FlexIC Foundry unleashes flexible circuit design

PragmatIC has unveiled FlexIC Foundry, a new platform allowing third parties to access its FlexICs, ultra-low cost, flexible integrated circuits, and to design and manufacture their own bespoke versions of this technology.

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PragmatIC developed a unique, patented semiconductor device platform that provides the opportunity to invent entirely new applications for electronics: as well as being ultra-low cost, it is also ultra-thin and flexible, and can be easily combined with other thin film electronic components to create novel technologies.

The company created the FlexIC Foundry initially to accelerate the development and launch of its ConnectIC family of RFID FlexICs earlier this year. They offer a technology to add connectivity and interactivity into everyday objects, with the potential to increase the addressable RFID market.

The platform is currently in beta release, and PragmatIC has been working with select partners such as Arm, Cambridge Consultants, imec and Talkin’ Things who are using it to create custom circuits.

‘We are very pleased to work closely with these distinguished companies during the development of our FlexIC Foundry,’ said Scott White, CEO of PragmatIC. ‘We see this as being key to putting our novel technology in the hands of designers all around the world to create more pioneering products and advance them rapidly from concept to reality.’

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