Kandou Bus SA
Low power consumption chip connections
Kandou is a fabless semiconductor company. Spun out of EPFL in 2011, Kandou designs high speed, energy efficient serial links connecting Integrated Circuit components such as processor and memory, or processor and processor. Kandou’s designs are in production with various customers in the networking and defense fields. Kandou’s first standalone chip product, called Matterhorn, is the world’s leading re-timer chip for USB4 links. Kandou’s customers include the who’s who of the electronics industry. The company is active in three continents, has 120 employees, and has so far raised 100 million US dollars for its operations. With a portfolio of 350+ patents, world class design, and management teams, and a solid customer base, Kandou is ready to take on the world of electronics.
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Kandou Bus SA
Low power consumption chip connections
Website:
www.kandou.com/
Headquarter:
Lausanne
Foundation Date:
January 2011
Technology:
- Engineering
Sectors:
- Energy efficiency
- Big Data
- Cloud
- Electronics
- Hightech
- Gaming
- Smart Power, Green Grid
- IoT
- Machine Learning / AI
- Mobile
- Semiconductors
- Wireless
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