Group purchasing facilitates lower-volume ASIC production
The first European offering of services for Group Purchasing, MyMACS enables ASIC users to fabricate their ICs with low to mid-volume, at reduced costs. The co-ordinated services consist of secured runs of multi-ASIC wafers intended for standard fabrication. MyMACS is complementary to classic MPW services specialising in device characterisation, verification of IP, product protoyping, and proof of concept.
The MyMACS approach offers extra features like metal fix capability. The fabrication costs are shared by multiple program participants of a MyMACS shuttle, reducing cost down to 70% (dependent on the number of embedded devices) versus a full mask fabrication approach.
MyMACS is suitable for low to mid volume fabrication ICs targeting military, aerospace, industrial and medical applications, with a full European supply chain offering confidentiality and traceability.
MyMACS relies on an industrial production chain so that the expected level of service is provided for prototyping and fabrication phases, benefiting from alliances with foundry partners such as ST Microelectronics, as well as packaging and test houses.
Dolphin Integration also supplies worldwide customers with a catalogue of silicon IP components, including standard cell libraries, MCUs, complete solutions for island partitioning, and sensor front-ends.