AMS helps Sarda implement HIPS chips
The foundry division of AMS, a provider of analogue chips and sensors, has announced that it is manufacturing Sarda Technologies' high-voltage CMOS drivers, which play a key role in their Heterogeneous Integrated Power Stage (HIPS).
Sarda, a North Carolina-based start-up, has developed its combined GaAs/silicon HIPS technology to address the rapidly escalating power consumption in datacenters.
According to the company, it enables the development of voltage regulators that offer fast response, small size and high efficiency for granular power delivery. Sarda's custom driver is currently being fabricated in AMS' 0.35µm high-voltage CMOS specialty process, which allows the efficient integration of voltage domains ranging from 3V to 120V on a single monolithic IC.
"Sarda's approach of integrating silicon ICs and GaAs demonstrates how product developers can use 'More-than-Moore Scaling' to significantly improve data center power management, performance and energy efficiency", said Markus Wuchse, general manager of AMS Full Service Foundry division. "At AMS, we are constantly engaging with innovative fabless start-ups to enable product releases in shortest times. Sarda is a perfect example for this cooperation model."
"This relationship proves, that there are strong foundry partners for start-ups to leverage the extensive capabilities of foundries", said Bob Conner, CEO and co-founder of Sarda.
