The Amp Hour

An Interview with Øyvind Janbu - Feracious Fabless Facilitator

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Welcome Øyvind Janbu, CTO of Energy Micro!

 

 

  • Øyvind went to school in Trondheim where there are multiple schools and many tech companies based around them.
  • Many early members, including the CEO, were part of ChipCon, which was later purchased by Texas Instruments.
  • Energy Micro (EM) is mostly employee owned.
  • Since EM is a fabless semiconductor company, the processing (manufacturing) is done primarily at TSMC.
  • "Le Sense" is an homage to the movie Pulp Fiction, in the same scene where they mention the Royale with Cheese.
  • Energy Micro has a VP of Simplicity, dedicated to making things easier for the customer.
  • The radios coming from EM are a variety of radio standards, including Bluetooth Low Energy.
  • The royalties of an ARM core are confidential, but ARM has more information about licensing in their annual reports.
  • Some of the newest parts in the EM Gecko family use the ARM M0+ core, which many vendors are promoting right now for low power.
  • The EM products have some unusual features, like DMA from an ADC while in sleep mode.
  • Energy Micro publishes their longevity guarantee right on their website for all to see.
  • Chips are available through distributors like Digikey and have been part of their strategy from day one.
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    Many thanks to Øyvind for being on our show and giving us more insight into chip companies. He was really straightforward with his answers and we hope you learned a lot from him. Please leave any additional questions in the comments and we’ll try to make sure the proper people answer them.

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