Partners & Associations

Global Semiconductor Alliance
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) mission is to accelerate the growth and increase the return on invested capital of the global semiconductor industry by fostering a more effective fabless ecosystem through collaboration, integration and innovation. It addresses the challenges within the supply chain including IP, EDA/design, wafer manufacturing, test and packaging to enable industry-wide solutions. Providing a platform for meaningful global collaboration, the Alliance identifies and articulates market opportunities, encourages and supports entrepreneurship, and provides members with comprehensive and unique market intelligence. Members include companies throughout the supply chain representing 25 countries across the globe.

SD Association
The SD Association comprises a global ecosystem of more than 1,100 technology companies charged with setting interoperable memory card standards. The Association develops specifications for consumer electronic, mobile devices, digital imaging and networking products. SD cards dominate the memory card market with nearly 80 percent market share. Today, mobile phones, HDTVs, audio players, automotive multimedia systems, handheld PCs, cameras and camcorders feature SD card slots allowing interoperability between products regardless of manufacturer or product type.

AMiHo offers standard products and design services specializing in wireless control solutions for smart energy networks. Applications include smart metering, in-home displays and sensors, wireless control for LED lighting networks, and RF modules (customer designed or off-the-shelf). They also offer "Quick-to-trial" development kits and embedded IP applications which help customers rapidly prove their design concepts. For more information on AMiHo, please visit their website at: http://www.amiho.co.uk

BIC Design provides IC design services for custom chips (ASICs), programmable chips (FPGAs), System on a Chip (SoC), and multi-chip system solutions. With expertise in ultra-low power FPGA design, BIC Design is capable of providing expert knowledge and support in solving your software or hardware design needs. For more information on BIC Design, please visit their website at: http://www.bicdesign.nl

DediProg
Founded in 2005 in Taiwan, DediProg is a leading provider of SPI flash memory solutions. DediProg's mission is to offer customers reliable, convenient, and powerful SPI tools and programmers dedicated and optimized for Serial Flash memories enabling their customers to reduce time-to-market costs, reduce programming production costs, and improve reliability. For more information on DediProg, please visit their website at: http://www.dediprog.com.

Magma Design Automation
Magma Design Automation develops software for electronic design automation (EDA), enabling integrated circuit designers to meet critical time-to-market objectives, improve chip performance and handle multimillion-gate designs. With headquarters in Silicon Valley and a global network of sales & support personnel, Magma customers include leading semiconductor companies around the world.

Magma's electronic design automation (EDA) software is used to create complex, high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) for cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, DVD/digital video, networking, automotive electronics and other electronic applications. Magma products for IC implementation, analog/mixed-signal design, analysis, physical verification, circuit simulation and characterization are recognized as embodying the best in semiconductor technology, providing the world's top chip companies the "Fastest Path to Silicon." Magma's software also includes industry-standard CAD navigation.

For more information on Magma Design Automation, please visit their website at: http://www.magma-da.com.