# Chameleon Semiconductor Website: https://chameleonsemi.com Language: en (UTF-8) Charset: UTF-8 Generated: 2026-09-08T13:22:57-07:00 --- # Chameleon Semiconductor > The only U.S.-based provider of synthesizable eFPGA soft IP – delivering hardware security, cryptographic agility, and post-deployment reconfigurability for aerospace, defense, and advanced computing without silicon respins or IP leakage. --- ## Who We Are Chameleon Semiconductor is a US-based semiconductor IP company (founded 2024) that commercializes synthesized eFPGA technology developed from 2018 at Carnegie Mellon University under Professor Ken Mai. We deliver RTL-based synthesizable eFPGA soft IP that embeds into customer ASICs and SoCs. Silicon-proven at GlobalFoundries, TSMC, and Intel fabs across multiple process nodes. --- ## Core Business Facts - **Only U.S.-based** provider of synthesizable eFPGA soft IP - **Founded:** 2024; CMU ECE R&D origins, 2018 - **Silicon proven:** GlobalFoundries, TSMC, Intel fabs - **PQC throughput:** 600x over software - **Rad-hard:** Zero upsets to 4 x 10^12 protons/cm2; 0.18x TMR area; greater than 100 years LEO - **Sandia partnership:** 22nm rad-hard test chip - **Publications:** NSREC 2022, RADECS 2024, ESSCIRC 2024, GOMAC 2024 - **Compliance:** NIST-compliant, ITAR-friendly; FIPS/Common Criteria compatible - **IP security:** 100% secure delivery – no netlist review required --- ## What We Do We license synthesizable eFPGA soft IP: process-node independent, fab independent, optimized to customer PPA targets, and invisible to reverse engineering. - **Secure bitstream:** NIST/ITAR-compliant; HSM root-of-trust and PUF device-locking supported - **Hardware redaction:** Critical logic absent from gate-level deliverables; SAT-attack resistant - **Rad-hard eFPGA:** Patented DSM flip-flop; 3,735x critical-section reduction; outperforms TMR/DICE - **Open-source tool flow:** Verilog to signed netlist; no vendor lock-in; no third-party macros --- ## Markets - **Aerospace and Defense:** Only onshore RTL-based eFPGA; ITAR-friendly; in-orbit reconfiguration - **Security/PQC:** Crypto-agnostic fabric; CRYSTALS-Dilithium swap in seconds; 600x vs. software - **Advanced Computing:** One SoC replaces accelerator families; AI workloads updated without respins - **Changing Standards:** UCIe, PCIe, LPDDR updates via bitstream; no mask costs --- ## Leadership - **Geoff Rodgers, CEO** -- 25+ years semiconductor/EDA; Synopsys, Cadence, PDF Solutions - **Ken Mai, CTO** -- CMU ECE Professor; 7+ years Chameleon eFPGA R&D - **Robert Bielby, VP Marketing** -- 30+ years; Altera, Xilinx, LSI Logic, Micron, Untether AI **Website:** https://chameleonsemi.com | **Contact:** https://chameleonsemi.com/contact/ *Last Updated: May 2026* ## Posts - [Why Your Edge AI Accelerator Will Be Obsolete Before It Ships](https://chameleonsemi.com/open-source-fpga-tool-flow/): Edge AI evolves faster than silicon. Chameleon embeds a reconfigurable eFPGA into standard ASIC flows (16nm and 22nm) so you reconfigure, not respin the die. - [Chameleon Semiconductor - Featured in Semi Wiki](https://chameleonsemi.com/chameleon-semiconductor-featured-in-semi-wiki/): Chameleon CEO, Geoff Rodgers was recently interviewed by Semi Wiki regarding the company and the unique solution offerings. - [Chameleon: The Missing Link in the UCIe Ecosystem](https://chameleonsemi.com/chameleon-is-the-essential-enabling-technology-for-ucie-and-the-chiplet-marketplace/): UCIe standardizes chiplet die-to-die links, but real interoperability needs flexibility above the PHY. Chameleon eFPGA brings secure, reconfigurable logic. - [Accelerated PQC Timeline Requires Hardware Agility](https://chameleonsemi.com/crypto-agility-pqc-ready-efpga/): The quantum computing era is approaching. Learn how cryptographic agility, enabled by Chameleon Semiconductor's eFPGA, is the key to staying ahead of the curve. - [The Quantum Threat is Here](https://chameleonsemi.com/pqc-cryptography/): The quantum computing revolution isn’t coming; it’s already knocking at our door. Shor’s algorithm threatens to dismantle RSA and ECC encryption in mere hours once cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs)... - ["Secure by design" is a myth](https://chameleonsemi.com/efpga-future-flexible-silicon/): IEEE HOST 2025 showed the Adams Bridge PQC accelerator vulnerable to key extraction. Chameleon eFPGA enables runtime defenses against side-channel attacks. - [Locking It Down: The Importance of a Secure Bitstream](https://chameleonsemi.com/importance-secure-bitstream/): The bitstream is the key to your FPGA. If it is intercepted, cloned, or reverse-engineered, your IP is at risk. See why a secure, encrypted bitstream matters. - [The Adaptive Edge: How eFPGA is Unlocking Flexible AI Workloads](https://chameleonsemi.com/efpga-flexible-ai-workloads/): AI models and algorithms change daily, a real challenge for edge devices. See how eFPGA gives the hardware flexibility to run diverse, evolving AI workloads. - [Trust in the Chain: Securing the Semiconductor Supply Chain with Onshore eFPGA](https://chameleonsemi.com/securing-semiconductor-supply-chain/): The semiconductor supply chain is full of risk, from design to fab. See how an onshore, RTL-based eFPGA flow builds trust for your critical designs. ## Pages - [Privacy Statement \(US\)](https://chameleonsemi.com/privacy-statement-us/): This privacy statement was last changed on June 24, 2026, last checked on June 24, 2026, and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States.In this privacy... - [Opt-out preferences](https://chameleonsemi.com/opt-out-preferences/): This page was last changed on June 24, 2026, last checked on June 24, 2026 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States. 1. IntroductionOur website,... - [Proven Technology](https://chameleonsemi.com/technology/proven-technology/): Eight successful test chips across four foundries. Chameleon's silicon-proven eFPGA validated on TSMC and leading fabs from 16nm FinFET to Intel 18A. - [Changing Requirements](https://chameleonsemi.com/markets/changing-requirements/): Markets: Changing Requirements Changing Standards: Reconfigurable Silicon That Never Ages Future-proof your design against evolving standards—UCIe, PCIe, and LPDDR connectivity updates deploy via bitstream, not silicon respins. Adapt in-market products... - [Advanced Computing](https://chameleonsemi.com/markets/advanced-computing/): Markets: Advanced Computing Our eFPGA technology turns hardware into a perpetual asset. One eFPGA-enabled SoC replaces entire accelerator families, collapsing SKUs, simplifying supply chains, and amortizing NRE across algorithmic generations.... - [Security / PQC](https://chameleonsemi.com/markets/security-pqc/): Markets: Security / PQC Crypto-agnostic fabric runs AES, SHA, ECC, MACsec, IPsec, and custom ciphers—update crypto in the field while hardware stays fixed, preserving FIPS and Common Criteria certification. PQC... - [Aerospace & Defense](https://chameleonsemi.com/markets/aerospace-defense/): The industry's only on-shore RTL-based eFPGA provider for aerospace and defense. Maximum IP security, algorithmic flexibility, and zero foundry lock-in. - [Open Source Software Tool Suite](https://chameleonsemi.com/technology/software-tool-suite/): Technology: Open Source Software Tool Suite Our open-source, standards-based SDK turns your Verilog into a signed, place-and-routed netlist without ever touching a third-party macro. Specify your exact eFPGA requirements for... - [Hardware Redaction](https://chameleonsemi.com/technology/hardware-redaction/): Technology: Hardware Redaction The industry’s best in class technologies combined to deliver the industry’s leading eFPGA solution. Hidden in plain sight Chameleon eFPGA-based redaction gives IP owners a document-style "black-bar"... - [Radiation Hardened eFPGA](https://chameleonsemi.com/technology/rad-hard-efpga/): Technology: Rad Hard eFPGA Delivering radiation-hardened eFPGA IP that meets the most stringent reliability requirements that outperforms TMR and DICE with modest area overhead The most vulnerable parts of a... - [Secure by Design](https://chameleonsemi.com/technology/secure-by-design/): Eliminate supply chain attacks with Chameleon's secure-by-design eFPGA flow. NIST-compliant IP protection from source to silicon, with hardware root of trust. - [About Us](https://chameleonsemi.com/about-us/): About Chameleon Chameleon is the only U.S.-based provider of synthesizable eFPGA soft IP, delivering hardware security and cryptographic agility and flexibility to accommodate standards changes across a wide spectrum of... - [News & Expertise](https://chameleonsemi.com/news-and-expertise/): Stay current with Chameleon Semiconductor's latest news, insights, and technical expertise in eFPGA and secure semiconductor solutions. - [Markets](https://chameleonsemi.com/markets/): Markets The Chameleon eFPGA addresses aerospace and defense, emerging standards, advanced computing, bug fixes, and post-quantum cryptography—where hardware agility, supply chain sovereignty, and radiation-hardened reliability are mission-critical. Aerospace & Defense... - [Technology](https://chameleonsemi.com/technology/): Technology The industry’s best in class technologies combined to deliver the industry’s leading eFPGA solution. Secure by design / Secure bit stream Eliminate supply chain attacks – from source to... - [Contact](https://chameleonsemi.com/contact/): Contact Chameleon Semiconductor to learn how your firm can leverage the industry's leading RTL-based eFPGA solution for secure, flexible chip design. - [Home Page](https://chameleonsemi.com/): Chameleon Semiconductor delivers synthesizable, software-defined eFPGA IP cores for aerospace, defense, and security. Secure by design, fab-independent. --- # Navigation - [Full Documentation](https://chameleonsemi.com/llms-full.txt): Complete detailed content for the entire site ## External Validation --- ### Peer-Reviewed Research - NSREC 2022: Rad-hard eFPGA in 22nm bulk FinFET – https://chameleonsemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/RHBD_eFPGA_paper_NSREC2022.pdf - RADECS 2024: eFPGA configuration flip-flop hardening – https://chameleonsemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/RADECS_2024.pdf - ESSCIRC 2024: Soft-error-tolerant flip-flop in 22nm FinFET – https://chameleonsemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ESSCIRC_2024.pdf - GOMAC 2024: Emulation-based fault injection – https://chameleonsemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Emulation_based_Fault_Injection_GOMAC2024.pdf ### Government Lab Partnership 22nm rad-hard test chip developed with **Sandia National Laboratories.** Results: zero visible upsets to 4 x 10^12 protons/cm2 at 0.18x TMR area. ### Industry Recognition Semi Wiki CEO interview, May 2026: https://semiwiki.com/ceo-interviews/368833-ceo-interview-with-geoffrey-rodgers-of-chameleon-semiconductor/ ### Silicon Validation Test chips fabricated and regression-verified at GlobalFoundries, TSMC, and Intel fabs. ### Technical Downloads - PQC White Paper: https://chameleonsemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PQC-Chameleon.pdf - Quantum Countdown: https://chameleonsemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/The-Quantum-Countdown.pdf ### Verify https://chameleonsemi.com | https://chameleonsemi.com/technology/ | https://chameleonsemi.com/about-us/ *Last Updated: May 2026*