Dolphin Integration is a French Corporation headquartered at Meylan near Grenoble, France, since 1985. They partake in the design industry for microelectronics, which leverages the dynamics of the semiconductor industry. Their focus on CMOS Virtual Components of Silicon IP aims at enabling low-consumption System-on-Chip based on digital libraries of standard cells and memories. Their historical offering is the continuation at IP level of the most popular microprocessor line ever: the Intel legacy of 8051, still prevalent in Smartcards. Their specialty offering for consumer devices includes digital-to-analog converters for sound-processing and measurement and analog-to-digital converters for audio applications with their power regulators. Their general-purpose business is in Electronic Design Automation : mixed-signal simulator, schematics editor, and mixed-signal power consumption estimator.
History
Name
Half of their name comes from the Dolphin, referring to the French province where lies its headquarters, the Dauphiné. Their logo is a dolphin jumping with the shape of an integral symbol. It jumps over the pad-ring of an integrated circuit, which yields the other half of their name.
1985
Founding of Dolphin Integration in 1985 with a dedication to design services to the Integrated Device Makers in the wake of deverticalization of this industry.
1986
COOPEREL prize from then FIEE, now FIEEC as the French Federation of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Industries.
Microelectronic trophy from EUROASIC for a joint project with Roland Moreno, the inventor of the Smart card.
1995
Launch of Dolphin’s first Virtual Component of Silicon IP sold to Fabless IC suppliers at the time of emergence of TSMC as the first foundry. First foray into Asian markets started in Japan.
1997
First-ever conference-exposition for the nascent IP business with “IP-97” in Santa Clara. Market entry into Taiwan.
1999
Acquisition of the first working virtual components from Richard Watts Associates who had designed it for the Music Synthesizer of Evolution Ltd.
Certification Funding of Dolphin Integration Ltd. in Netanya, Israel for the development of Register files
2010
3 partnership agreements with TSMC for audio codecs at 40, 55 and 65 nm. First sale in Korea of high-resolution measurement converters for Smart grid applications
2011
First partnership with TSMC for developing a sponsored library offering “TSMC IP partner award” for analog/mixed-signal IP for high SNR audio converters
Renewal of the “innovative company” qualification by the BPI-France
2014
Dolphin Integration receives TSMC’s Open Innovation Platform® 2014 Partner of the Year Award for Specialty IP
2015
Dolphin Integration receives TSMC’s Open Innovation Platform® 2015 Partner of the Year Award for Specialty IP
2018
Dolphin Integration enters a new era following the appointment of Christian Dupont as CEO of the company. Dolphin Integration enters bankruptcy proceedings https://www.dolphin-integration.com/index.php/investors/news/448 Dolphin Integration has been acquired by Soitec and MBDA for a total amount of 5 M€
