Achronix chairman: Intel foundry gambit poised for payoff

Junko Yoshida, EETimes
4/26/2012 11:59 AM EDT

NEW YORK — Achronix Semiconductor Corp., eight years into its startup phase, is hanging its hat on Intel’s 22-nm FinFET process technology for its survival and envisioned victory as it prepares to go public in 2014.

Achronix’s 2010 decision to shift its foundry business from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to Intel’s fledgling foundry operation was a bold move that surprised many in the semiconductor industry, for two reasons.

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