon Inc. Secures $19.5 Million in Funding )〕 Additional funding from those partners, and new partners Artis Capital and Bridgescale Partners, brought the total venture funding in four rounds of financing to almost $46M. In December 2007 Unicorn Investment Bank acquired 75% of Open-Silicon for $190M, with the rest of the company employee-owned.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bahrain Bank Buys Stake in Open-Silicon )〕 In May 2007, Open-Silicon acquired Zenasis Technologies, a maker of processor optimization EDA software.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Open-Silicon Acquires Zenasis Hybrid Optimization Technology )〕 This technology has become the core of Open-Silicon's MAX Technologies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Open-Silicon Introduces MAX Technologies )〕 This technology has also been expanded by Open-Silicon to focus on low power design and process variability management.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=When an ASIC Vendor Partners with an EDA Vendor: A New Model )〕 In 2008 and 2009, Open-Silicon received the "Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company" Award from the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Semiconductor Alliance Announces its 2008 Award Recipients )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Semiconductor Alliance Announces its 2009 Award Recipients )〕 In 2009 Open-Silicon acquired design services firm Silicon Logic Engineering (SLE). This acquisition has enhanced the company's derivative IC design capabilities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Open-Silicon Acquires Design Services Firm )〕 In 2010 the company opened new facilities in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Pune, India, to provide additional support for derivative IC design. In 2012, Open-Silicon acquired and grew substantial design operations in Pakistan and Taiwan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Open-Silicon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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