SiliconBlue Technologies develops low-power, single-chip CMOS SRAM mobileFPGA devices and offers accompanying IP and design services for handset and handheld applications. The company is focused on ultra-low-power, standard CMOS process mobileFPGA families. Management plans to commercialize next-generation 40-nm device families. These products are positioned to support an increasing number of sensors in handheld devices and to enable DVI and MIPI interfaces for video, multi-display, and high-bandwidth memory interface applications. SiliconBlue raised $18 million in a Series D financing to fund the rollout of its 40-nm families. Brian Long of Atlantic Bridge has been elected to the company's board. SiliconBlue Technologies designs ultra-low-power, single-chip SRAM field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices tailored for handheld consumer products. The company’s iCE65 mobileFPGA devices are engineered to meet the power, area, capacity and price requirements of battery-operated products such as mobile internet devices, smartphones, eReaders and digital cameras. SiliconBlue is based in Santa Clara, California. It closed a $15m Series C preferred stock financing to support its operations. The company intends to use the capital to strengthen customer support infrastructure, expand sales channels, ramp up production and develop new products. In conjunction with the financing, Apex Venture Partners’ Mr. Pauker will join the company’s board of directors. SiliconBlue produces field-programmable gate array (FPGA) chips designed to deliver high processing performance at very low power for battery-powered mobile devices. The company’s chips aim to address mobile power constraints by integrating functionality that reduces external component needs. Its new 45-nanometer processor does not require external configuration memory, which the company says could provide a competitive edge. SiliconBlue plans to use the new funding to scale its operations. Financially, it has raised a total of $40 million in venture capital since it spun off from Kilopass Technology in 2006. The company is based in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Total raised

$57M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series D

Latest activity

Jun 2011