Forza and TowerJazz Continue Partnership

Business Wire: Forza Silicon and TowerJazz continue their strategic partnership to design and produce mixed-signal and image sensor chips utilizing TowerJazz’s process. During their 11-year relationship, Forza Silicon has completed many projects. Recent developments include the following:

• 133 Mpixel, 60 FPS image sensor
• Low power global shutter SOC imager
• Family of sensors for dental X-ray
• Small size endoscopy sensor
• High-speed global shutter sensor

"We joined TowerJazz’s Design Center Program several years ago and have seen significant efficiencies since we’ve aligned our business processes to meet the time-to-market requirements of our customers," said Barmak Mansoorian, Forza Silicon President. "This partnership is a natural complement to our business model of providing end-to-end design engineering and manufacturing services from circuit design through to production testing."

"We are excited to work with partners such as Forza Silicon who have proven to be true innovators in the CMOS image sensor field," said Avi Strum, VP & General Manager, CMOS Sensors Business Unit, VP Sales, Europe. "Forza Silicon’s great depth of talent and proven ability to work closely with a customer on an idea, collaborate on a design, and follow through to volume production is critical to deliver advanced solutions."