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12 December 2022

EnSilica plc

("EnSilica", the "Company" or the "Group")

EnSilica secures two new contracts with existing customers worth $3.6m

EnSilica, a leading mixed signal chip maker, is pleased to announce that it has secured two new contracts, from existing customers based in mainland Europe, for a combined total of $3.6 million.

The contracts, which underpin current market expectations, include incremental workflows with a major automotive Tier 1 customer, with both contracts expected to commence by January 2023.

One of the contracts is to develop a TSMC¹ 12 nm FinFet² chip, which the Company's engineering team at its new Bristol design centre will help deliver, utilising Flow IP³ methodologies and software routines acquired from Blu Wireless Technology in July this year. 

Ian Lankshear, Chief Executive Officer of EnSilica plc, commented:

"We are delighted to have secured a further two contracts from existing customers, which has enabled our team to take full advantage of our recently acquired Flow IP capabilities.  Pleasingly, these new design flows will enable us to deliver both high quality and highly competitive complex chips to our customers.

With the global demand for new chip development strong, EnSilica remains ideally placed to continue to take full advantage of these market opportunities."

Definitions:

¹TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

²FinFET FIN Field Effect Transistor: A three-dimensional transistor architecture that uses a raised channel (the "fin") from source to drain. FinFETs replaced CMOS for technology nodes smaller than 20 nm.

³Flow IP includes documented methodologies and software routines for design chips. They verify incoming or outgoing data quality and automate complex and repetitive tasks. They create differentiation as they are refined from learning from each chip design and improve design efficiency.

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About EnSilica

EnSilica is a leading fabless design house focused on custom ASIC design and supply for OEMs and system houses, as well as IC design services for companies with their own design teams. The company has world-class expertise in supplying custom RF, mmWave, mixed signal and digital ICs to its international customers in the automotive, industrial, healthcare and communications markets. The company also offers a broad portfolio of core IP covering cryptography, radar and communications systems. EnSilica has a track record in delivering high quality solutions to demanding industry standards. The company is headquartered near Oxford, UK and has design centres across the UK and in India and Brazil.