A strengthened collaboration across design and manufacturing
IC’Alps, a leading ASIC design house, announces the strengthening of its collaboration with DB HiTek, a global semiconductor foundry specializing in analog and mixed-signal technologies. This partnership reinforces a shared commitment to delivering high-performance, reliable, and scalable semiconductor solutions across a wide range of applications.
End-to-end expertise from technology selection to silicon validation
Through this collaboration, IC’Alps and DB HiTek combine complementary expertise across the full ASIC value chain—from technology selection and design implementation to silicon validation and industrialization. The partnership is currently focused on advanced development programs leveraging DB HiTek’s 180nm and 130nm technology platforms.
A strong technical collaboration enabling efficient execution
We highly value our partnership with IC’Alps and the strong technical collaboration we have built together across the 180nm and 130nm technology platforms.
As a skilled and reliable design partner, IC’Alps plays an important role in helping customers move efficiently from technology selection through design implementation and silicon validation.
By combining IC’Alps’ ASIC design expertise with DB HiTek’s manufacturing capabilities, we are able to support demanding development projects with close technical alignment and a shared focus on performance, quality, and successful project execution.
We believe this partnership will continue to create strong value for our mutual customers and help accelerate development cycles and time-to-market.”
Close collaboration to ensure successful silicon bring-up
This partnership marks a key milestone in our commitment to delivering robust and innovative semiconductor solutions to our clients worldwide and especially for automotive applications. By formalizing our long standing collaboration with GlobalFoundries, we gain enhanced access to the latest PDKs and GF’s international manufacturing footprint across Asia, the U.S., and Europe — all while maintaining an interface based in France.
Accelerating time-to-market through a robust semiconductor ecosystem
By aligning IC’Alps’ expertise in custom ASIC design with DB HiTek’s proven manufacturing platforms, the partnership enables customers to benefit from optimized development flows, reduced risk, and faster time-to-market. It also reflects a broader strategy to build a robust semiconductor ecosystem capable of supporting increasingly complex and high-reliability applications in industrial, automotive, and IoT markets.
