Adiabatic Logic ranked in Prismark's global top ten emerging companies list
CAMBRIDGE, England, November 10, 2003
– Adiabatic Logic Limited (www.adiabaticlogic.com), a Cambridge-based company focused on creating and licensing intellectual property (IP) in the low power technology arena, is one of just ten electronics companies worldwide to be recognised by analysts at New York-based Prismark (www.prismark.com) as an emerging company that 'represents promise for the future'.
The company is profiled in the 'Important New Companies' section of Prismark's 240–page Electronics Industry Report for 2004, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the electronics industry with a focus on the pivotal structural changes and enabling technologies that will shape the industry's future development.
Adiabatic Logic was selected from hundreds of important new companies due to the potential of its low power Intelligent Output Driver (IOD) technology. The IOD IP cell is designed to replace the conventional pad drivers in an integrated circuit (IC) and uses a patented energy recycling technique, which in simulated tests delivered 50-75% power savings in chip I/O for portable devices such as laptops, smartphones, handheld computers, digital cameras and MP3 players.
"We are delighted to have been recognised by Prismark as an important new company in its 2004 Electronics Industry Report," said Simon Payne, Adiabatic Logic's chief executive officer. "Appearing in such a prestigious publication – and in the same section as electronics giants such as HP, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Nokia, Philips and Samsung – will only serve to further raise our profile in the industry."
Adiabatic Logic's Intelligent Output Driver (IOD) uses the speed of submicron CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) to actively mimic the voltage-current drive characteristics of a classic driver with a source (or series) terminator resistor. It does this in such a way that the bulk of the current is delivered to the load capacitance non-resistively from a reservoir capacitance maintained at a mid rail voltage, assisted by the inherent inductance of the load. The on-chip reservoir capacitance delivers charge on rising edges and recovers charge on falling edges thereby recycling energy, which is conventionally wasted.
Last month (October 2003), Adiabatic Logic announced that it had completed the first silicon implementation of its IOD technology and tests showed power savings of more than 50%. The company expects to improve this through a program of incremental development, which will include a further tape out with refinements before the year-end.
About Adiabatic Logic (www.adiabaticlogic.com)
Founded in 2002, Adiabatic Logic Limited is part of the Cambridge Technology Group and was set up to exploit a portfolio of secured patents in the low power technology arena. Adiabatic Logic has a patented technique with the potential to significantly reduce the power consumption of digital computer chips, such as those found in today's laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and mobile phones.
The design team's focus is on creating and applying intellectual property (IP) to exploit the concept of 'lossless' processes. An adiabatic process is one in which no heat is gained or lost. It is a concept normally associated with the behaviour of gases but can be applied in other physical domains, such as electronics. The company is based at Dry Drayton, on the outskirts of Cambridge, England.
About the Cambridge Technology Group (www.cambridgetechgroup.com)
Cambridge Technology Group is a holding company with three wholly owned subsidiaries - Adiabatic Logic Limited, Cambridge Technology Consultants Limited and XJTAG Limited. Cambridge Technology Consultants (www.camtechconsultants.com) offers its clients a broad range of services from high-end applications to innovative product development and technical consultancy skills. For ten years, its multi disciplinary team of hardware and software engineers have provided cost-effective solutions from concept through to pre-production. XJTAG Limited (www.xjtag.com) is a specialist design and test tool developer. Its JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) development system offers a competitive solution for designers and developers of electronic circuits.
About Prismark (www.prismark.com)
Prismark is an electronics industry consulting firm that provides advice to many of the leading systems houses, semiconductor companies, and the materials, components, and tool companies that enable electronic equipment to be manufactured. These companies use Prismark to plan their tactics and set their strategies in an industry that continues to undergo complex technological and structural change. Prismark's business is global and the company works in all market sectors. Prismark's HQ is at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA.
