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Accelerating Chip Prototype‑to‑Product
How MIPS and GlobalFoundries Are Compressing the FPGA‑to‑ASIC Path
The path from FPGA prototype to custom ASIC silicon has long been a high-risk, ‘bet the company’ decision. For an investor-funded company, not to mention bootstrapped startups, that flow can be an existential decision. We see something different taking shape inside GlobalFoundries.
“What has stood out throughout our engagement with MIPS, is how seamlessly the teams worked together to accelerate innovation. By combining Apex’s design expertise with MIPS’ deep implementation capabilities and close alignment with GlobalFoundries, we created a highly collaborative development model that allowed us to move quickly, solve challenges in real time, and streamline the path from FPGA to ASIC. For a startup, that translates directly into preserving resources for the innovation that truly differentiates the product.”
Hasan Unlu
Founder and CEO of Apex Compute
“What stands out in the MIPS+GlobalFoundries Prototype to Product path is the consolidation of three or more vendor relationships into a single accountable partner. For small, architecturally novel teams, that integration is what makes a faster, cheaper, and lower-risk route from FPGA to custom silicon credible rather than aspirational.”