Friday, August 27, 2010

Soft Machines Lands $13.0M

Santa Clara-based Soft Machines, a stealth mode firm in the semiconductor area, has raised $13.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. No details on the company or its funding have been announced. However, representatives from the Advanced Technology Investment Company now sit on the company's board of directors. It appears, based on patent filings and job listings, that the firm has patents in multi-threaded CPU technology, and that the firm's founders may have links to Intel's CPU design team. More information »