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Business Wire
29-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
SkyWater Technology Expands Leadership in U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing With Infineon IP License Agreement
BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, today announced a license agreement with Infineon Technologies, granting access to a robust library of silicon-proven, mixed-signal ASIC design IP. This new IP enables customers to design and build high-reliability mixed-signal SoCs entirely within a secure U.S. supply chain – a strategic milestone for U.S. semiconductor independence that extends SkyWater's leadership in domestic innovation. The licensed IP, originally developed by Cypress Semiconductor and validated in high-volume, automotive-grade applications, will be released through SkyWater's S130 platform. SkyWater is uniquely positioned to support both commercial and defense markets at scale. 'This is about reshaping the future of semiconductor innovation in the U.S.,' said Ross Miller, SVP of SkyWater's Commercial and A&D Business. 'Today, over 90% of global mixed-signal ASIC chip production happens offshore, despite these mature nodes being critical for automotive, industrial, and defense systems. We're changing that. By combining proven, silicon-validated IP with trusted U.S. manufacturing, we're empowering customers to design and manufacture reliable mixed-signal ASICs at scale within a secure domestic supply chain.' The S130 platform builds on decades of success, offering a comprehensive suite of mixed-signal building blocks, including embedded Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) options and SRAM compilers. These capabilities have powered billions of devices across automotive, industrial, medical, and consumer sectors. Now, SkyWater is extending this proven foundation to new ASIC developers, system companies, and government customers seeking long-term support and scalable U.S. manufacturing solutions. 'The S130 platform has earned its reputation for reliability in demanding real-world environments,' said Percy Gilbert, SVP of Engineering at SkyWater. 'By making this IP accessible, we're enabling customers to reduce design risk, accelerate time to market, and lower development costs when building complex analog and mixed-signal ASICs – all while leveraging a mature, silicon-proven platform.' SkyWater plans to integrate this IP portfolio into its Technology as a Service (TaaS℠) model, enabling customers to design sophisticated, high-reliability mixed-signal SoCs with components that have been validated in automotive and mission-critical real-world applications. The portfolio includes key components such as analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), digital-to-analog converters (DACs), power management, timing, and communications modules – validated in mission-critical applications. Phased Release Based on Market Demand SkyWater will prioritize the conversion of these IP blocks for general foundry use based on customer demand across various markets. It will provide full design enablement support including PDKs, documentation, and integration assistance for qualified engagements. With this agreement, SkyWater continues to redefine what it means to be a trusted U.S. foundry partner, delivering advanced technology solutions that drive innovation and strengthen domestic semiconductor independence. To express interest or initiate engagement, visit: or contact sales@ About SkyWater Technology SkyWater (NASDAQ: SKYT) is a U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturer and a DMEA-accredited Category 1A Trusted Supplier. SkyWater's Technology as a Service model streamlines the path to production for customers with development services, high-volume production and heterogeneous integration solutions in its U.S. facilities. This pioneering model enables innovators to co-create the next wave of technology within diverse categories including mixed-signal CMOS, read-out ICs, embedded computing, rad-hard ICs, memory and logic devices, power management ICs, MEMS, superconducting ICs, photonics and advanced packaging. SkyWater serves the growing markets of aerospace & defense, automotive, biomedical, industrial and quantum computing. For more information, visit: SkyWater Technology Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains 'forward-looking' statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements that are based on SkyWater's current expectations or forecasts of future events, rather than past events and outcomes, and such statements are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which may cause SkyWater's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Key factors that could cause SkyWater's actual results to be different than expected or anticipated include, but are not limited to, ability to realize the expected benefits of the Fab 25 acquisition; ability to promptly and effectively integrate Fab 25's operations; negative effects relating to the consummation of the proposed Fab 25 transaction on the market price of SkyWater's common stock; significant transaction costs and/or unknown or inestimable liabilities; general economic and business conditions that may affect the combined company following the consummation of the proposed Fab 25 transaction; and other factors discussed in the 'Risk Factors' section of its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and in other documents that SkyWater files with the SEC, which are available at SkyWater assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
BBC News
23-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Row over plans for historic Appledore boat site
A multi-millionaire with one of the biggest collections in the world of World War Two memorabilia wants to build a new home in Devon for historic Wheatcroft said he wanted to renovate the historic Richmond Dock in the village of Appledore into a home for boats including the S130 - the last remaining German wartime boat of its kind in the local people have opposed the plans, claiming the Grade II listed dry dock was an important community asset that should be open to Town Council has voted against the project which would ultimately be decided by the planning committee of Torridge District Council. Mr Wheatcroft is the owner of the Wheatcroft Collection which brings together about 200 items from World War Two, including tanks and other military S-130 was one of the German fast attack vessels known as schnellboots which had a range of up to 700 miles (1,126km) and a crew of was used as a torpedo boat and was one of the vessels involved in an attack in April 1944 off the south Devon coast in which 800 people was being restored in Cornwall. Mr Wheatcroft said the new dry dock facility would also be home to a 1901 steam launch, a Royal Navy launch and one of the little ships from the Dunkirk rescue operation in May said: "History is about the good, the bad and the ugly so it is what it is."These things deserve to be preserved - I'm not preserving what they stood for, it's more about the object as a historical craft."Mr Wheatcroft said he intended to open the site to the public on "high days and holidays".He said he wanted to maintain a "Victorian feel" on the outside of the historic dock with a "modern structure" in the dock to keep the boats said: "It will enhance the centre of the village as well as bringing in employment both full-time and part-time." The site was built in 1856 and according to Historic England it was said to be the largest dry-dock in the Bristol World War Two wooden minesweepers and motor torpedo boats were constructed dock has been derelict for about 40 years and was listed in 1987.A previous attempt to gain planning permission to build flats on the site was rejected in Wheatcroft bought the site in October 2020. Kym Harris, a lifelong Appledore resident whose grandfather and other relatives worked at Richmond Dock, is fighting the said the community wanted something done with the site but "by covering the dry dock with a shelter or a shed it's almost erasing it from this area of the village".She said: "By covering it, it's almost like it didn't exist and those people of the village who we want to remember and our history that we want to remember, is gone."She said the site was important to people in Appledore and it was a shame it had "been allowed to get into such an awful state".Ms Harris said: "There are vessels from that yard all over the world that were built by local men and we should celebrate that."The planning application for the dock will be conisdered by Torridge District Council on a date yet to be decided.
