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IMP Inc. is a leading, US-based supplier of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit wafer fabrication and manufacturing services. The company operates a Class 10 wafer fabrication plant in San Jose, California. Processes available today include single and double-poly, CMOS, BiCMOS and EEPROM technologies. They are being used to produce devices ranging from electrically programmable analog circuits, filters and read channels for mass storage peripherals, to modems and network interface products.
Silicon Venture Partners is a program established by IMP to provide preferential access to wafer fabrication capabilities and favorable financial terms to fabless semiconductor start-up companies. This minimizes the time and effort required to secure funds and locate a silicon supplier during the critical proof-of-concept phase of a new product idea. The Silicon Venture Partners program allows entrepreneurs to focus their energies on their core competencies of defining new architectures, testing new circuit techniques and creating unique software solutions, rather than on negotiating the details of complex business transactions.
Under the SVP program, IMP will absorb many of the start-up expenses of developing and manufacturing a new integrated circuit in exchange for a share of future profits or other compensation. There are no rigid guidelines for a successful partnership. To meet the widely varying needs of different business opportunities, IMP is flexible in its approach to each situation. A relationship is considered on its unique merits and an appropriate structure is created.
The IMP facility is located in the heart of Silicon Valley; on North First Street, in San Jose. This puts us in the same time zone and mind set as many of our customers. You have access to the engineers who will create, verify and process your mask set. You can speak directly to them to take decisions and resolve problems in real time. This eliminates the critical time-zone and distance barriers associated with working with off-shore wafer suppliers.
You can design the product database yourself in accordance with IMP supplied standard process design rules. Or, if you prefer, you can work with a third-party design house. You may purchase products in any form; as wafers or as finished packaged and tested units. IMP's role is to complement your in-house capability.
IMP has relationships with world-class trading partners in the North American, European and Asian/Pacific markets. For those entrepreneurs who prefer to focus their efforts on products and intellectual property, we can provide access to these world-wide channels of distribution, in addition to our traditional wafer fabrication and manufacturing services.
IMP is an Associate Member of the Fabless Semiconductor Association.
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