About Pragmatic Semiconductor
Pragmatic Semiconductor makes flexible integrated circuits, called FlexICs, which are processors and other chips built on thin flexible substrates instead of rigid silicon wafers. This lets them be embedded in packaging, labels and everyday objects at low cost. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, runs a 200mm plant in Sedgefield, and opened a 300mm fab at Pragmatic Park near Durham in March 2024. Its third-generation FlexIC platform targets mixed-signal custom chip designs.
Pragmatic Semiconductor was founded in 2010 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is listed under ASICs, Custom Silicon, CPUs & RISC-V. Reported funding is $400M+ total (Series D $231M led 2023; further to >$400M by 2025).
Compute Technologies
- Custom Silicon
What Pragmatic 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.
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.
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.
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