Joint Venture Signing Ceremony between the Tianjin Free Trade Zone and Nautilus Asia Pacific for the development of a Semiconductor Fabrication Community Complex Project.
Mr. William Wei, Vice President, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Administrative Committee, shaking hands with Gene Chou, President, Nautilus Asia Pacific).
Joint Venture between Nautilus Asia Pacific Management LLC (`NAPM`_) and Tianjin Free Trade Zone (`TJFTZ`_)
Joint Venture agreement signed August 2009
IC360 Ltd founded in China September 2009
Creation of new semiconductor foundry starting in 2010
Executive headquarters based in the Western USA
IC360 market focus
Market focus around growth segments
Design and Development Partnerships
Display Products: TFT-LCD/OLED/3D drivers, scalars and controllers
Power management
Radio front-ends
Embedded devices
Open Core – Development of open source a specialty of France which is moving towards hardware
Design shops
Fabless foundries
Develop/acquire new IP for intended markets plus IP for production methods
Success in Semiconductor Market of Today
"In today’s highly competitive semiconductor industry, profitability hinges on high yield, competitive design performance, and rapid time to market, " Daniel Nenni Silicon Valley Blog, January 24, 2010
