Silicon Studio Corporation is a Japanese computer graphics technology company and HR services provider based in Tokyo.
As a technology development company, Silicon Studio has produced several products in the 3D computer graphics field, including middleware software, such as a post-processing visual effects library YEBIS, real-time global illumination technology, such as Enlighten, and Mizuchi, a physically based rendering engine.
While traditionally a provider of middleware solutions for Japanese game developers, Silicon Studio has grown as an international company with a greater focus on the visibility of their products abroad.
[citation needed] Silicon Studio has partnerships with a number of companies, including Allegorithmic from France, Audiokinetic from Canada, Stainless Games from the UK, Kunos Simulazioni and Milestone from Italy, Microsoft and Pixar from the USA, Papergames[3] from China, and a number of Japanese companies including Nintendo,[4] Bandai Namco, DeNA, Dimps, FromSoftware, Idea Factory, Koei Tecmo, Marvelous, Sega, and Sony Computer Entertainment.
[8] Games developed by Silicon Studio: Enlighten is middleware that processes global illumination in real time.
This technology enables performance optimization and workflow simplification across multiple platforms, from consoles to mobile devices.
[20] In August 2013, the YEBIS 2 tech demo "Rigid Gems" was featured in Google’s official unveiling of the Nexus 7 mobile tablet.
[23] In May 2014, Silicon Studio announced that their YEBIS 2 middleware was being utilized in the MotoGP 14 video racing game, developed by Milestone for PlayStation 4.
[citation needed] An earlier version of Orochi was also used by Square Enix's third-person shooter arcade game Gunslinger Stratos in 2012.
It is intended to be used for various different applications, including video game development, films, architectural and automobile visualization, and academic research.