About InCore Semiconductor
InCore Semiconductors designs processor cores based on RISC-V, an open instruction set that anyone can use without paying a license fee, and licenses them to chip makers. Its cores include Azurite, a small low-power embedded design, and Calcite, which targets higher performance. The company grew out of the Shakti processor project at IIT Madras and was founded in Chennai in 2018. It raised $3 million in seed funding from Peak XV in 2023.
InCore Semiconductor was founded in 2018 and is based in Chennai, India. It is listed under ASICs, CPUs & RISC-V, Custom Silicon, Edge Computing. Reported funding is $3M seed (Peak XV).
Compute Technologies
- ASICs
What InCore Semiconductor works on
ASICs
An ASIC, or application-specific integrated circuit, is a chip designed to do one job or a narrow set of jobs. Its circuits are fixed when the chip is made. A CPU can run any program; an ASIC does what it was designed for and nothing else.
CPUs & RISC-V
A CPU, or central processing unit, is the general-purpose chip that runs a computer. It reads instructions, does arithmetic and logic, and decides what happens next. Every phone, laptop and server has at least one.
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
