Company Overview
Silistix is a venture-funded start-up spun-out of the University of Manchester, UK. The company's focus is the development and deployment of self-timed CHip-Area INterconnect (CHAIN) technology for on-chip communication. Network on Chip (NoC) is an example of a CHAIN system.
The complexity of Systems-on-Chip (SoC) has accelerated to the point that the on-chip interconnection of functional blocks by conventional bus technology is becoming completely intractable. Achieving satisfactory communication among multiple clock domains connected by long, slow wires is the most significant SoC design challenge of the next decade. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as 'Timing Closure'. Silistix' CHAIN technology provides a solution to the complexity problem in a manner analogous to that used by telephone systems as they migrated from circuit-switched to packet-switched communication, revolutionizing the industry in the process. Similarly, Silistix' solution relegates the 'Timing Closure' issue to a much simpler class of problem, reduces on-chip congestion and overall power consumption, and minimizes the impact of on-chip RF noise.
The University of Manchester Computer Science Department has spun-out a number of successful start-ups including Transitive Technologies.