I wouldn't be too worried - bottom drawer and hold
Skywater 130node PDK is a game changer in the industry and the US home market more particularly
The Skywater foundry is unique and building on those technologies and innovative products that will transform the Industry
have you seen this before ?...and its a year out of date now - this is in collaboration with Google as per above snip and at the front eadg of the latest design and customisation processes....
'open source' ....its a biggy
VIDEO its a game changer
combine that with Steve Kossier
Driving Skywaters' foundry segment . delivering new materials, new architectures, heterogeneous integration, and new ways of enabling capability.
The 200 mm fab, long obsolete for leading-edge CMOS, n
onetheless operates in a sweet spot of cost and flexibility that can support unconventional thinking without the constraints of total automation. Steven Kosier is responsible for the Advanced Technology Services (ATS) business execution within SkyWater, partnering with companies to co-create their innovative process flows from concept to mass production. In this role he is also responsible for forming and managing strategic technology partnerships and alliances, developing the company’s technology roadmap and IP strategy, and growing the value of the company’s technology portfolio.
His background includes 25 years of experience and successive growth in technical, marketing and business leadership positions.
His Bio:
A founding member of PolarFab and Polar Semiconductor wafer foundries, he has developed and transferred to volume production many generations of analog, mixed-signal, and high-voltage technologies for automotive and industrial end markets. Most recently, Kosier was president at Kanomax FMT, a nanoparticle measurement instrumentation start-up with industry-leading resolution down to 2nm. Kosier is an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at Vanderbilt University, where his research interests include radiation effects on microelectronics and semiconductor device reliability physics.
He holds 14 U.S. patents and has authored or co-authored more than 30 publications in the areas of radiation effects, high voltage and power devices, integrated magnetic sensors and nanoparticle measurement solutions.
he was recruited early 2021 and he's integral to the qualification now occuring between weebit and skywater
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/skywater-appoints-dr-steven-kosier-as-chief-technology-officer-301243367.html my guess is your investment is in very capable hands - the hands of 'Americas' Foundry'....as they call themselves
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