XMOS Limited
TypePrivate
IndustrySemiconductors
FoundedJuly 2005, Bristol, UK
Headquarters
Bristol
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Mark Lippet (CEO & President)
ProductsVoice controllers, Multicore microcontrollers, xCore, xCORE-200, xCORE-AUDIO, xCORE-VOICE, xCORE VocalFusion, xTIMEcomposer
BrandsxCORE, VocalFusion
Websitewww.xmos.ai

XMOS is a fabless semiconductor company that develops audio products and multicore microcontrollers.

Company history

XMOS was founded in July 2005 by Ali Dixon, James Foster, Noel Hurley, David May, and Hitesh Mehta.[1] It received seed funding from the University of Bristol enterprise fund, and Wyvern seed fund.[2]

The name XMOS is a loose reference to Inmos. Some concepts found in XMOS technology (such as channels and threads) are part of the Transputer legacy.[3]

In the autumn of 2006, XMOS secured funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, DFJ Esprit, and Foundation Capital.[4] It also has strategic investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, Huawei Technologies, and Xilinx Inc, which in 2014 invested $26.2 million.[5] In September 2017, XMOS secured $15M in an investment round lead by Infineon.[6]

In July 2017, XMOS acquired SETEM,[7][8] a company that specialises in audio algorithms for source separation.[9][10]

In 2019, XMOS raised $19 million in funding from Harbert European Growth Capital and existing investors.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "SETsquared Bristol case study: XMOS". SETsquared Bristol. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Wiggers, Kyle (13 February 2020). "XMOS unveils Xcore.ai, a powerful chip designed for AI processing at the edge". VentureBeat. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Transputer inventor gets funding for his latest semiconductor start up". Science|Business. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Peter Clarke (6 September 2007). "XMOS raises $16 million in Series A funding". EE Times Europe. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "XMOS Adds Bosch, Huawei and Xilinx as Strategic Investors to Complete $26M Investment Round". www.businesswire.com. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Stefan Nicola (7 September 2017). "Funding Boost for U.K. Chip Firm Aiming at Amazon, Apple Voice-Control Market". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Neil Tyler (10 July 2017). "XMOS acquires Setem Technologies to drive the development of next generation voice interfaces". new electronics. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Clive Maxfield (12 July 2017). "XMOS + Setem could be a game-changer for embedded speech". Embedded.com. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "XMOS acquires Setem Technologies, Inc., to drive the development of next generation voice interfaces". EEJournal. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "XMOS + Setem could be a game-changer for embedded speech". embedded.com. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "XMOS secures $19M funding to accelerate growth". Design And Reuse. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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