Large US companies are looking for Technion talent to design custom chips in Israel
[Rani Tamari January 4th, 2024] Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Facebook all want to set up their own silicon design in Israel’s “ Silicon Wadi ”. The Technion , Israel’s Institute of Technology in Haifa, is the seed of many chip companies in Israel. Let’s review the history of these companies in the fabless semiconductor industry, and specifically in Israel. Starting with Technion talent in Haifa The first company to jump and fetch Technion talent was Intel , which set up shop shop in Haifa in 1974 . In 1993 , Qualcomm , set up offices to build semiconductor IP cores for their San Diego chips right next to Intel’s Haifa offices. In 2003 , Intel released the Pentium M , a SoC (System on chip) which was designed in their Haifa offices. Apple (Market Cap $2.87T) In 2018, Apple made its first step in the semiconductor domain when they acquired P.A. Semi (originally named Palo Alto Semiconductor) for $278M . Steve Jobs made it clear that they were buying talent ,...