Faraday Technology

Faraday Technology Corporation
智原科技股份有限公司

Company type	Public Limited, TWSE: 3035
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan
Key people	Chairman: Stan Hung President: Steve Wang[1]
Products	ASIC/SoC design service, Silicon intellectual properties, SIP
Number of employees	950
Website	www.faraday-tech.com

Faraday Technology Corporation (Chinese: 智原科技股份有限公司; pinyin: Zhìyuán Kējì Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a fabless ASIC / SoC and silicon IP (intellectual property) provider. From specification level to GDSII-in, its flexible engagement model allows customers at various levels in the design phase to begin ASIC implementation.

Faraday's comprehensive IP portfolio and available IP customization service make ASIC implementation straightforward and allow the company to address a wide range of customer applications and market segments.

Since 1993, Faraday has established numerous alliances with leading worldwide semiconductor providers in IP, EDA, manufacturing, packaging, and testing which has allowed us to complete thousands of tapeouts resulting in hundreds of millions chips shipped worldwide a year.

Overview

Faraday is a microchip design subsidiary of United Microelectronics Corporation.^[2]

Most of the firm's revenue comes from royalties on the chips it designed for customers.^[1]

History

The company was founded in 1993 as a spinoff from United Microelectronics Corporation^[3][4] and is now the biggest silicon IP company in Taiwan.^[5]

Faraday is collaborating with Samsung on 14 nm chip technology.^[1]

Offices

- Headquarter in Hsinchu, Taiwan
^[1] - Tokyo, Japan
- Shanghai, China
- Suzhou, China
- San Jose, California, USA
- Beaverton, Oregon, USA
- Bangalore, INDIA

See also

• List of companies of Taiwan

References

1. Wang, Lisa (30 October 2019). "Faraday Technology Q3 net profit surges 160.71%". www.taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
2. Ruehl, Mercedes; Kynge, James. "US-China decoupling ensnares senior Huawei executives". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
3. Rosenberg, David (2002). Cloning Silicon Valley: The Next Generation High-Tech Hotspots. London: Pearson Education. pp. 186–187. ISBN 1-903684-07-2. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
4. 林宏文 (2002-08-22). "誰是智原科技第二？ P.58" [Who Is Faraday Technology?]. zh:今周刊 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
5. 伍忠賢 (2006). 科技管理 [Technology Management] (in Chinese). Taipei: zh:五南文化. p. 510. ISBN 9789571142449. Retrieved 2020-06-27.