Strategic Partnership with Vanguard International for Next Gen Processes

“Having a foundry partner like VIS enables mSilica to bring state-of-the-art LED drivers to its end market.  The VIS high voltage BCD processes allow mSilica to significantly differentiate its architecture and gives unmatched degrees of freedom when designing power, precision and algorithmic circuits. We now have more than a dozen exciting products for LCD backlighting and intelligent solid-state lighting in mass production with leading LCD TV and monitor OEMs as well as industrial customers", said Dilip S, co-founder and CTO at mSilica. “We value the highest level of technical support and logistics support that Vanguard provides to us.” said Surender Zutshi, Vice President of Operations at mSilica.

According to Leuh Fang, President of Vanguard, “Vanguard is one of the leading specialty foundry providers in the world”. Vanguard has provided its specialized expertise in analog/power management processes to mSilica. “The highly integrated LED driver ICs we are now shipping to mSilica were processed by our specialized BCD process. BCD and high voltage processes ranging from sub-0.5um CMOS with voltage support from 16V to 800V are able to address LED driver ICs very effectively.” Asserted Leuh Fang, “Vanguard is fully committed to becoming the preferred foundry supplier for LED driver ICs that meet demanding customers such as mSilica.”

ABOUT mSILICA, Incorporated
mSilica Incorporated supplies mixed-signal intelligent LED driver ICs to the LCD backlighting and solid state illumination markets. These broad based and rapidly growing markets include LCD TVs, PC monitors, specialty panels and commercial/residential illumination. mSilica’s system centric approach allows electronic equipment manufacturers to significantly enhance product features, while improving power efficiency, reliability and value.

Founded in 2006, the company has raised over $20 Million from leading Silicon Valley investors and strategic customers. mSilica is shipping its products in production volume to some of the leading OEMs in the consumer and industrial  large displays worldwide.  The company is headquartered in Santa Clara CA, and offers worldwide technical support through its headquarters and sales offices worldwide. For more information visit www.msilicaweb.com.

ABOUT Vanguard:
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) is a leading specialty IC foundry service provider. Since its founding in December 1994 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, VIS has been achieving continuous success in its technology development and production efficiency improvement. VIS has also been consistently offering its customers cost-effective solutions and high value-added services. VIS currently has two 8-inch fabs which has a monthly output of approximately 110,000 wafers. For more information about VIS, please visit website at http://www.vis.com.tw