Two angles on Xindium

✍ Scribed by Gail Purvis

• Book ID: 104367466
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 58 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0961-1290
• DOI: 10.1016/s0961-1290(04)00787-2

✦ Synopsis

Two angles on Xindium

As the UK's indium phosphide fab Kamelian was sold off, the only chink of light was that the auction did have buyers for the IP and customer lists, not to mention equipment, even to Dr Nigel's Mason's office chair! New US InP wannabe, relying on GaAs, Xindium is a fabless designer with an unusual, startoff scenario, that may fare better in 2005.

After its initial business plan didn't work, fabless semiconductor designer Xindium president & CEO, John Brewer, has refocused business on power amplifiers in mobile devices.The 10-team company, expecting to be 15 by year end, looks to a GaAs product launch in 1Q, 2005, and raising $15m in a Series B financing. Its indium phosphide chip is expected 2006.

Xindium has $10m in financing from VantagePoint Venture Partners which holds the controlling stake.