Advanced Silicon Technologies

Name

Advanced Silicon Technologies

Website

https://adsiltech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Short description

Advanced Silicon Technologies is a privately held Portsmouth, United States–based company, founded in 2015, whose stated focus is a patent portfolio in computing and graphics processing technology under President and CEO Thomas Loureiro.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Portsmouth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations

Core offering

Advanced Silicon Technologies holds a patent portfolio focused on computing and graphics processing technology. The company, founded in 2015 and based in Portsmouth, United States, develops and manages intellectual property in the silicon/computing domain intended for licensing or commercialization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Computing and graphics processing patent portfolio

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• InterDigital: InterDigital is a publicly traded R&D and patent licensing company that monetizes fundamental wireless and video/display technology IP — directly comparable as a pure-play IP licensor focused on foundational electronics/compute technology.
• Acacia Research: Acacia Research is a patent licensing and assertion entity that acquires and licenses technology patents across semiconductors and computing — a near-direct analog to Advanced Silicon Technologies' business model.
• Wi-LAN (now一部分 of Aura IP): Wi-LAN historically operated as a patent licensing company in wireless and semiconductor technologies, including graphics/wireless IP — a direct model peer for a niche compute/graphics IP licensing entity.
• Marathon Patent Group (now Xperi): Marathon Patent Group was a pure-play patent assertion/licensing entity in semiconductor and computing IP; the broader Xperi platform continues to license foundational semiconductor and media IP, making it a structural peer in patent monetization.

Broad incumbents

• Rambus: Rambus originated as a memory-interface IP licensor and now also licenses security, PCIe/DDR/SerDes and other compute-adjacent silicon IP. It is a broader incumbent in semiconductor IP licensing with an overlapping compute-adjacent focus.
• Imagination Technologies: Imagination Technologies designs and licenses GPU and AI accelerator IP — directly comparable in the graphics processing technology domain, though it operates a fabless IP/design model rather than pure patent licensing.
• ARM Holdings: ARM licenses processor and compute IP to virtually every chipmaker — a dominant incumbent in compute IP licensing that sets the benchmark for IP monetization economics in the same technology domains the company targets.
• NVIDIA: NVIDIA is the dominant graphics processor IP and chipmaker, and one of the most frequent defendants/licensees in graphics IP disputes — making it a critical counterparty and comparable on the underlying technology domain.

Emerging players

• PactGuard (or comparable NPE): Niche non-practicing entities focused on computing/graphics patent licensing provide the closest small-scale analog for Advanced Silicon Technologies — typically early-stage or boutique IP licensing vehicles targeting specific semiconductor patent families.
• SiFive: SiFive commercializes RISC-V-based compute IP, including GPU and vector processing IP. As an emerging compute/graphics IP licensor, it represents the kind of business model and competitive set Advanced Silicon Technologies' portfolio would interact with.

Market position

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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