Corporate Overview
Sonics, Inc. is a pioneer of network-on-chip (NoC) technology and today offers SoC designers the largest portfolio of intelligent, on-chip communications solutions. Sonics’ products optimize memory access, seamlessly manage on-chip network traffic, accelerate system performance and reduce power consumption in SoCs with advanced voice, data and video features—including those found in home entertainment, networking, wireless 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 in embedded systems with multiple cores.

Since 1996, Sonics has delivered production-proven IP to leading semiconductor suppliers and OEMs around the world, and has more than 30 issued U.S. patents, with 25 additional patent applications. As the world’s number one supplier of on-chip communications IP for the embedded market, Sonics has enabled its customers, including semiconductor leaders Broadcom Corporation, Samsung, Texas Instruments and Toshiba, to ship more than 750 million 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 high-end embedded processing and advanced 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 enables designers to use any IP block, anytime, anywhere—uniquely connecting all silicon IP and managing the on-chip communications functions required for peak performance and cost efficiencies.

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 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. Sonics is the first company to successfully develop and commercialize intelligent on-chip networks for computing, data networking and telecommunications products.

Our solutions are available for a wide array of high-volume, emerging markets, including:

• Home entertainment (HDTVs, DVD players, DVR, video gaming, STBs, cable modems)
• Networking/broadband access (routers)
• Wireless (cell phones, smart phones, base stations)
• Enterprise/office automation (multi-function printers, copiers)
• Mobile devices (MP3 players, digital cameras, PSP)

Recent Industry Recognition/Milestones:

• Sonics Marks Licensee Milestone Surpassing 750M Total Units Shipped (Feb 10)
• SonicsSX™ Named to EDN’s ‘Hot 100 Products of 2008’ (Jan 09)
• Sonics Joins Industry-recognized Power Forward Initiative (Sept 08)
• Sonics Unveils Multi-channel Technology (IMT), a breakthrough in SoC architecture (Jul 08)

Key Partnerships/Alliances
Sonics partners with a wide range of industry-leading semiconductor IP, EDA and ESL companies to help drive the global progression of advanced SoC design, including Cadence Design Systems, ARM, MIPS Technologies, Synopsys and CoWare. These alliances enable Sonics to offer a ’best-in-class’ portfolio of on-chip communications solutions and deliver production-proven IP to leading semiconductor suppliers and OEMs around the world.

Executive Team

• Grant Pierce - CEO, President & Chairman of the Board
• 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
jguilbault@comcast.net (press)
info@sonicsinc.com (company)