Chipworks Corporate Overview
Inside Technology
Chipworks Inc., founded in 1992 by Terry Ludlow, is a semiconductor reverse engineering company helping semiconductor and electronic device manufacturers maintain their competitive advantage and protect and maximize their technical IP.
Chipworks helps customers around the world to protect and leverage their patent assets and provides technical competitive analysis services. Our customers look to us for our leading edge lab facilities, technical expertise and rich library of in-house semiconductor data. We determine what's inside technology - specifically, what's inside chips, devices, software, almost anything electronic. Customers facing patent licensing or litigation issues, researching the latest product design, or keeping an eye on their competitors, know Chipworks delivers the analysis. Our experts can take the product or the patent apart to discover its secrets.
Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, the Company has offices in Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo and Osaka Japan; Seoul, South Korea and Warsaw, Poland with representation worldwide.
Patent Intelligence
Chipworks knows technology and understands technology patents. For internal intellectual property (IP) groups, we enhance the team by providing third party technical evidence and becoming intimately familiar with the client’s patent portfolio. This helps limit their exposure to aggressors and helps to maximize return on patent assets.
For law firms we work with their deadlines and unique requirements, delivering accurate and impartial third party technical evidence. We provide litigation support and patent defense, enabling them to build and strengthen their client relationships.
Technical Intelligence
Chipworks delivers detailed technical analysis of microchips, semiconductor devices and electronic systems to circuit and process designers in semiconductor and electronics companies. Our customers use this information to maximize their knowledge of the latest technology, benchmark their products, and maintain their competitive advantage while accelerating their product development process. Chipworks reports also aid customers in making market entry or exit decisions.
Executive Team
Terry Ludlow, Founder, Chair & CEO
Julia Elvidge, President
Mike Thumm, Vice President, Patent Intelligence
Gary Tomkins, Vice President, Technical Intelligence
Bill Davies, Vice President, Core Capabilities
Neal Stansby, Vice President, Development
Lee Whelly, Director, Human Resources
Chipworks Worldwide Headquarters
3685 Richmond Road, Suite 500
Ottawa, Ontario K2H 5B7 Canada
T +1.613-829-0414
F +1.613-829-0515
www.chipworks.com
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