INVECAS and NetSpeed Systems collaborate to create powerful reference platforms

INVECAS licenses NetSpeed IP to bring next generation platforms using GLOBALFOUNDRIES 28 nm and 14 nm LPP technologies

San Jose, Calif. -- June 24, 2015—NetSpeed Systems Inc., the supplier of on-chip network IP that is streamlining SoC design, announced today that INVECAS has licensed NetSpeed’s IP to develop next generation reference platforms that use GLOBALFOUNDRIES 28 nm and 14 nm LPP technologies.

INVECAS is a design services provider focused on accelerating customer introduction of new products on leading-edge semiconductor process technologies. The company provides services that complement GLOBALFOUNDRIES in-house global design solutions and has a track record of delivering spec-to-silicon solutions for complex SoC designs. The new integrated reference platforms are intended to provide GLOBALFOUNDRIES customers with the features and capabilities needed to rapidly bring their products to market and will include IP such as standard cells, IOs, memories, analog, and complex interface IP solutions. INVECAS also offers customization services including IP licensing, design and verification, and development of system software including drivers.

INVECAS is licensing NetSpeed's on-chip network IP platform that provides a new level of automation in designing SoC interconnects and delivers significant time-to-market advantages through a system-level approach. “NetSpeed IP is a unique physical NoC IP solution that delivers staggering time-to-market benefits,” said Dasaradha Gude, CEO of INVECAS. “NetSpeed’s architecture synthesis platform enables system architects to rapidly and reliably convert our reference platforms into customized application-specific SoCs.”

“We are honored and excited that INVECAS has chosen NetSpeed’s technology,” said Sundari Mitra, CEO of NetSpeed. “And we know end customers will benefit greatly from the ability to rapidly bring their products to market on complex technologies such as 14nm LPP.”

About INVECAS
INVECAS offers semiconductor IPs, design realization and Silicon realization services exclusively for GLOBALFOUNDRIES customers. INVECAS will be staffed by more than 600 engineers with development centers in US and India. The team has strong track record in delivering world class high speed interface and memory IPs. INVECAS’s design realization team has achieved first-time silicon success on multiple designs on leading edge processes. For more information, visit http://www.INVECAS.com.

About NetSpeed Systems, Inc.
NetSpeed Systems provides scalable, coherent, on-chip network IPs to SoC designers for a wide range of markets from mobile to high-performance computing and networking. NetSpeed's on-chip network platform delivers significant time-to-market advantages through a system-level approach, a high level of user-driven automation and state-of-the-art algorithms. NetSpeed Systems was founded in 2011 and is led by seasoned executives from the semiconductor and networking industries. The company is funded by top-tier investors from Silicon Valley. It is based in San Jose, California and has additional research and development facilities in Asia. For more information, visit www.netspeedsystems.com.