C to FPGA to ASIC

C to FPGA to ASIC is a very interesting proposition.

http://www.impulseaccelerated.com/index.htm

I want to know more details.

Interesting Company: Dockon

http://www.dockon.com/

Super efficient, dime sized, PCB antenna technology.

Interesting Company: Green Plug

Green Plug - Universal Power Adapter - DC Power Converter & Charger - One World. One Plug.

Glad to see someone is finally doing this. This problem has bugged me for years, but the challenge of finding a business model to support the solution is daunting.

Silicon 60

EETimes Silicon 60 list of emerging companies is always interesting.
EETimes.com | Electronics Industry News for EEs & Engineering Managers

Companies that caught my attention:
* http://www.emotiv.com/control you computer by thinking
* http://www.frescomicrochip.com/ add broadcast TV to your set-top box with one chip
* http://www.lightblueoptics.com/ laser based picoprojector chips
* http://www.energymicro.com/ another Cortex-M3 licencee claiming energy efficient processors
* http://www.ozmodevices.com/ Wi-Fi PAN for 802.11 WLAN devices
* http://www.nanoradio.com/ low power 802.11
* http://www.siliconhive.com embedded multicore processing system
* http://www.tiempo-ic.com/ Asynchronous uController claiming 4mA for 100 MIPS, but I only see mention of an assembler, not a C compiler.

Interesting company: Qualtre

Qualtre: Commercializing the next generation of motion sensors.

Interesting Company: Sigma Designs

Fabless semi company in Milpitas. UWB, cable set top box chips.

Sigma Designs, Inc. - Powering the Digital Media Generation

Interesting Company: Fulcrum Microsystems

Fabless Semi building chips to connect data center nodes with 40GB/s ethernet.

Fulcrum Microsystems - The Leader in Performance Interconnects

Closely related is Luxtera, who makes the active optical interconnect cables. Or as they say: Fiber to the chip

Intersting Company: Silicon & Software Systems

S3 Group Home Page

Interesting Company: ANT

Yet another WSN company.

This is ANT, the Wireless Sensor Network Solution

Interesting Company: Nordic Semi

NORDIC SEMICONDUCTOR - Products

Silicon 60

They might not be emerging, seems at least a quarter of them were founded around 2000, or even the brightest, but it's an interesting list nonetheless.

EETimes.com - EE Times updates list of emerging startups

Interesting Company: Sensorstar

Small Sensor Algorithms company in the beltway

sensorstar

EDA salad

Ok, so all the companies I've been tagging lately are EDA companies. Maybe they deserve their own category!


http://www.novas.com/
http://www.eve-team.com

Interesting Company: Breker Verification Systems

EDA tools to automagically generate functional test cases for your chip.

Breker Verification Systems

EETimes artical about them

Interesting Company: Tanner EDA

Mixed signal EDA tools

Tanner EDA

Interesting Company: ViASIC - Standard Metal Solutions for Structured ASICs and Configurable SOCs

ViASIC - Standard Metal Solutions for Structured ASICs and Configurable SOCs

Interesting Company: Zarlink Semiconductor

Zarlink Semiconductor Homepage

Interesting Company: Corelis

JTAG Boundary-Scan Test Products, JTAG emulation, and ISP from Corelis

Interesting Company: Beyond Semiconductor

BSemi created and supports the open source OpenRISC 1200 processor

Beyond Semiconductor

Interesting Company: Vesta Design

Lower level semiconductor verification tools:

Vesta Design Explorer