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Mobius Microsystems

Company Flyer - 2009

Press Release: Mobius honored at "Michigan Celebrates Small Business"

Article: Governor's Award Goes to Mobius Microsystems (May 17, 2005

Article: Mobius Microsystems Introduces the All-Silicon Copernicus Clock (EE Times, May 10, 2005)

Article: Timing is right for high-tech firm (January 23, 2005)

Mobius Microsystems, Inc. has been called, “a case study in how to turn academic research into commercial enterprise,” in a recent article by Tom Henderson in the Detroit News (1/23/05).

Michael McCorquodale, founder and Chief Technology Officer of the company, patented the Copernicus Clocking Solution, which grew out of research conducted as a graduate student in the EECS Department. Through this device and other techniques, Mobius empowers integrated circuit designers and manufacturers to achieve previously unattainable levels of analog and mixed-signal integration across all process technologies. Mobius strives to offer a visible return-on-investment through reduced cost, faster time-to-market, and improved performance. “We make our customers' products better, get them to market more quickly, and improve their bottom line,” says McCorquodale. Mobius currently has several EECS alumni on staff.

About Mobius from the company flyer:

Based in Silicon Valley, Mobius Microsystems is a fabless semiconductor company, and the first to implement accurate frequency generators on a single, standard CMOS die. This is a significant technical breakthrough in frequency generation, which up to now had been accomplished with quartz-based crystals, crystal oscillators and PLL ICs. Mobius’ patented CMOS Harmonic Oscillator (CHO™) eliminates such components, and enables designers to create robust products offering higher frequency and thinner profiles. Mobius’ proprietary technology builds on work done at the University of Michigan by Michael McCorquodale, Ph.D., CTO of the company. Mobius is funded by leading venture capital firms, has an extensive patent portfolio, and has been recognized as a company to watch by its industry peers. “The industry has long recognized the value of building frequency references monolithically in CMOS, but many thought it simply could not be done, and that quartz crystals would always be needed. Mobius proves the contrary; it can be done with CMOS. Our technology enables smaller, thinner, and more mechanically robust products for a wide array of applications.” - Ashok Dhawan Chief Executive Officer, Mobius Microsystems