ChipX Adds More Than 60 Analog Functions to IP Portfolio

Update: GigOptix, Inc. Announces Acquisition of ChipX (November 10, 2009)

Easy to use, silicon proven, industrial-grade analog building blocks enable low-risk analog circuit integration in industrial, medical, military and aerospace mixed-signal ASICs

Santa Clara – September 15, 2008 – ChipX, Inc, a mixed-signal company providing the industry's broadest offering of low-risk ASIC solutions, today announced the addition of over 60 industrial-grade analog building blocks to its line-up of analog and mixed-signal IP. Following the company’s digital to analog converter family announcement in June 2008, ChipX is continuing on its quest to increase its analog and mixed-signal ASIC capabilities with a focus on Medical, Industrial, Military and Aerospace applications

Designed for signal conditioning, on-chip references, clocking, controlled reset, Input/Output and a variety of other analog functions, the analog building blocks are ideal for system-chip designs used in medical devices, industrial products, military and aerospace applications. Fully-characterized for Industrial temperature in high-volume CMOS process geometries of ChipX foundry partners, the analog building blocks can be combined with other proven ChipX IP or trusted 3rd party IP for System-on-Chip (SoC) designs.

“Our system architecture and analog team works with customers to come up with the best balance between on-chip and off-chip analog functions,” said Elie Massabki, Vice President of Marketing for ChipX. By using our proven catalog of analog building blocks and other IP, customers can integrate substantial parts of their system on one mixed-signal device to reduce system cost and lower implementation risk.”

Analog Building Block Catalog

The ChipX analog building block catalog consists of many general purpose functions, available in 250nm, 180nm and 130nm processes. Building blocks include analog switches and multiplexers, charge pumps, comparators, self-calibrated termination, reference resistors, reference voltage and reference current generators, oscillator circuits, power-on-reset generators, operational amplifiers and various I/Os including HSTL, SSTL 1.5/1.8/2.5/3.3, LVPECL and LVDS.

Each of the analog building block family members includes simulation models, extensive data sheets, and full design information. They can be integrated with the full range of ChipX building blocks – including 10-bit, 210Msps DAC, USB 2.0, PCI Express, DDR/DDR2, ARM(926) or BA12/22 processors to create a System on Chip (SoC) – in mixed-signal Hybrid ASIC, Embedded Array or Standard Cell products today.

About ChipX

ChipX, Inc. is a Mixed-Signal ASIC company with the broadest offering of value-added ASIC solutions, including Standard Cell, Structured ASIC and Hybrid ASIC technology. ChipX has unique expertise in PCI Express, USB 2.0, DDR/DDR2 and data conversion mixed-signal cores; all are silicon proven and certified and they can be integrated in customers’ ASICs with a record first-time to market success. ChipX products are widely used in industrial applications, medical equipment and military/aerospace systems. Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, ChipX is a privately held corporation, with a Research and Development subsidiary in Israel. Investors include Elron Electronic Industries, Ltd. (NASDQ: ELRN),VantagePoint Venture Partners, Wasserstein Venture Capital, UMC and Needham Capital Partners.