eMemory, Europractice IC Service form eNVM IP partnership

Hsinchu, Taiwan (April 2, 2018) –eMemory announces its collaboration with Europractice to offer eMemory’s eNVM (Embedded Non-volatile Memory) IP to European academia and startups.

Under the announced partnership, eMemory will provide its eNVM solutions through the world-leading research and innovation hub imec in the Europractice IC Service program for startups as well as over 600 universities and research institutes in the Europe region. Under the partnership agreement, eMemory will provide its one-time programmable and multi-time programmable memory solutions to Europractice clients. Imec can offer flexible support for project tape-outs to selected companies and academia.

The partnership between Europractice and eMemory aligns very well with the efforts funded by the European Commission to drive innovation among European entrepreneurs and universities by providing state-of-the-art ASIC design, prototyping, and system integration services at an affordable cost.

“eMemory values innovation and we’re glad to support the universities and startups in Europe,” said Michael Ho, Vice President of Business Development at eMemory. “Through the partnership, the researchers and entrepreneurs are now able to use our IP and speed things up to realize their innovative ideas in silicon.”

“We are happy to add eMemory’s eNVM IP to the technology offering of the Europractice program. The European academia and startups can count on eMemory’s expertise in eNVM and benefit from its reliable IP offerings, “said Romano Hoofman, Europractice coordinator. “Europractice has always been committed to providing the best solutions to its clients.”

Europractice IC service, coordinated by imec, was created in 1995 to provide the European academia and fabless companies cutting-edge IC design, prototyping, and manufacture technologies.

As the world’s leading eNVM IP provider, eMemory’s OTP and MTP solutions are adopted by foundries and fabless companies worldwide. The foundation IP enables parameter adjustment and function configuration throughout the product life cycle.

About eMemory

eMemory (TPEX:3529) is a semiconductor IP provider specialized in embedded hard IP cores. Ranked as the world’s 7th largest silicon IP provider, eMemory has delivered best-in-class IP designs to over 1,300 foundries, IDMs and fabless companies globally since its establishment in 2000. The company has received TSMC’s “IP Partner Award” since its inception in 2010.

As a global leader in the eNVM (embedded Non-volatile Memory) market, eMemory provides patented eNVM solutions with the industry’s most comprehensive process technology coverage. The company also pioneers in providing the security IP core based on silicon biometrics.

eMemory’s eNVM IP offerings include one-time programmable memories (NeoBit/NeoFuse) and multi-time programmable memories (NeoMTP/NeoFlash/NeoEE). NeoPUF is the company’s proprietary security IP core.

For more information about eMemory, please visit www.ememory.com.tw.

About Europractice IC-service

EUROPRACTICE was created in 1995 with support of the European Commission to provide the European academia and fabless companies cutting-edge IC design, prototyping, and manufacture technologies. The program helps to reduce the perceived risks and costs associated with these technologies by offering potential users a range of services, including initial advice and ongoing support, reduced entry costs and a clear route to chip manufacture and product supply. The ultimate goal of EUROPRACTICE is to enhance European industrial competitiveness in the global marketplace. Further information on the Europractice IC fabrication service can be found at http://www.europractice-ic.com/.