Alphawave, Analog Bits and Siemens Digital sign up for Intel Foundry Services

Siemens Digital Industries Software has become a charter member of the Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Accelerator – EDA Alliance, a programme committed to establishing an ecosystem for the design and fabrication of next generation SoCs manufactured on IFS’processes.

The initiative promotes collaboration between IFS and its ecosystem partners, with a focus on reducing risk and tackling design barriers while accelerating time-to-market for mutual customers’ products.

IFS Accelerator – EDA Alliance partners receive early access to Intel process and packaging technologies, allowing them to co-optimize and enhance tools and flows to best realise Intel’s technology capabilities.

Analog Bits, the low-power mixed-signal IP specialist, has joined the Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Accelerator – IP Alliance programme.

Analog Bits will offer on the Intel 16 process a portfolio of differentiated analogue mixed-signal IP’s in the areas of clocking, sensor and IO’s. All these macros will be verified on test-chips in Q2-2022 and IPs will be available in May, 2022.

“We are pleased to expand our differentiated IP offerings at Intel Foundry Services for customers mandating domestic manufacturing.” said Mahesh Tirupattur, an Analog Bits evp,“our close collaboration with Intel gives us the opportunity to expand our mutual customers and deliver the best-in-class IPs with optimal performance.”

Alphawave IP has joined the IFS Accelerator – IP Alliance as an anchor member, focused on providing connectivity ICs.

‘The launch of IFS is a pivotal moment in the semiconductor industry, which has recently grappled with supply shortages, a reduced number of competitors offering high end foundry services, and a lack of suppliers focused on IP for high end connectivity solutions,’ says Alphawave.