Podcast EP307: An Overview of SkyWater Technology and its Goals with Ross Miller
Dan is joined by Ross Miller, senior vice president at SkyWater Technology. Ross leads the industrial and aerospace businesses while steering the company’s branding, and corporate communications efforts. He is a seasoned semiconductor and technology executive with over 20 years of experience across startup, enterprise, and government environments.
Dan explores the unique business model of SkyWater Technology with Ross, who explains that SkyWater is the only US-investor owned pure-play semiconductor and technology foundry. Ross describes the unique service model used by SkyWater and how the organization fits in the semiconductor ecosystem. He describes the recent IP licensing agreement with Infineon granting access to a robust library of silicon-proven, mixed-signal ASIC design IP and how that will enable innovation across the SkyWater customer base.
He also discusses the recent acquisition of Fab 25, expanding U.S. pure-play foundry capacity for critical semiconductor technologies. Ross points out that 90% of AMS designs are processed overseas and the vision of SkyWater is to re-shore these designs to enhance US technology independence.
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