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As a result of the COVID pandemic, complex supply chains all over the world were severely impacted, and it includes the semiconductor sector. When components are available at all, the industry is reporting large price increases.

This situation is expected to persist until 2023 and there are several risks in the radar due to COVID variants.

In order to become less dependent on off-the-shelf components, Chipus sees a strong movement towards the development of custom ASICs. On top of the increased control on the supply chain, building an ASIC has several well known advantages such as reduction of BOM cost, reduced power consumption and increased performance.

With more than 12 years experience in the semiconductor market, Chipus (ISO 9001 certified) is ready to provide full-turnkey ASIC engagements from specification to delivery tested parts besides IPs and design services. Chipus values transparent relationships with the customers and provides flexible engagements.

"Every customer is different. Developing trust with the customer is key. Especially on long term ASIC engagements" says Murilo Pessatti, Chipus CEO.

Our standard ASIC flow starts in a Specification Capture Phase when we work with the customer to have a solid understanding of the application. Design and Physical implementation are made by our experienced team in both USA and Brazil. During the Sign-off Phase, all checks are made to ensure tape-out and silicon will be successful.

By managing manufacturing and logistics, our logistics team handles the wafers and samples among the suppliers to deliver tested parts timely for your product production. We are ready to build custom supply chains for different projects focusing on high efficiency and avoiding geographical regions, if necessary.

Regardless of the reasons that drive your need for an ASIC, our team will be ready to discuss the requirements and propose a turnkey solution.

About Chipus (www.chipus.com.br):

Chipus Microelectronics (ISO 9001:2015 certified) is a semiconductor company focused on the development of mixed-signal ASICs, intellectual property (IP) blocks and IC design services.

The company has more than 200 analog IP blocks in process nodes from 22nm to 0.35um of various foundries. Since its foundation in 2008, Chipus has worked with customers worldwide (South and North America, Europe, and Asia) with firm commitment and flexible client support.

Besides analog and mixed-signal expertise, Chipus also offers custom digital IC design services, having successfully delivered designs in FinFET technologies from RTL to backend.

Headquartered in Florianópolis, Brazil, Chipus has a US subsidiary in Silicon Valley and sales teams in USA, Europe and Asia.