Yieldhub has scored UK fabless ASIC design and supply company EnSilica as a customer.
The Wokingham-based outfit chose Yieldhub for yield management and outlier detection. EnSilica is a provider of custom ASICS to the automotive, industrial and IoT markets. Yieldhub will partner in enabling them to deliver these products.
EnSilica, founded in 2001, supplies custom analogue, mixed signal and digital IC’s to its customers worldwide. Last year they won a contract to design and supply an ASIL-D mixed signal ASIC for a major automotive Tier 1.
John O’Donnell, CEO, Yieldhub said: “Outlier Detection is essential for Fabless and IDMS involved or wishing to be involved in the automotive industry. By automatically identifying chips that are abnormal, our software significantly reduces the amount of potentially defective chips in the market. This increases the reliability and quality of the chips to meet the zero failure rate targets of the automotive market. The number of sensors and chips in cars is increasing rapidly and hence this growing need. Fabless companies in the past have relied on OSATs to implement variations of outlier detection, but customers tell us that outlier detection applied in the cloud by Yieldhub puts the control of quality back in their own hands.”
Yieldhub Customer Success director Kevin Robinson, said Outlier Detection was essential for the automotive industry, but many other industries are likely to adopt it too.
“We’re seeing a lot of interest in the module from existing customers. It is ideal for the automotive, aerospace and medical industries. But many companies who make consumer goods want it too. For example, the margins in smart-phones and computers are tight. So, having any defects can erode margins quickly. A serious defect can destroy an otherwise successful company. By investing in Outlier Detection at the outset, you minimise this risk.”
The Outlier Detection module will be available from September 2019. It is cloud-based with all the advantages that that provides. The ability to archive large amounts of data reliably is also hugely important.
Patrick McNamee, Director of Operations, EnSilica said: “The automotive industry has exacting data management requirements. We need to store our data for many years after the end of life of a product. Having a cloud-based, secure system is ideal for us.”
