Reproduction & CMOS 
A medical device company’s adventure 
from product conception to delivery
THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN RATED 
SURFACE MOUNT 
GUIDANCE SUGGESTED DRY ENGINEERING HUMOR 
SMTA-13 
BRIEF MARKETING REFERENCES 
RAW SCHEMATIC & LAYOUT SCENCES 
For information on presentation ratings 
go to www.triadsemi.com
1 I had it in the past. 
2 I failed without it. 
3 It is changing the world.
Mom & Dad
My Wife & I
Kaley
Chase
Caleb
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Then you have 
grand kids
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
My Dad 
Cardiologist
My First Job 
Medical Image Processing 
1978
My First Medical 
Project 
1984
My First ASIC 
CGA Graphics redesign @ IBM 
1985
1 I had it in the past. 
2 I failed without it. 
3 It is changing the world.
(1) I had it in the past
1 I had it in the past. 
2 I failed without it. 
3 It is changing the world.
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thr Fri Sat 
29 30 1 2 3 4 5 
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
Three day lifespan.
Probability of Conceiving 
-3 Day -2 Day -1 Day Ovulate +1 Day +2 Day 
50% 
40% 
30% 
20% 
10% 
0%
Probability & Her Temperature 
Probability -3 Day -2 Day -1 Day Ovulate +1 Day +2 Day 
50% 
40% 
30% 
20% 
10% 
0% 
Her Temp -3 Day -2 Day -1 Day Ovulate +1 Day +2 Day 
+2 
+1 
0 
-1 
-2
Your Wife 
Is Hotter 
When She 
Can Conceive
iStork 
visit istork.io to pre-order
Our Mission Statement: 
We are the world leader in dermal temperature measurement deltas 
indicative of ovulation. We deliver mobile medical devices that are intended 
to delight our customers, provide meaningful careers to our employees, 
generate shareholder value and provide for a sustainable, green future 
utilizing wearable technology and the Internet of Things. 
Our Real Mission Statement: 
We help couples make a baby 
by telling them when is the 
best time to have more sex.
------------ 
------ 
------------ 
------------ 
iStork Patch 
BLE Wireless 
Her Cellphone 
“the cloud” 
His Cellphone
His Cellphone 
9:00AM 
Sky rockets in flight 
Afternoon delight 
------------ 
------ 
------------ 
------------ 
iStork Patch 
BLE Wireless 
Her Cellphone 
“the cloud”
Temperature 
Sensor 
Analog 
Filter 
Gain ADC 
Digital 
Filter 
Control 
& 
Timing 
Logic 
Non 
Volatile 
Memory 
Battery 
Power 
Manager 
Bluetooth 
Low Energy 
Radio 
Antenna
First proto delivered
Are you kidding me?
Still No!
That’s more like it
iStork
We must 
have an 
ASIC 
Sounds 
like fun I remember 
our last ASIC 
attempt
Temperature 
Sensor 
Analog 
Filter 
Gain ADC 
Digital 
Filter 
Control 
& 
Timing 
Logic 
Non 
Volatile 
Memory 
Battery 
Power 
Manager 
Bluetooth 
Low Energy 
Radio 
Antenna
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Bench test 
1st Silicon
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Who pays for your mistakes?
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
iStork Status Report 
We are ready to enter trials, 
finally! 
Total Dev Time 15 months 
Total Dev Cost $1,500,000
“Plans are worthless, but 
planning is indispensable” 
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Plans go out 
the window 
when the chip 
hits the trial
Temp 
Sensor 
Analog 
Filter 
Gain ADC 
Control 
& 
Timing 
Logic 
Non 
Volatile 
Memory 
Battery 
Better 
Power 
Manager 
Bluetooth 
Low Energy 
Radio 
Antenna 
External 
Temp Sensor 
Vibration 
Sensor 
Ultra Low 
Power 
Real Time 
Clock 
Digital 
Filter 
Gain 
Analog wake 
on vibration 
Gain
What!?!?! 
We need another 
year and $1M+ to 
get to market
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Bench test 
New 1st Silicon
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Just Stop. 
We are 
shutting 
this 
down!
Going out of business sale 
$2,000,000 
over budget 
A year and a 
half late
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
ASIC Integration Benefits 
Integrated 
Circuit 
What you have What you want 
Triad Proprietary & Strictly Confidential 
Lower Cost 
Reduce Size, Weight, Power 
Reduce Noise 
Optimize the System 
Protect IP 
Improve Reliability 
Improve Manufacturability 
Replace Obsolete IC’s 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 65 
ADC 
DAC 
Micro
An Agile ASIC Concept 
Agile ASICs are full custom ASICs 
designed to your spec & they are 
re-configurable 
What that means for you… 
Year+ faster to market 
>70% development cost savings 
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 66
Agile ASIC Advantage 
Fact: Mixed signal ASICs often require 2 to 3 
re-spins to deliver a production ready device 
Full-custom ASIC proposals show the time & cost 
from kick-off to 1st silicon 
What happens if your 1st silicon needs a re-spin? 
Who pays for your mistakes? 
How long does it take to fix them? 
Triad Proprietary & Strictly Confidential 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 67
The Real Savings are from 1st to 2nd Silicon 
Full-Custom Layout Full Mask Fabrication 
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 68 
Full-Custom 
Rip Up 
Via-Only 
Fabrication 
#2 
#2 
Automated ViaPath re-layout 
in hours versus 
months 
Single-mask versus 30- 
mask fabrication 
Traditional Full-Custom ASIC 
#1 
Agile ASIC 
Jan (1) Feb (2) Mar (3) Apr (4) May (5) Jun (6) 
#1
What makes an Agile ASIC – Agile? 
It is Re-configurable – that’s Agile 
Your Custom ASIC 
Via Re-Configurability 
Leverage a Large Agile ASIC IP Library 
Full-Custom Design of Your Circuit 
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 69 
And, 
Deliver 
Add 
And 
Start with
Agile ASIC 
Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC 
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 70 
An Agile ASIC starts 
with full-custom, 
mixed-signal circuit 
design to your spec 
Units 
uV/rt-Hz 
MHz 
Bits 
uV/Ohms 
rt-Hz 
Volts 
MHz 
MHz 
Specification 
Input referred Noise 
Unity Gain Bandwidth 
ADC ENOB 
Input On referred Resistance 
Noise 
Unity Gain Bandwidth 
Unity Gain Bandwidth 
Breakdown Voltage 
ESD Protection (HBM) 
Min 
320 
14 
320 
35 
320 
2 
Typ 
16 
0.5 
Max 
5 
400 
20 
5 
1 
400 
400 
KV
Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC 
An Agile ASIC is your full-custom circuits 
made re-configurable 
Configuration Vias 
Routing Fabric 
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions 
ViaPath Software 
Mixed-Signal Aware 
Place & Route Software 
Do in hours what can 
take months by hand 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 71 
Full-Custom Circuits 
Routing Fabric 
Routing Fabric 
Standard Vias used to 
connect resources 
Low resistance 
Ideal for analog 
Routing Fabric 
Decade of refinement 
Routing Fabric 
Agile ASIC Via Re-Configurable Hardware & Software 
Full-Custom Design 
Expertise 
Agile ASIC
Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC 
Audio 
Processing 
Integrator 
PGA 
TIA 
Delta Sigma 
Modulators 
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions 
LDO 
Buck 
Boost 
Bandgap 
Charge pump 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 72 
OpAmps 
TIAs 
OTA 
PGA 
VGA 
LNA 
Single Ended 
Differential 
High Voltage 
Low Noise 
Wideband 
Instrumentation 
Switched 
Capacitor 
AFE 
Audio Scramble 
Tone Detect 
Speech 
Compander 
Sample & Hold 
Modulator 
Data Converters 
ADCs 
Sigma Delta 
SAR 
Pipelined 
SIF ADC 
Flash 
Dual Slope 
DACs 
Resistive 
Switch Cap 
Segment 
Current Steering 
PWM 
Power 
Management 
Linear 
Switching 
Buck/Boost 
LED Driver 
H-Bridge 
Filters 
Active RC/LC 
Anti-Alias 
Sampled IF 
RF/Wireless 
LNA 
Power Amp 
Mixer 
Attenuator 
Switch 
Log Amp 
Log Detector 
RMS Detector 
VCO 
Quadrature 
Modulator 
Timing 
PLL 
Oscillator 
LC Oscillator 
Ring Osc 
Agile ASIC
Agile ASIC 
Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC 
We use our large library 
of re-configurable IP 
Agile ASIC re-configurable IP library 
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 73 
OpAmps 
ADCs (24bit) 
DACs 
Integrators 
Power 
Management 
8051 micro ARM 
Cortex M0 
RS485 
High-Voltage 
H-Bridge 
Buck Regulator 
LDO 
TIAs, Instr Amp 
LNAs 
Low-Power 
Filters 
Switch Cap 
200MSPS DACs 
125MSPS ADCs 
High Current FETs 
Bandgap 
Temp Sensor 
Voltage Reference 
PLL, VCO, Delay 
Linear Regulators 
Mixers 
IF Filters 
Digital Logic 
RAMs, EEPROM 
Your full-custom circuits
Agile ASIC 
Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC 
Next, your custom ASIC is 
fabricated 
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions 
Your full-custom ASIC 
optimized for your business 
Via Re-Configurable 
4-weeks 
for design revisions 
Risk Reducer 
80-90% Savings 
New designs vs Full-Custom 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 74
Agile ASIC 
Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC 
Your full-custom ASIC 
optimized for your business 
Contains Your 
Re-Configurable IC 
Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions 
Next Project 
Benefits 
Kick-off to 1st Silicon in 
3-5 months 
Complete projects 
in 9 months 
Further reduction in 
development NRE 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 75
1 I had it in the past. 
2 I failed without it. 
3 It is changing the world.
I had it in 
the past. 
1 
I failed 
without it. 
2 
It is changing 
the world. 
3 
A fast, affordable way to 
make digital ASICs. 
Full custom only 
mixed signal ASICs. 
Agile ASIC™ - fast, 
affordable mixed signal 
ASICs for medical
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Surgical Saw
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Ultrasonic Surgical ‘Knife’ 
Doc says “make it this size” – ASIC only option
Kick-off to working silicon 
in five months 
Triad Proprietary & Strictly Confidential 
x5 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 85
Triad Proprietary & Strictly Confidential 
© Triad Semiconductor, 2014 86 
STOP 
Part worked great! Failed in system! 
Our fault. We missed an 
undocumented system spec! 
x1 
v2 
Delivered a rev 2 part in four weeks at no 
additional charge.
SEX & CMOS 
The Sequel 
A medical device company’s adventure 
from product conception to delivery
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Bench test 
1st Silicon
Schematic Edits 
Simulation 
No Full Custom Layout Required 
Hours or Days 
(not months)
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Via-Only Auto Place & Route in Hours
Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS
Give me 
the bad 
news…. 
We already got 
the Agile ASIC 
back. No extra 
charge
Agile ASIC™ 
Tiny, Fast, Affordable – Agile Solutions
Reid Wender 
Triad Semiconductor 
cell: 865-684-5106 
email: rwender@triadsemi.com 
twitter: reidwender 
website: www.triadsemi.com

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Mixed Signal ASIC Wearable Tech - Making Babies with CMOS

  • 1. Reproduction & CMOS A medical device company’s adventure from product conception to delivery
  • 2. THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN RATED SURFACE MOUNT GUIDANCE SUGGESTED DRY ENGINEERING HUMOR SMTA-13 BRIEF MARKETING REFERENCES RAW SCHEMATIC & LAYOUT SCENCES For information on presentation ratings go to www.triadsemi.com
  • 3. 1 I had it in the past. 2 I failed without it. 3 It is changing the world.
  • 10. Then you have grand kids
  • 14. My First Job Medical Image Processing 1978
  • 15. My First Medical Project 1984
  • 16. My First ASIC CGA Graphics redesign @ IBM 1985
  • 17. 1 I had it in the past. 2 I failed without it. 3 It is changing the world.
  • 18. (1) I had it in the past
  • 19. 1 I had it in the past. 2 I failed without it. 3 It is changing the world.
  • 23. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thr Fri Sat 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2
  • 25. Probability of Conceiving -3 Day -2 Day -1 Day Ovulate +1 Day +2 Day 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
  • 26. Probability & Her Temperature Probability -3 Day -2 Day -1 Day Ovulate +1 Day +2 Day 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Her Temp -3 Day -2 Day -1 Day Ovulate +1 Day +2 Day +2 +1 0 -1 -2
  • 27. Your Wife Is Hotter When She Can Conceive
  • 28. iStork visit istork.io to pre-order
  • 29. Our Mission Statement: We are the world leader in dermal temperature measurement deltas indicative of ovulation. We deliver mobile medical devices that are intended to delight our customers, provide meaningful careers to our employees, generate shareholder value and provide for a sustainable, green future utilizing wearable technology and the Internet of Things. Our Real Mission Statement: We help couples make a baby by telling them when is the best time to have more sex.
  • 30. ------------ ------ ------------ ------------ iStork Patch BLE Wireless Her Cellphone “the cloud” His Cellphone
  • 31. His Cellphone 9:00AM Sky rockets in flight Afternoon delight ------------ ------ ------------ ------------ iStork Patch BLE Wireless Her Cellphone “the cloud”
  • 32. Temperature Sensor Analog Filter Gain ADC Digital Filter Control & Timing Logic Non Volatile Memory Battery Power Manager Bluetooth Low Energy Radio Antenna
  • 38. We must have an ASIC Sounds like fun I remember our last ASIC attempt
  • 39. Temperature Sensor Analog Filter Gain ADC Digital Filter Control & Timing Logic Non Volatile Memory Battery Power Manager Bluetooth Low Energy Radio Antenna
  • 43. Bench test 1st Silicon
  • 45. Who pays for your mistakes?
  • 50. iStork Status Report We are ready to enter trials, finally! Total Dev Time 15 months Total Dev Cost $1,500,000
  • 51. “Plans are worthless, but planning is indispensable” Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • 52. Plans go out the window when the chip hits the trial
  • 53. Temp Sensor Analog Filter Gain ADC Control & Timing Logic Non Volatile Memory Battery Better Power Manager Bluetooth Low Energy Radio Antenna External Temp Sensor Vibration Sensor Ultra Low Power Real Time Clock Digital Filter Gain Analog wake on vibration Gain
  • 54. What!?!?! We need another year and $1M+ to get to market
  • 58. Bench test New 1st Silicon
  • 62. Just Stop. We are shutting this down!
  • 63. Going out of business sale $2,000,000 over budget A year and a half late
  • 65. ASIC Integration Benefits Integrated Circuit What you have What you want Triad Proprietary & Strictly Confidential Lower Cost Reduce Size, Weight, Power Reduce Noise Optimize the System Protect IP Improve Reliability Improve Manufacturability Replace Obsolete IC’s © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 65 ADC DAC Micro
  • 66. An Agile ASIC Concept Agile ASICs are full custom ASICs designed to your spec & they are re-configurable What that means for you… Year+ faster to market >70% development cost savings Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 66
  • 67. Agile ASIC Advantage Fact: Mixed signal ASICs often require 2 to 3 re-spins to deliver a production ready device Full-custom ASIC proposals show the time & cost from kick-off to 1st silicon What happens if your 1st silicon needs a re-spin? Who pays for your mistakes? How long does it take to fix them? Triad Proprietary & Strictly Confidential © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 67
  • 68. The Real Savings are from 1st to 2nd Silicon Full-Custom Layout Full Mask Fabrication Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 68 Full-Custom Rip Up Via-Only Fabrication #2 #2 Automated ViaPath re-layout in hours versus months Single-mask versus 30- mask fabrication Traditional Full-Custom ASIC #1 Agile ASIC Jan (1) Feb (2) Mar (3) Apr (4) May (5) Jun (6) #1
  • 69. What makes an Agile ASIC – Agile? It is Re-configurable – that’s Agile Your Custom ASIC Via Re-Configurability Leverage a Large Agile ASIC IP Library Full-Custom Design of Your Circuit Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 69 And, Deliver Add And Start with
  • 70. Agile ASIC Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 70 An Agile ASIC starts with full-custom, mixed-signal circuit design to your spec Units uV/rt-Hz MHz Bits uV/Ohms rt-Hz Volts MHz MHz Specification Input referred Noise Unity Gain Bandwidth ADC ENOB Input On referred Resistance Noise Unity Gain Bandwidth Unity Gain Bandwidth Breakdown Voltage ESD Protection (HBM) Min 320 14 320 35 320 2 Typ 16 0.5 Max 5 400 20 5 1 400 400 KV
  • 71. Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC An Agile ASIC is your full-custom circuits made re-configurable Configuration Vias Routing Fabric Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions ViaPath Software Mixed-Signal Aware Place & Route Software Do in hours what can take months by hand © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 71 Full-Custom Circuits Routing Fabric Routing Fabric Standard Vias used to connect resources Low resistance Ideal for analog Routing Fabric Decade of refinement Routing Fabric Agile ASIC Via Re-Configurable Hardware & Software Full-Custom Design Expertise Agile ASIC
  • 72. Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC Audio Processing Integrator PGA TIA Delta Sigma Modulators Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions LDO Buck Boost Bandgap Charge pump © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 72 OpAmps TIAs OTA PGA VGA LNA Single Ended Differential High Voltage Low Noise Wideband Instrumentation Switched Capacitor AFE Audio Scramble Tone Detect Speech Compander Sample & Hold Modulator Data Converters ADCs Sigma Delta SAR Pipelined SIF ADC Flash Dual Slope DACs Resistive Switch Cap Segment Current Steering PWM Power Management Linear Switching Buck/Boost LED Driver H-Bridge Filters Active RC/LC Anti-Alias Sampled IF RF/Wireless LNA Power Amp Mixer Attenuator Switch Log Amp Log Detector RMS Detector VCO Quadrature Modulator Timing PLL Oscillator LC Oscillator Ring Osc Agile ASIC
  • 73. Agile ASIC Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC We use our large library of re-configurable IP Agile ASIC re-configurable IP library Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 73 OpAmps ADCs (24bit) DACs Integrators Power Management 8051 micro ARM Cortex M0 RS485 High-Voltage H-Bridge Buck Regulator LDO TIAs, Instr Amp LNAs Low-Power Filters Switch Cap 200MSPS DACs 125MSPS ADCs High Current FETs Bandgap Temp Sensor Voltage Reference PLL, VCO, Delay Linear Regulators Mixers IF Filters Digital Logic RAMs, EEPROM Your full-custom circuits
  • 74. Agile ASIC Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC Next, your custom ASIC is fabricated Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions Your full-custom ASIC optimized for your business Via Re-Configurable 4-weeks for design revisions Risk Reducer 80-90% Savings New designs vs Full-Custom © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 74
  • 75. Agile ASIC Full-Custom IP Re-Configurable Re-Useable IP Fab Your ASIC Your Agile ASIC Your full-custom ASIC optimized for your business Contains Your Re-Configurable IC Analog & Mixed Signal IC Solutions Next Project Benefits Kick-off to 1st Silicon in 3-5 months Complete projects in 9 months Further reduction in development NRE © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 75
  • 76. 1 I had it in the past. 2 I failed without it. 3 It is changing the world.
  • 77. I had it in the past. 1 I failed without it. 2 It is changing the world. 3 A fast, affordable way to make digital ASICs. Full custom only mixed signal ASICs. Agile ASIC™ - fast, affordable mixed signal ASICs for medical
  • 84. Ultrasonic Surgical ‘Knife’ Doc says “make it this size” – ASIC only option
  • 85. Kick-off to working silicon in five months Triad Proprietary & Strictly Confidential x5 © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 85
  • 86. Triad Proprietary & Strictly Confidential © Triad Semiconductor, 2014 86 STOP Part worked great! Failed in system! Our fault. We missed an undocumented system spec! x1 v2 Delivered a rev 2 part in four weeks at no additional charge.
  • 87. SEX & CMOS The Sequel A medical device company’s adventure from product conception to delivery
  • 91. Bench test 1st Silicon
  • 92. Schematic Edits Simulation No Full Custom Layout Required Hours or Days (not months)
  • 94. Via-Only Auto Place & Route in Hours
  • 96. Give me the bad news…. We already got the Agile ASIC back. No extra charge
  • 97. Agile ASIC™ Tiny, Fast, Affordable – Agile Solutions
  • 98. Reid Wender Triad Semiconductor cell: 865-684-5106 email: rwender@triadsemi.com twitter: reidwender website: www.triadsemi.com

Editor's Notes

  • #66: Points are straight forward. NRE, Schedule and risk assume starting with an existing VCA.