eSilicon
Company

Last deal

$21M

Amount

Debt Financing

Stage

01.06.2019

Date

3

all rounds

$119.62M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
eSilicon is a semiconductor Value Chain Producer that offers ASIC design, productization and manufacturing services.

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founded date

01.11.1999

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Debt Financing

IPO status

Private

Description

eSilicon provides custom chips to system OEMs and FSCs in various markets, including consumer, computer, communications, and industrial segments. The company creates a unique semiconductor Value Chain for each customer and design, integrating design services, IP and materials suppliers, test, and packaging providers. With its internal expertise and infrastructure, eSilicon produces over 10 million leading-edge chips per year. Its semiconductors cater to the needs of high-bandwidth networking, high-performance computing, AI, and 5G infrastructure markets, offering ASIC design, custom IP, and custom IC manufacturing services.
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Paul Diaconescu

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Craig Luhrmann

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