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Company profile

GF Micro

Stroud and Bristol design house producing full-custom analogue and digital ASICs from specification to fabless silicon supply for avionics, space and industrial customers.

Company overview

GF Micro (GarField Microelectronics Ltd.) is a UK-based chip design and development company specialising in Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). The firm provides a service covering initial specification and design through to fabrication, testing, and supply, operating a fabless model. Its work spans diverse markets, collaborating with companies, start-ups, and academic institutions. Headquartered in Stroud with an office in Bristol, GF Micro uses technologies including CMOS, BiCMOS, and SiGe. The company also develops and licenses its own silicon-proven IP cores, such as a microdisplay backplane for AR/VR applications using patented P-OLED technology, and a digital temperature sensor IP for industrial use. A subsidiary of Presto Engineering, GF Micro is an Arm Approved Design Partner and a member of the GlobalFoundries Global Solutions Partner Program.

Semiconductor activity

Primary capability: ASIC Design Services. Supply-chain role: Fabless Design, IC Design, IP Licensing.

Technologies and capabilities

  • ASIC
  • Analogue
  • Mixed Signal
  • CMOS
  • BiCMOS
  • SiGe
  • Digital
  • Silicon Germanium

ASIC Design; Custom IC Development; Silicon IP Cores; Microdisplay Backplanes; Temperature Sensor IP; Fabless Silicon Supply

Markets served

  • AR / VR
  • Industrial
  • Consumer Electronics

UK presence

Stroud. Other UK sites: Bristol. Part of the Bristol / South West cluster.

Research links: University of the West of England.

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