Hardware Podcasts

Efinix FPGAs with Sammy Cheung

The Amp Hour · 22 Mar 2021 · 1h 15m · Episode 535

What this episode covers

Sammy Cheung, CEO and co-founder of Efinix, explains how the company’s disruptive SLR (Switchable Logic and Routing) FPGA architecture enables small, low-power devices like the Trion and Titanium to compete with traditional FPGAs in edge computing and computer vision applications. Cheung details the company’s history, from its founding in 2012 and initial pivot after Intel’s acquisition of Altera, to its current scaling phase where it sells millions of units and partners with sensor and microcontroller companies for System-in-Package (SiP) solutions. The discussion covers the technical advantages of the Titanium chip, including its 16nm process, embedded RISC-V soft cores, and specialized DSP blocks for AI, as well as the strategic challenges of growing from a scrappy startup into a larger organization while maintaining its culture.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Efinix, Intel, Altera, Xilinx, Samsung
Products
Trion, Titanium
Chips
RISC-V
Tools
Vivado, Quartus

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