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== Company History == |
== Company History == |
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XMOS was founded in July 2005 by Ali Dixon (then Final year student at the University of Bristol), James Foster (former CEO of Oxford Semiconductor), Noel Hurley (formerly at ARM), [[David May (computer scientist)|David May]] (former chief architect of [[Inmos]]), and Hitesh Mehta (Acacia Capital Partners). It received seed funding from the [[University of Bristol]] enterprise fund, and Wyvern seed fund (formerly the Sulis Seedcorn fund) |
XMOS was founded in July 2005 by Ali Dixon (then Final year student at the University of Bristol), James Foster (former CEO of Oxford Semiconductor), Noel Hurley (formerly at ARM), [[David May (computer scientist)|David May]] (former chief architect of [[Inmos]]), and Hitesh Mehta (Acacia Capital Partners). It received seed funding from the [[University of Bristol]] enterprise fund, and Wyvern seed fund (formerly the Sulis Seedcorn fund). |
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In the autumn of 2006, XMOS secured funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, [[DFJ Esprit]], and Foundation Capital<ref>{{cite news |
In the autumn of 2006, XMOS secured funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, [[DFJ Esprit]], and Foundation Capital<ref>{{cite news |
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | July 2005 |
| Founder | Ali Dixon, James Foster, Noel Hurley, David May, and Hitesh Mehta |
| Headquarters | Bristol, United Kingdom |
| Products | Microprocessors, XCore XS1-G4 |
| Website | xmos.com |
XMOS is a fabless semiconductor company that manufactures multi-core multi-threaded processors designed to execute several real-time tasks, DSP, and control flow all at once.
Company History
XMOS was founded in July 2005 by Ali Dixon (then Final year student at the University of Bristol), James Foster (former CEO of Oxford Semiconductor), Noel Hurley (formerly at ARM), David May (former chief architect of Inmos), and Hitesh Mehta (Acacia Capital Partners). It received seed funding from the University of Bristol enterprise fund, and Wyvern seed fund (formerly the Sulis Seedcorn fund).
In the autumn of 2006, XMOS secured funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, DFJ Esprit, and Foundation Capital[1].
The name XMOS is a loose reference to Inmos[2]. Some concepts found in XMOS technology are part of the Transputer legacy.
Products
XMOS has developed three pieces of technology: a multi-threaded multi-core processor; an interconnect switch that can route messages between cores, and a link that can be used to interconnect switches and carry traffic using a transition-based protocol.
XMOS coined the term Software Defined Silicon to describe hardware devices that can be programmed to implement low level I/O protocols.
The technology has been embodied in the XS1-G4 XCore processor (a four-core device that can run up to 32 real time tasks), and the XS1-L1 (a single core device that can run up to 8 real time tasks). Each core has up to 64 I/O pins that are under software control. The LLVM compiler and GDB have been ported to target the XCore family.
References
- ^ Peter Clarke (2007-09-06). "XMOS raises $16 million in Series A funding". Retrieved 2009-02-02.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|what=ignored (help) - ^ David May. "From Inmos to XMOS" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-02-02.