About

Thess IC is an ASIC fabless design company based in Thessaloniki and it is a part of the CORTUS group of companies. Thess IC is developing its own IoT and automotive MCU ICs, offering low cost, low power, fully customizable solutions. Thess IC works with customers worldwide, helping them to transform their ideas to silicon. Having access to an extensive portfolio of RISC V and custom processors, analog, digital and mixed-signal IP, Thess IC significantly reduces the time to market and offers cost effective designs both in power and silicon area. The company was founded in 2020.

Solution & Product

The company developed its first product, an IoT controller for industrial and consumer applications. We are also developing ECUs for the automotive industry. The engineering samples are back from the foundry (Jan 2023) and we are planning lab validation in Q1 and q@ of 2023.

Innovation & Scalability

We focus on two research areas. We are developing our own RISK V processors and peripherals. However, our main focus of interest is the low power design and operation from a single battery for many years.

Traction & achievements

The engineering samples of the IoT chip validated in the lab and complete development kits (IC + PCB+ toolchain) sent to potential clients. (Dec 2022) The engineering samples for our first automotive ECU are back from the foundry (Jan 2023) and we are planning lab validation in Q1 and Q2 of 2023.

Team & Why Us

Our engineering team is consist of a rare composition of highly skilled engineers with 200+ man-years industry experience. The team has many years of experience in major semiconductor companies and we have a proven track record in developing consumer products. The founding members contributed to 100+ publications, 8 patents, 40+ tape-outs, 6 market products the last 20 years. Our advantage is the unique blend of requisite chip design skill sets in one team and access to a wide range IP portfolio. That ensures no dependencies on third party IP or know-how: team and tech are completely self-contained.

Funding Needs

Thess IC is a privately held company and operates with own funding.