Senior ASIC Digital Design Manager , Avicena Tech

Salary not provided
Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Sunnyvale, CA

Avicena Tech

High bandwidth semiconductor interconnects

Open for applications

Avicena Tech

High bandwidth semiconductor interconnects

1-20 employees

B2BManufacturingTelecommunicationsCloud Computing

Open for applications

Salary not provided
Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Sunnyvale, CA

1-20 employees

B2BManufacturingTelecommunicationsCloud Computing

Company mission

To design high density interconnects that break the current paradigm and enable new architectures.

Company mission

To design high density interconnects that break the current paradigm and enable new architectures.

Our take

Copper has been the industry standard for chip-to-chip interconnects since it was introduced by IBM back in 1997. Now, however, the computational demands of more complex systems like AI, machine learning, and cloud systems are too high: copper interconnects are creating bottlenecks thanks to sub-optimal latency and power consumption. Avicena Technology has developed a new system - it could be a game changer.

The company’s ‘LightBundle’ solution uses micro-LEDs to create ultra-dense, low-latency, low-cost, and low-power optical interconnects, thereby facilitating the kind of high-performance architecture that’s in increasingly high demand as digital infrastructure becomes more complex.

It’s a solution that’s attracted healthy funding from major players including Samsung Catalyst Fund and Cerberus Capital Management. This suggests substantial faith in Avicena Technology’s ambition that its technology could help unlock the future of distributed high-performance computing and disaggregated architecture. Although a relatively modest outfit for now, Avicena Technology’s advances could prove highly influential over the coming years.

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Benefits

  • Medical, Dental , Vision & Disability —
  • 90% contribution from Avicena for you and your family
  • 401K
  • Stock options
  • Free food!

Company values

  • Team collaboration
  • Being self-driven and self-directed
  • Intellectual and career growth
  • Creative problem solving
  • Informal and fun work environment

Funding (2 rounds)

Aug 2022

$25m

SERIES A

Nov 2019

$6.5m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $31.5m

Leadership

Bardia Pezeshki

(CEO)

After his PhD in electrical engineering at Stanford, held various managerial roles at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center and then SDL Inc. Subsequently served as CTO at Santur Corporation, and then CEO at Kaiam Corporation.

Worked on photonic interconnects and optical subsystems at Optivision and ONI Systems, and has subsequently held various VP roles at Luminous Networks and Thryva (which he co-founded).

Jobs (4)

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