CISC Semiconductor

CISC Semiconductor GmbH
Company typePrivate
IndustryElectronics
Founded1999
HeadquartersKlagenfurt, Austria
Key people
Dr. Markus Pistauer, CEO
ProductsSemiconductors, Automotive, RFID
Websitewww.cisc.at

CISC Semiconductor GmbH is a semiconductor company founded in 1999 focused on the automotive branch and radio frequency technology (RFID).

The main office is at the Lakeside Science & Technology Park in Klagenfurt, Austria, near the University of Klagenfurt. A branch office is located in Graz, Austria, enabling a close cooperation with the Graz University of Technology. In the U.S.A the company has a subsidy in Mountain View, California.

History

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  • CISC Semiconductor Design+Consulting GmbH was founded in 1999 as an R&D focused and 100% privately owned business by CEO Dr. Markus Pistauer in Klagenfurt, Austria.
  • Between 2000 and 2002 CISC was part of two international R&D <s: “High Quality Design in Deep Submicron Technology” and “Technology Driven Design and Test”.[1]
  • In 2002 CISC opened an R&D center in Graz, Austria with the purpose of enabling a closer cooperation with the Institute for Technical Informatics at Graz University of Technology.
  • In 2003 CISC Semiconductor expanded its business towards radio frequency identification (RFID) and radio frequency (RF) communication, laying the foundation for its current activity in various standardization processes.
  • Getting further into RFID technology, CISC became a member of EPCglobal™ and started participating in RFID standardization work for the first time in 2004.
  • In 2004 CISC launched its product SyAD (System Architect Designer) and won an Austrian Innovation and Research Prize Award (Province Carinthia).[2]
  • Since 2004 CISC has been organized into three business units: Automotive (AT), RFID+RFComm (RF) and Tools+Methodology (TM).
  • CISC joined two European R&D projects: “Robust Design for Efficient Use of Nanometer Technologies” (ROBIN)[3] and “Wireless Technologies for small area Networks with Embedded Security and Safety” (Witness),[4] starting in 2004.
  • In 2006 CISC won a special economy prize[5] on high innovative products (by Privatstiftung Kärntner Sparkasse, Austria) for its RFID Application and System Design Toolset (CISC RFID ASD Kit+Library), which was brought to the market in the same year, as well as another RF product: The CISC RFID Field Recorder.
  • From 2006 onwards, CISC started providing expert training on RFID via the European EPC Competence Center.
  • In the year 2007 CISC launched products in all its three business units: AT (Automotive Bus System Lib and Automotive Core Lib), RF (Tag Emulator and MeETS), as well as TM (SyAD V2.0).
  • Furthermore, in 2007 CISC and its products were present at four continents: Europe, Asia, Africa and America, further extending the company's export efforts.
  • In 2007 CISC joined the Open SystemC initiative and became certified Alliance Partner of National Instruments.
  • In January 2007 CISC opened its R&D branch office in Graz, Austria.
  • Two new research projects were started in 2008: “SR2 – Short Range Radio” and “TEODACS – Test, Evaluation and Optimization of Dependable Automotive Communication Systems” at the Virtual Vehicle Competence Center.[6] Another one followed in 2009: “e3car” via the ENIAC Joint Undertaking,[7] which was meant to push the development of hybrid and electrical vehicles.
  • In 2010 CISC pushed product development in the business units RF and TM, improving MeETS to achieve measurement sensitivities of UHF RFID tag performance measurements beyond -100dBm[8] and releasing SyAD’s 3rd generation – SyAD 2010.
  • From 2010 onwards, CISC Semiconductor is official industry partner of the Technical University of Munich joining their RFID AZM (RFID User Center Munich).
  • The international research project: “Process Oriented Electronic Control Units for Electric Vehicles Developed on a Multi-System Real-Time Embedded Platform” (POLLUX)[9] under the umbrella of ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking[10] started in 2010.
  • In 2011 the company's name was changed to CISC Semiconductor GmbH, eliminating the phrase “Design+Consulting” to better fit the current field of business.
  • In Spring 2012 CISC Semiconductor decided to adapt and change its logo to visualize the development that the company has gone through since its foundation in 1999.
  • The Company's new product - RFID Xplorer - was successfully launched in April and presented at the Euro ID trade fair in Berlin.

References

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  1. ^ TechnoDat Project Profile. CARTENE. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  2. ^ Innovationspreis des Landes Kärnten CISC Semiconductor. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ^ Our History https://www.cisc.at/who-we-are/our-history/
  4. ^ Information about the Witness research project.[permanent dead link] CISC Semiconductor. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  5. ^ Wirtschaftspreis 2006 CISC Semiconductor. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  6. ^ TEODACS Project Description and Overview Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine.Kompetenzzentrum Das virtuelle Fahrzeug Forschungsgesellschaft GmbH. Retrieved 13 September 2011
  7. ^ e3car Project Profile Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. ENIAC Joint Undertaking. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  8. ^ Derbek/Preishuber-Pfluegl/Pistauer/Holtstiege (2010): Method of Receiver Sensitivity Improvement for RFID Measurement and Test Instruments. Cartagena: IEEE, S. 39-42.
  9. ^ POLLUX Project Page. Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  10. ^ ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
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