Berkeley SkyDeck Acceleration Program Info Session - Chip Track

Description

Berkeley SkyDeck’s applications for the Batch 15 cohort have just opened. If you're a founder in the semiconductor / hardware space, Berkeley SkyDeck has a special program for you. The Chip Track at SkyDeck features some of the world’s preeminent academic experts in computer architectures and ASIC design, along with key collaborators from key industry leaders.

Startups accepted into the Chip Track at SkyDeck will receive $200k in equity investment from the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, six months residency at Berkeley SkyDeck, access to key industry partners, cloud-based PDKs and MPW wafer runs from TSMC to reduce tape-out costs, credits for access to cloud-based digital / analog / simulation tooling from Cadence, free / discounted IP from a variety of sources, to reduce design costs, and UC Berkeley’s campus resources, including Marvell NanoLab, Molecular Foundry

Berkeley SkyDeck is open to founders affiliated with UC Berkeley, any UC campus, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, and global founders.

This info session will be co-hosted by:

  • David Horsley, Co-Director, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, Co Founder Chirp Microsystems, and chair of the Chip Track at SkyDeck
  • Riddhi Khanna, Associate, SkyDeck Fund

Zoom link for event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2900108183?pwd=YkhwZVc4TW5vZit5UmpVd2JKYkh3UT09