Alchip Technologies announces chiplet technology and 3nm ASICs
At this week’s TSMC North America Technology Symposium, Alchip Technologies will unveil its chiplet technology. The company has also announced that its high-performance computing ASIC services are now taking 3nm designs and targeting its first test chip for Q1 2023.
Alchip said that the 3nm announcement makes it the first dedicated high-performance ASIC company to announce total design readiness of the design and production ecosystem. The new service targets TSMC’s latest N3E process technology.
The company completed its design technology and infrastructure this quarter and will make available its design methodology within a couple of weeks.
Other assets in place include a complete library of best-in-class third party IP covering DDR5, GDDR6, HBM2E, HBM3, PCIe5, and 112G SerDes IP from Tier 1 providers.
The Taiwanese company also announced the availability of its 3nm MCM, CoWoS and InFO advanced packaging capabilities and its latest APLink 5.0 (Advanced Package Link) die-to-die IP that is UCle 1.0-compatible to select customers.
According to Johnny Shen, president and CEO, the company has “made it a priority to be ready with the most advanced process technologies when the high-performance computing market pushes the envelope for next generation cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications”.
Alchip’s first 4nm test chip, targeting TSMC’s N4P process technology will be taped out early in August. Design methodology, design technology and infrastructure and test chips specification were finalised at the end of last year. APLink 4.0 supports N5/N4P die-to-die connection for advanced packaging designs.
Alchip Technologies is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. The company provides silicon design and production services for system companies developing complex and high volume ASICs and SoCs. The company was founded by semiconductor veterans from Silicon Valley and Japan in 2003 and provides fast time-to-market and cost-effective solutions for SoC design at mainstream and advanced, including 3nm processes.
Customers include global leaders in AI, HPC/supercomputer, mobile phones, entertainment device, networking equipment and other electronic product categories. Alchip is a TSMC-certified value chain aggregator.