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It's a pity that they don't mention a price for their fab / foundry offerings anywhere.

• Animats 5y ago
  That's a problem. Their basic claim is that they have, running, a fab for 28nm to 65nm flexible ICs capable of making a billion units a year. They claim 1-day turnaround. They claim to have a 6502 and one of the smaller ARM CPUs working. What they seem to actually make is RFID tags, which are low-end flexible electronic devices. They promote RFID hard. ("Is RFID the solution to protect and promote wine?") The actual product they sell is described here.[1] "At the core of these new cost-effective smart solutions are Avery Dennison’s NFC inlays, which include NFC ICs from the ConnectIC® range of products manufactured by PragmatIC, a UK-based world leader in ultra-low-cost electronics. As these flexible ICs (“FlexICs”) are thinner than a human hair and robust, they are suitable for small diameter objects and provide the ideal solution for adding a unique identity to cost-sensitive products, for example small syringes, or vials." So what they seem to be trying to do is take a technology useful for RFID tags and use it for more complex devices. As a demo, they've made some CPUs. [1] https://rfid.averydennison.com/en/home/news-insights/press-releases/avery-dennison-partnered-with-schreiner-mediPharm-and-pragmatic-semiconductor-to-leverage-nfc-technology.html https://rfid.averydennison.com/en/home/news-insights/press-r...
  • kryptiskt 5y ago
    Where have you seen 28-65nm? The PlasticARM was 0.8µm, which is quite a bit more.
    • Animats 5y ago
      I think you're right. Those were aspirational numbers, not actuals. They're very vague about what their process can actually do.
• pjc50 5y ago
  Fabs rarely do. You're deep into "call for pricing" land.