Brite Semiconductor

Brite Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2008 to develop custom ASIC designs. The company focuses on high-end design services and turnkey services below 90 nm, as well as one package services, from source codes or netlists to chips as finished products.

Brite Semiconductor
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded2008
HeadquartersShanghai, People's Republic of China
Key people
Dr. Charlie Zhi, President and CEO; Thomas Xu, Vice President of Operations; Dr. Zhiqing Zhuang, CEO
ProductsASICs
Number of employees
200 as of 2019
WebsiteBrite Semiconductor

History

Brite Semiconductor was founded in July 2008 in Shanghai's Zhangjiang High-Tech Park; its investors include Open-Silicon, Norwest Venture Partners, Gobi Partners, InterWest Partners and Pierre Lamond. Brite acquired its first successful 130 nm tape-out three months after its founding, its first 90 nm design win in September, and first 65 nm tape-out in October with the assistance of its leading strategic business partner and lead shareholder, Open-Silicon. In January 2009, Open-Silicon granted Brite license to its MAX technology.[1] In April 2010, Brite and Open-Silicon announced the success of a 65 nm wireless network chip.[2] Also in April, Synopsys Inc announced that Brite Semiconductor will join the Synopsys IP OEM Partner Program.[3][4]

Products and services

Brite offers third party manufacturing services, product OEM solutions, and design service solutions. Services also include frontend and backend physical design, test engineering, packaging and assembly, wafer fabrication, and production support.

References
  1. "Open-Silicon licenses MAX Technology to Brite Semiconductor". Open-silicon.com. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  2. "Brite Semiconductor, Open-Silicon and HiSilicon Announce Silicon Success of 65nm Wireless Network Chip". Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  3. "Newcomers to Synopsys' IP OEM Partner Program". Edageek.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-08. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
  4. "Newcomers to Synopsys' IP OEM Partner Program". Eetimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
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