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Open-Silicon Extends its TSMC VCA Partnership to Include Israel
Open-Silicon today announced that it has extended its TSMC Value Chain Aggregator (VCA) program membership to include Israel. Open-Silicon has been a TSMC partner in North America since its founding in 2003.
OpenWe're proud that TSMC has selected Open-Silicon as a VCA member in Israel, said Dr. Naveed Sherwani, president and CEO of Open-Silicon. Through our collaborative relationship with TSMC we can more easily meet our goal of delivering customer-centric solutions, operational excellence and high customer satisfaction.
Building on Open-Silicon's track record in Israel, TSMC is pleased to welcome Open-Silicon to the VCA program in Israel where Open-Silicon leverages its value-added services, local presence and design expertise to best serve emerging and system companies. We look forward to extending the VCA service reach with Open-Silicon for Israeli customers, said Maria Marced, President of TSMC Europe BV.
TSMC's VCA program was developed to integrate design enablement building blocks within TSMC's Open Innovation Platform™ (OIP) and provide specific services at each link in the IC value chain, including IP development, design backend, wafer manufacturing, assembly and testing.