Faraday Technology Corporation () is a fabless
ASIC
An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC ) is an integrated circuit (IC) chip customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use, such as a chip designed to run in a digital voice recorder or a high-efficien ...
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SoC
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Science and technology
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and
silicon IP (intellectual property) provider. From specification level to GDSII-in, its flexible engagement model allows customers at various levels in the design phase to begin ASIC implementation.
Faraday's comprehensive IP portfolio and available IP customization service make ASIC implementation straightforward and allow the company to address a wide range of customer applications and market segments.
Since 1993, Faraday has established numerous alliances with leading worldwide semiconductor providers in IP, EDA, manufacturing, packaging, and testing which has allowed us to complete thousands of tapeouts resulting in hundreds of millions chips shipped worldwide a year.
Overview
Faraday is a microchip design subsidiary of
United Microelectronics Corporation
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC; ) is a Taiwanese company based in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It was founded as Taiwan's first semiconductor company in 1980 as a spin-off of the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI ...
.
Most of the firm's revenue comes from royalties on the chips it designed for customers.
History
The company was founded in 1993 as a spinoff from United Microelectronics Corporation and is now the biggest
silicon IP company in Taiwan.
Faraday is collaborating with
Samsung
Samsung Group (; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational manufacturing Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul. The group consists of numerous a ...
on 14 nm chip technology.
Offices
- Headquarter in Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Tokyo, Japan
- Shanghai, China
- Suzhou, China
- San Jose, California, USA
- Beaverton, Oregon, USA
- Bangalore, INDIA
See also
*
List of companies of Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pa ...
References
Electronics companies established in 1993
Electronics companies of Taiwan
Taiwanese companies established in 1993
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