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Kilopass Technology is expanding the horizons of embedded non-volatile memory to create new cost savings and design opportunities for today’s semiconductor industry.

The leader in embedded NVM intellectual property, Kilopass removes long-standing challenges to NVM integration across a wide range of markets, applications and SOC designs. Its patented technologies and expanding set of one-time programmable (OTP) and multi-time programmable NVM solutions have boundless capacity to scale to advanced CMOS process geometries, are portable to every major foundry and integrated device manufacturer (IDM), and meet market demands for increased integration, higher densities, lower cost, better reliability and improved security.

Trusted by today’s most trusted brands, Kilopass technology has been integrated by over 100 customers, with more than 2 billion units shipped in over 300 industrial, automotive, consumer electronics, mobile and analog & mixed signal chip designs. The company’s solutions are currently integrated into 20 million set-top boxes, 50 million DVD chip sets, 100 million Wi-Fi modules, and 500 million FM tuners..

Milestones
Year	Event(s)
2001	Founded with fundamental patents for anti-fuse technology
2005	Completes qualification for TSMC, SMIC, and Tower 180nm CMOS process
2006	Closes third round of VC funding Company split into FPGA and IP Partnership with TSMC on 130nm to 40nm enablement Delivers logic NVM family for 130nm process
2007	Delivers logic NVM family for 90nm processes XPM becomes available for 65nm low power and general purpose processes XPM becomes first high-density embedded NVM to complete qualification for 80nm and 90nm processes
2008	XPM passes 15 million mark for production units XPM becomes available for Dongbu HiTek customers at 180nm
2009	SnapXPM offering; off-the-shelf customer-proven silicon Expansion of XPM into IDMs and all foundries Becomes SMIC’s lead embedded OTP NVM partner for 65nm/45nm processes
2010	XPM becomes first and only logic NVM in TSMC 40nm and 45nm low-power processes Introduces the industry’s first 4Mb Logic Non-Volatile Memory IP, Gusto, to the market
2011	Posts Record Revenue in 2010; 100% Year-Over-Year Core Business Gain Introduces Itera, the industry’s first CMOS logic embedded multi-time programmable (MTP) NVM IP in 40nm.

Markets

Industrial/embedded, computer, storage, wired communications, automotive, mobile, and consumer applications, often in AMS design. The new 4Mb NVM is targeted at handheld and home baseband, mobile application processors and media processors.

Technology

Kilopass is the pioneer of NVM antifuse technology in a standard CMOS process with no additional processing steps. Its 2T bit cell architecture is compatible with standard CMOS logic, has the same reliability as the foundry’s process, scales easily with the process technology, and reduces overall SoC product cost. Data programming is shorter than for other NVM technologies, and data is impervious to detection because no voltage, electronic or magnetic fields are stored.

Management

Charlie Cheng — Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Ball — VP of Corporate Development
Lee Cleveland – Vice President of Engineering
Cory J. Sindelar – Chief Financial Officer
Harry Luan – CTO
Mitch Statham – VP of Worldwide Sales
Linh Hong – VP of Marketing

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