Press Release
November 12, 2024

Silicon Catalyst Announces Six Newly Admitted Companies to Semiconductor Incubator

Silicon Valley, CA - November 12, 2024 – Silicon Catalyst, the only incubator + accelerator focused on the global semiconductor industry, including Chips, Chiplets, Materials, IP and Silicon fabrication-based Photonics, MEMS, Sensors, Life Science and Quantum, announces the admission of six companies into the semiconductor industry’s highly acclaimed program.

Silicon Catalyst has developed an unparalleled support ecosystem for its semiconductor start-ups, providing a strong network of Strategic Partners, technical and business advisors, investors and industry professionals who help companies launch and scale in the market. In addition, the incubator’s In-Kind Partners provide privileged access to services, expertise, and intellectual property that can help commercialize their companies’ technological innovation.

“Our recently concluded applicant screening cycle included a record number of early-stage companies looking to join our 24-month incubation program,” stated Pete Rodriguez, CEO of Silicon Catalyst. “These six companies are working on developing and delivering transformative innovations across a diverse range of technologies to address their target markets. Our Partners and the members of our comprehensive Silicon Catalyst ecosystem are looking forward to assisting these companies on their journey to market success.”

The Silicon Catalyst Incubator is currently accepting applications to the 24-month program.

The application deadline is January 17th, 2024.

New Portfolio Company Details:

35ELEMENTS provides an innovative green light emitting diode technology based on its core gallium nitride (GaN) technology for advanced photonics and electronics applications such as augmented and virtual reality displays, digital lighting, optical interconnects, wide bandgap complementary logic functions and power electronics.

Crossfire Technologies Inc is solving the Accelerated Compute to Memory Bottleneck with its Patented and Proprietary portfolio of Chiplet Connectivity Solutions. Using its Chiplet integration processes, CrossFire™ easily integrates multiple Chiplets into a single component without using interposers, enabling Chiplet based wafer scale “MegaChips™ while decreasing system costs, lowering system power, and reducing time to market. CrossFire’s ultra-low power Chiplet Connectivity Standard Bridgelets™ and related IP allow up to a 50x reduction in Die-to-Die interface area with a per bit energy transfer metric of <0.025pJ / bit – lower than even some monolithic on die implementations.

Edgewater Wireless (TSXV: YFI) (OTC: KPIFF) is the industry leader in innovative Spectrum Slicing technology for residential and commercial markets. We develop advanced Wi-Fi silicon solutions, Access Points, and IP licensing designed to meet the high-density and high quality-of-service needs of service providers and their customers. With 26 granted patents, Edgewater’s Multi-Channel, Single Radio (MCSR) technology revolutionizes Wi-Fi, delivering next-generation Wi-Fi today.

Jmem Tek has launched the world’s first PUF Based Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Chip. As part of the upstream semiconductor industry, Jmem Tek specializes in hardware security IP and provides IC design services, focusing on next-generation hardware security solutions that defend against hackers while ensuring data protection.

RED Semiconductor was founded in 2021 to deliver huge microprocessor performance gains through its semiconductor core IP called VISC (Versatile Intrinsic Structured Computing). VISC is compatible with the standard RISC-V ISA and uses RED’s innovative compression and sequencing technology to enable entire algorithmic routines to be optimised for parallel execution. It is highly scalable, capable of everything from embedded to high-performance computing.

WaveWorks Backscatter technology lets wireless devices send more data for less power than any conventional radio solution, breaking battery barriers for wireless sensors and peripherals. WaveWorks makes possible rich and continuous data streaming without compromising battery life, turning the tables on long-standing power budgeting tradeoffs. WaveWorks brings disruptive benefits in local and personal area wireless connectivity applications including Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), mobile peripherals, wearables, and VR/AR/MR.