Parade Technologies, Taiwan based maker of high-speed interface and display semiconductor chips announced acquisition of majority of high-speed connectivity related assets from Canada based high-speed analog interface semiconductor expert Spectra7. The assets include intellectual property (IP), products, designs, inventory, and other specified items and also large number of Spectra7 engineers to join Parade.
Parade said it anticipates that Spectra7’s cutting-edge SiGe-technology, achieving data speeds of 112 Gbps and higher, will provide valuable support for Parade’s efforts to expand into high-growth markets such as data centers, AI-powered computing, and next-generation consumer electronics.
Parade supplies interface ICs for PCI Express, USB, DisplayPort, HDMI and such latest data-connectivity standards. Parade also makes chips to interface data to display and touch interface systems mainly for consumer and automotive applications.
Spectra7 Microsystems had demonstrated its 800Gbps QSFP-DD and OSFP interconnects with several leading equipment suppliers at popular events such as DesignCon. It is extending the ability of copper connects handle high speed data using thinner copper cables.
This acquisition gives technology edge in rising the data-speed rates so that its chips can support AI computing applications.
