GF Micro

With over twenty-five years in business and partnering with top silicon foundries across the world to source and supply devices, GF Micro offers a range of bespoke design services focussing on digital and analogue design.

We can deliver turn-key designs or bespoke consultancy across diverse chip technologies and applications. To ensure best possible performance, efficiency and on-time delivery we use a proven combination of in-house and third party IP along with the latest design tools.

A typical engagement may start with a feasibility study, leading to architecture and specification generation and finally chip design, layout and delivery of first silicon.

The whole process is a partnership, we understand that designs and ideas evolve over time and as your programme takes shape. It is important to collaborate early on to identify the optimum solution and we believe that working together is fundamental to being able to truly innovate and to deliver your ideas.

Our aim is to offer the most comprehensive implementation options possible, reflecting a wide range of customer market places, applications and individual requirements.

Planning
Reflecting this approach is our ability to offer much more than basic silicon design. To help achieve a finished and fully working chip we can also incorporate detailed implementation plans. These allow our customers to realise a complete chip solution based on selected packaging technologies and test methodologies.

Packaging
Our customers are always looking for innovative packaging solutions. Twenty-five years of chip design projects has seen us develop experience in a wide range of package technologies. In addition to supporting standard package types we also offer a number of development packages for first silicon evaluation.

Test Development
To help customers achieve a full silicon solution that they can use for sample purposes, as well as volume production, we offer various levels of test development. For basic implementation we provide a bring up service which gives customers a device that is fully functioning and tested.

Involving only one point of contact and one supplier, we offer customers a full tailored turnkey service across diverse markets, covering low volume/high reliability solutions through to large volume consumer applications.

Assuming a supply chain management role, we identify and work with strategic partners to develop and validate a manufacturing and production test flow that fits with our customers’ individual requirements.
We manage the sourcing process in its entirety from silicon manufacture and device package/assembly through to production test and inventory management.

This proven model gives customers the ability to rapidly scale their manufacturing flow, with no impact on quality or performance.