Press Releases (2003)
Motorola Labs to Evaluate Impinj's Self-Adaptive Silicon Technology
Seattle, WA March 31, 2003 Impinj, Inc., the Self-Adaptive SiliconTM company, today announced that Motorola Labs, the applied research arm of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), is evaluating Impinj's patented Self-Adaptive Silicon technology for potential application in wireless and other next generation communications chips. Impinj is providing design support and working with Motorola to validate the results.
Impinj's Self-Adaptive Silicon transistor and circuit-design technology allows precise tuning and calibration of analog circuits in logic CMOS processing using floating-gate structures. Impinj has also used Self-Adaptive Silicon technology in producing AEON Memory, a product that allows chip designers to cost effectively embed non-volatile memory into standard logic CMOS designs. Recognized as one of the leading technology developments in 2002, Self-Adaptive Silicon may be the foundation for a new generation of single-chip solutions that enable communications products to be smaller, faster and consume less power.
About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2002 were $26.7 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important technologies that make things smarter and life better for people, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more information, please visit: www.motorola.com.
Motorola Labs is the applied research arm of Motorola, Inc., with a strong, global team of scientists and engineers focused on discovering and developing new materials, technologies, architectures, algorithms and processes for future systems, products and product enhancements. Motorola also actively licenses technologies developed in the Labs.
About Impinj
Impinj, Inc. was founded in May 2000, in Seattle, Washington, by semiconductor industry veterans Carver Mead and Chris Diorio. Impinj is a fabless semiconductor company developing CMOS integrated-circuit products and intellectual property. In addition to AEON Memory, Impinj also markets high performance data converter products. Impinj holds 15 patents on its innovative Self-Adaptive Silicon technology, which greatly improves the performance of analog and digital CMOS ICs. In addition to many prior awards, in 2002, Impinj was awarded the "Most Promising New Technology" award from the WSA, Washington State's influential technology association as well as the "Comet Award for Innovative Technology, Market Vision and Management Focus" from Communications Systems Design and Electronic Engineering Times. More information about Impinj is available at www.impinj.com.
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