Inphi, an analog semiconductor company, has established the Inphi Design Centre in the UK, in a move to accelerate its research and development (R&D) of high-speed interface devices targeted at 100Gbps networks as well as synchronise technology initiatives with strategic partners and customers worldwide.
The company said that it has assembled a UK team under the leadership of Mike Harwood, as the new director of Inphi United Kingdom. The team will leverage the company’s core competencies in advanced analog circuit design, signal integrity, power management, packaging and process technologies to create a new class of high-speed interface devices.
Mr Harwood has 20 years of experience in microelectronics design. Before co-founding HSZ Consulting, a company specialising in microelectronics for data communications, he was the architect of several generations of Texas Instruments’ Physical Layer Devices and SerDes IP.
Young Sohn, president and CEO at Inphi, said: “Establishing our UK centre allows us to capitalise on the area’s enormous cache of talent and knowledge. This move will form the next step in our worldwide growth and augments our leadership in innovative designs, dedication to excellence in product development, and commitment to advancing industry standards.”
