Overview

A New Model

The OpenMODEL™ is an ASIC development process that combines Open-Silicon's extensive design and product engineering expertise with customer-driven supply chain implementation.  The central goal of the OpenMODEL is to enable customers to utilize the best technology available on the open market.  Combining the foundry that is the best match for the product type, with the world's best IP, allows development of industry-leading semiconductors. Unlike traditional ASIC vendor models that offer only a limited and fixed menu of options, with the OpenMODEL customers instead can make informed choices that lower cost and reduce risk at each step of the ASIC implementation process.

The process begins with a systematic cost analysis that optimizes expenditures at each step in the supply chain. Customers then choose from Open-Silicon's broad portfolio of qualified semiconductor intellectual property and extensive strategic partnerships with the world's leading manufacturing, test, and packaging providers. Open-Silicon's disciplined design methodology is then applied to produce reliable, predictable ASICs at significantly lower cost.