About us

mSilica Incorporated supplies system centric mixed-signal LED driver ICs for the backlighting and general illumination markets.  This broad based and rapidly growing market includes LCD TVs, PC monitors, specialty panels (industrial, military, medical, avionics, etc.) and general illumination (commercial, residential, industrial and government).  mSilica’s LED drivers utilize a proprietary and patented combination of analog and digital circuit techniques.  mSilica’s products embody a system centric approach and provide solutions for local and global dimming, power management, signal conditioning and smart interfacing.  This allows electronic equipment manufacturers to significantly enhance product features, while improving power efficiency, reliability and cost/performance.  

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 markets world-wide.

mSilica’s team comes from leading analog and mixed-signal semiconductor companies.  Their combined experience empowers the company to deliver industry leading products based on detailed system level expertise, proven IC design know-how and extensive customer application knowledge.

Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA in the heart of Silicon Valley, mSilica offers worldwide technical support through its headquarters and offices in Korea, Japan and Taiwan.  The company also supports its customers with sales representatives and distributors throughout Asia, North America and Europe.

Investors

mSilica’s investment partners include DCM, Sierra Ventures and Storm Ventures LLC. Together they have assets of over $3.5B and investments in leading companies such as SMIC, SigmaTel, Foundry Networks, Intuit, 2Wire and many more.

Board of Directors
* Steve Dines , CEO
* Dilip S, CTO, VP Engineering, Co-Founder
* Peter Moran , General Partner, DCM
* Sanjay Subhedar , General Partner, Storm Ventures
* Ben Yu , Managing Director, Sierra Ventures

Customers/Apps

mSilica's ICs are being evaluated and designed into products by leading LCD TV, notebook and display panel companies worldwide.