October 2, 2017

eFabless and Silego $15,000 Go Configure Design Challenge Series!

eFabless and Silego $15,000 Go Configure Design Challenge Series!
by Daniel Nenni on 10-02-2017 at 7:00 am
Categories: EDA, efabless, Semiconductor Services

The eFabless and Silego “Go Configure Design Challenge Series” is the first of its kind to allow a global community of designers to implement widely used functions using GreenPAK™ Configurable Mixed-signal ICs (“CMICs”) and its intuitive drag-and-drop software GUI. The efabless platform will serve as the crowd source design… Read More

July 6, 2017

Open Source Hardware: Chiplicity.io

Open Source Hardware: Chiplicity.io
by Daniel Nenni on 07-06-2017 at 7:00 am
Categories: efabless, Semiconductor Services

What’s new with eFabless? Let’s check in with CEO Michael Wishart (MSW) and CTO Mohamed Kassem CTO (MKK):… Read More

March 28, 2017

eFabless Design Challenge Results!

eFabless Design Challenge Results!
by Daniel Nenni on 03-28-2017 at 7:00 am
Categories: efabless, Semiconductor Services

Will community engineering work for semiconductors? Will anyone show up? Well, the efabless design challenge is complete and the results are both interesting and encouraging, absolutely!

Efabless completed its low power voltage reference IP design challenge on Monday, March 13. This was a very interesting event that we followed… Read More

December 26, 2016June 29, 2020

CTO Interview: Mohamed Kassem of efabless

CTO Interview: Mohamed Kassem of efabless
by Daniel Nenni on 12-26-2016 at 7:00 am
Categories: CEO Interviews, efabless, IP, Semiconductor Services

Tell us about your personal vision for efabless
You recall that efabless is building a community of analog and mixed signal designers and providing the crowdsourcing platform that lets them (1) create and market their own new designs and (2) respond to customer requests for on-demand IP and ICs. I see us at the forefront of bringing… Read More

November 29, 2016

The efabless $15,000 Design Challenge!

The efabless $15,000 Design Challenge!
by Daniel Nenni on 11-29-2016 at 4:00 pm
Categories: efabless, IP, Semiconductor Services

efabless is one of the more interesting companies we have worked with over the last six years. Interesting because it is disruptive and because it is all about enabling design starts, the life blood of the semiconductor industry. … Read More

November 21, 2016June 29, 2020

CEO Interview: Mike Wishart of efabless

CEO Interview: Mike Wishart of efabless
by Daniel Nenni on 11-21-2016 at 7:00 am
Categories: CEO Interviews, efabless, Semiconductor Services

This is the 12th in a series of interviews we will do with executives inside the fabless semiconductor ecosystem. Michael Wishart, efabless Chairman and CEO, retired from Goldman Sachs after thirty years covering the technology industry as an investment banker. Michael is currently on the board of Cypress Semiconductor and … Read More

August 6, 2016

efabless SemiWiki FAQ

efabless SemiWiki FAQ
by Daniel Nenni on 08-06-2016 at 2:00 pm
Categories: efabless, Semiconductor Services

The first post on efabless generated some interesting questions that I will re-post here. Again, crowdsourcing is an iterative process so your help is greatly appreciated:

Please forgive me my ignorance, but what is the difference between efabless and ChipEstimate?… Read More

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