Company:XMOS
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | July 2005, Bristol, UK |
| Headquarters | Bristol , |
Key people | Mark Lippet (CEO & President) |
| Products | Voice controllers, Multicore microcontrollers, xCore, xCORE-200, xCORE-AUDIO, xCORE-VOICE, xCORE VocalFusion, xTIMEcomposer |
| Brands | xCORE, VocalFusion |
| Website | www |
XMOS is a fabless semiconductor company that develops audio products and multicore microcontrollers.
History
XMOS was founded in July 2005 by Ali Dixon, James Foster, Noel Hurley, David May, and Hitesh Mehta.[1] It received seed funding from the University of Bristol enterprise fund, and Wyvern seed fund.[2]
The name XMOS is a loose reference to Inmos. Some concepts found in XMOS technology (such as channels and threads) are part of the Transputer legacy.[3]
In the autumn of 2006, XMOS secured funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, DFJ Esprit, and Foundation Capital.[4] It also has strategic investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, Huawei Technologies, and Xilinx Inc, which in 2014 invested $26.2 million.[5] Additionally, they received an investment through the sale of 22.3% of the Company's shares to Prelude Trust plc of Cambridge.[6] In September 2017, XMOS secured $15M in an investment round lead by Infineon.[7]
In July 2017, XMOS acquired SETEM,[8][9] a company that specialises in audio algorithms for source separation.[10][11]
In 2019, XMOS raised $19 million in funding from Harbert European Growth Capital and existing investors.[12]
References
- ↑ "SETsquared Bristol case study: XMOS" (in en-GB). 2018-06-25. https://setsquared-bristol.co.uk/news/setsquared-bristol-case-study-xmos/.
- ↑ Wiggers, Kyle (2020-02-13). "XMOS unveils Xcore.ai, a powerful chip designed for AI processing at the edge" (in en-US). https://venturebeat.com/ai/xmos-unveils-xcore-ai-a-powerful-chip-designed-for-ai-processing-at-the-edge/.
- ↑ "Transputer inventor gets funding for his latest semiconductor start up" (in en). https://sciencebusiness.net/news/73219/Transputer-inventor-gets-funding-for-his-latest-semiconductor-start-up.
- ↑ Peter Clarke (2007-09-06). "XMOS raises $16 million in Series A funding". EE Times Europe. http://www.eetimes.eu/201804397.
- ↑ "XMOS Adds Bosch, Huawei and Xilinx as Strategic Investors to Complete $26M Investment Round" (in en). 2014-07-21. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140721005474/en/XMOS-Adds-Bosch-Huawei-and-Xilinx-as-Strategic-Investors-to-Complete-26M-Investment-Round.
- ↑ "Transputer inventor gets funding for his latest semiconductor start up" (in en). 2006-10-02. https://sciencebusiness.net/news/73219/Transputer-inventor-gets-funding-for-his-latest-semiconductor-start-up.
- ↑ Stefan Nicola (2017-09-07). "Funding Boost for U.K. Chip Firm Aiming at Amazon, Apple Voice-Control Market". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-07/infineon-eyes-amazon-apple-voice-control-market-with-xmos-stake.
- ↑ Neil Tyler (2017-07-10). "XMOS acquires Setem Technologies to drive the development of next generation voice interfaces". new electronics. http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-news/xmos-acquires-setem-technologies-to-drive-the-development-of-next-generation-voice-interfaces/157333/.
- ↑ Clive Maxfield (2017-07-12). "XMOS + Setem could be a game-changer for embedded speech". Embedded.com. http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/max-unleashed-and-unfettered/4458616/XMOS---Setem-could-be-a-game-changer-for-embedded-speech.
- ↑ "XMOS acquires Setem Technologies, Inc., to drive the development of next generation voice interfaces" (in en-US). 2017-07-14. https://www.eejournal.com/industry_news/xmos-acquires-setem-technologies-inc-to-drive-the-development-of-next-generation-voice-interfaces/.
- ↑ "XMOS + Setem could be a game-changer for embedded speech". 2017-07-12. https://www.embedded.com/xmos-setem-could-be-a-game-changer-for-embedded-speech/.
- ↑ "XMOS secures $19M funding to accelerate growth" (in en). https://www.design-reuse.com/news/46848/xmos-funding.html.
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