Open-Silicon
LOCATION Sunnyvale, CA
URL www.open-silicon.com
SECTOR Other
FOUNDED 2003
CEO Naveed Sherwani
EMPLOYEES 90
FUNDING $35 million, 3 rounds
KEY INVESTORS NorWest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, InterWest Partners, Artis Capital Management
Providing cost-efficient designs and manufacturing services is Open-Silicon’s specialty. The startup designs and oversees the manufacturing and packing of ASIC chips for its customers, many of which need to outsource to save money. Open-Silicon prides itself on keeping costs low by setting up the majority of its operations in Bangalore and taking on contracts to develop non-cutting-edge products that do not require expensive tools. That makes Open-Silicon a formidable competitor in the field, though it still has to fight successful competitors such as eSilicon and LSI Logic.
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