Open-Silicon

[1] In December 2007 Unicorn Investment Bank acquired 75% of Open-Silicon for $190M, with the rest of the company employee-owned.

[2] In May 2007, Open-Silicon acquired Zenasis Technologies, a maker of processor optimization EDA software.

[3] This technology has also been expanded by Open-Silicon to focus on low power design and process variability management.

[5] In 2010 the company opened new facilities in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Pune, India, to provide additional support for derivative IC design.

On Sept. 1, 2022, Canadian semiconductor licensing company Alphawave acquires SiFive’s OpenFive business unit for $210 million.