EnSilica plc (LSE:ENSI) plans to open a Space & Communications Semiconductor Centre of Excellence in Milan, Italy, expanding its semiconductor design operations in Europe.
The fabless chipmaker currently operates design centres in the UK, India, Brazil and Hungary. The new Milan facility will focus on semiconductor technologies for space and communications applications.
EnSilica plans to recruit an initial team of 20 specialist modem and mmWave engineers for the centre over the next six months.
Milan Centre to Expand Engineering Capabilities
The new operation will add EU-based capabilities in modem architecture, physical-layer algorithms, digital signal processing and mmWave systems.
According to the company, the investment will support both customer-funded application-specific integrated circuit programmes and the development of EnSilica’s own application-specific standard products.
The Milan centre will also provide EnSilica with access to engineering expertise and the semiconductor, communications and space technology ecosystem in the region.
The expansion forms part of the company’s strategy to develop its position as a European supplier of application-specific silicon for space and satellite communications.
More about EnSilica plc
EnSilica plc is a fabless semiconductor company specialising in mixed-signal application-specific integrated circuits and application-specific standard products.
Headquartered near Oxford in the UK, the company provides semiconductor technologies for the space and communications, industrial and automotive markets. Its capabilities include RF, mmWave and complex digital integrated circuit design, supported by reusable intellectual property and silicon platforms.
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