Type | Private |
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Industry | Hardware, Internet of Things, RISC, Semiconductor |
Founded | 2014 |
Founder | Karel Masařík |
Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
Key people | Ron Black (CEO) Karel Masařík (President) Zdeněk Přikryl (CTO) Vladimír Koutný (CFO) Kateřina Smrčková (CPO) Brett Cline (CCO) |
Website | Official website |
CODASIP (abrev. CO-Design Application-Specific Instruction-set Processor) is a processor technology company enabling system-on-chip developers to differentiate their products. The company specializes in RISC-V processor technologies and offers Codasip Studio, a tool suite for processor design using the CodAL architecture description language.
CODASIP technology is used in nearly 2 billion processors worldwide. [1] [2] [3]
In 2014, Codasip was founded on the basis of Karel Masařík's PhD work on a distinct hardware/software co-design technology, after a decade of intensive research at Brno University of Technology.
In the same year, the company secured a seed funding round of $4.5M, led by Credo Ventures. [4]
In 2015, Codasip co-founded RISC-V International (initially known as RISC-V Foundation) and also launched the first commercial RISC-V processor IP on the market. [5]
In 2017, Codasip unveiled its first 64-bit RISC-V core. [6]
In 2018, Codasip completed a Series A investment round, raising $10M from private equity firms. [7] [8]
In 2020, the company received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 program. [9]
In the same year, Codasip opened a strategic design center in France [10] followed by another in the United Kingdom in 2021. [11] That same year, Ron Black assumed the role of CEO. [12] [13]
In 2022,Codasip established design centers in Greece and Spain and [14] [15] acquired Cerberus, a UK-based firm known for its expertise in crafting secure IoT products. [3] [16] [17]
In June, Codasip was awarded the "Best in Show" in the Processors & IP category at the Embedded World 2022 event. [18]
In December, Codasip received additional financial support from the European Innovation Council, a segment of the European Union. [19]
Also, the company was featured in EE Times' esteemed "Silicon 100" list consecutively in 2022 [18] [20] and 2023. [21] [22] [23]
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