Corporate Overview
Sonics, Inc. is a pioneer of network-on-chip (NoC) technology and is the world’s #1 supplier of on-chip communications IP for advanced SoC designs. Sonics offers SoC designers the largest portfolio of intelligent, on-chip communications solutions for digital entertainment, wireless, home networking and mobile devices. With a broad array of silicon-proven IP, Sonics helps designers eliminate memory bottlenecks associated with complex, high-speed SoC design, streamline and unify data flows, and solve persistent network challenges on-chip.

Since 1996, Sonics has delivered production-proven IP to leading semiconductor suppliers and OEMs around the world, and today has more than 100 patent properties. As the world’s number one supplier of on-chip communications IP, Sonics has enabled its customers to ship more than one billion units worldwide.

Solutions
Sonics provides designers with a broad portfolio of on-chip communications solutions that address the connectivity challenges and memory bottlenecks associated with the complexities of advanced embedded processing and SoC design. The Sonics’ family of on-chip connectivity networks, memory subsystems, bridges and tools uniquely offers designers power, performance and cost-saving alternatives for all their SoC design needs. Today, Sonics is the only semiconductor IP company that helps designers use any IP, anytime, anywhere—uniquely connecting all silicon IP and managing the on-chip communications functions required for peak performance, power-aware and cost-efficient designs.

Sonics helps SoC designers:

• optimize memory access and bandwidth across complex on-chip networks
• seamlessly manage network traffic and data flows
• dramatically increase silicon performance and reduce power consumption
• significantly reduce on-chip network design time and engineering resources
• manage multiple cores and subsystems within a single IP block
• deliver innovative system-level features

Markets
The Sonics’ suite of on-chip communications solutions enables semiconductor companies and OEMs to reduce time-to-market, decrease development costs and increase performance of advanced SoCs. As a pioneer and leader in NoC technology, Sonics was the first company to successfully develop and commercialize intelligent on-chip networks for computing, data networking and telecommunications products, and today delivers a broad portfolio of innovative solutions for the consumer entertainment segment to the enterprise market.

Sonics’ solutions are available for a wide array of high-volume, high-growth markets, including:

• Home entertainment (HDTVs, DVD players, DVRs, gaming consoles, STBs, cable modems)
• Networking/broadband access (Wi-Fi routers)
• Wireless (pad/tablet computing, smart phones, cell phones, base stations)
• Enterprise/office automation (multi-function printers, copiers)
• Mobile devices (MP3 players, mobile internet devices (MIDs), digital cameras, PSPs)

Recent Corporate Milestones/Industry Recognition:

• Sonics Unveils Multi-channel Technology (IMT), a breakthrough in SoC architecture (Jul 08)
• Sonics Joins Industry-recognized Power Forward Initiative (Sept 08)
• SonicsSX™ Named to EDN’s ‘Hot 100 Products of 2008’ (Jan 09)
• Sonics Marks Licensee Milestone Surpassing 500M Total Units Shipped (Mar 09)
• Sonics Unveils SNAP™, a cost-effective, turnkey solution to simplify on-chip bus designs (May 09)
• Sonics Hits 750M units; On Track to Reach One Billion Units by Year’s end (Feb 2010)
• Sonics Expands in China/Taiwan; Opens Branch office and begins R&D in Taipei (June 2010)
• Sonics Collaborates with Cadence on EDA360 Initiative (June 2010)
• Sonics Launches MemMax AMP to Increase Memory Bandwidth Utilization On-chip (Sept 2010)
• Sonics Selected by TSMC as Partner in its Soft IP Alliance Program (Oct 2010)
• Sonics Surpasses 1 Billion Units; Remains World’s Largest Supplier of On-chip Networks (Dec 2010)
• Sonics Distributes Synopsys IP to Offer End-to-End Memory Subsystem Solutions (Apr 2011)
• Sonics Announces Innovative Design Environment for Accelerating NoC Configuration (June 2011)
• Sonics Celebrates 15 years of IP Leadership and Innovation (Sept 2011)
• Sonics Unveils Industry’s First GHz Network-on-Chip (Sept 2011)

Strategic Partnerships/Alliances
Sonics partners with a wide range of industry-leading semiconductor technology companies to help drive the global progression of advanced system-level design. Companies such as ARM, Atrenta, Cadence, MIPS Technologies, Synopsys and TSMC team with Sonics to offer ‘best-in-class’ technology solutions to keep pace with the ever-changing market demands for designing next-generation SoCs.

Executive Team

• Grant Pierce - CEO, President, Chairman & Founder
• Marty Kovacich – CFO
• Dr. Drew Wingard - CTO & Founder
• Ray Brinks - VP of Engineering
• Jack Browne – SVP of Sales & Marketing
• James Mac Hale, VP of Asia Operations
• David O'Brien – VP of SoC Design Solutions

Corporate Headquarters
Sonics, Inc.
890 N. McCarthy Blvd
Suite 200
Milpitas, CA 95035
Phone: +1 408 457 2800
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