The chip design and production market is organized around two complementary axes: monolithic chips like those manufactured by STMicroelectronics, and heterogeneous chips, today operated by Intel, AMD or Apple. “Regarding this latest and new path, Europe could significantly increase its chips production capacity. This would strengthen its sovereignty and security in terms of microelectronics while capturing new shares of the global market and get closer to the objective of 20% of integrated circuits designed in Europe, serving the internal markets affected by the shortage of components”, says Vincent Markus, CEO of Menta. “The subject of heterogeneous chips and their reprogramming with ePFGA IP technologies such as Menta’s, could be heard at the highest levels of European decision-making, after the entry into force of the long-awaited European Chips Act in September 2023.”
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Menta is a privately held company based in Sophia-Antipolis, France which develops eFGPAs (embedded field-programmable gate arrays) for ASIC and SoC designers. The company says its eFGPA’s adaptable architecture, based on design-adaptive standard cells-based and a state-of-the-art tool set, provides the highest degree of design customization, best-in-class testability, and fastest time-of-volume for SoC design at any foundry.
