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A New Approach To Supporting Early
Stage Semiconductor Innovation
Mike Noonen
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Mike NoonenInterim CEO, Ambiq Micro
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This Is The Best Time Ever For Semiconductor Innovation
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But Traditional Venture Investors Are Gone
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$100M To Start A Semiconductor Company Is Not
Necessary Or Typical
130nm has the most design starts65nm & 45nm have yet to peak
Even Leading Edge Designs Can Be Done Frugally
• 1st 50GFLOPS/Watt processor
• 1st crowd sourced funded semiconductor company
• Total invested <$5M
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What Do Startups Say They Struggle With?
Source: Silicon Catalyst 2014 Entrepreneur Survey
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Design Tools
IP
Test Equipment
Prototyping
Facilities
Salaries
Legal
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Silicon Catalyst Provides Tools, Prototyping, Lab Space
So Early Stage Startups Can Get To Work
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A Consortium of Industry Leaders
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Eliminates Need To Raise Seed Capital
• Founders can get to work building a team & executing
• Founders retain more equity
• Follow-on cash goes to innovation , not table stakes
• Start-up is more “fund-worthy”
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Silicon Catalyst’s 1st Location
San Jose
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Opportunity To Get Involved
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