Custom edge AI hardware has long been out of reach for all but the products that sell tens of millions of units—limited by high costs, long timelines, and rigid off-the-shelf hardware. With Frigate - most advanced SoC chip template, we are changing that. Frigate provides a ready-to-use RISC-V SoC with rich digital and analog peripherals, coupled with a large blank silicon area where edge AI/ML system developers can integrate their own custom HW accelerators for application-specific ML models.
Mohamed Kassem
Mohamed is dedicated to making custom silicon design more accessible and collaborative for innovators across the globe. With two decades of experience spanning mixed-signal leadership at Texas Instruments and groundbreaking work in custom chip creation, Mohamed’s journey includes launching ChipFoundry and NativeChips.ai to lower the barriers for hardware startups, engineers, and researchers. His efforts are focused on enabling new ideas in silicon for AI, IoT, and next-generation technologies, supporting an open and vibrant hardware community that’s redefining the future of semiconductor innovation
ChipFoundry
Website: https://chipfoundry.io/
ChipFoundry is a platform designed to make custom silicon chip design and manufacturing accessible to a broader audience, including innovators, researchers, and educational institutions. Owned by Umbralogic Technologies LLC, the company was founded by semiconductor industry veterans and builds upon the success of a previous open-source silicon program that enabled the fabrication of over 600 chip designs. ChipFoundry's mission is to democratize the process by lowering barriers to custom ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) development through affordable multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttles and standardized design templates. The platform aims to streamline the chip creation process and foster a collaborative ecosystem for the open-source hardware movement.
