CISC Semiconductor
{{Infobox company
| logo = File:Logo of CISC Semiconductor GmbH.svg
| name = CISC Semiconductor GmbH
| type = Private
| foundation = 1999
| location = Klagenfurt, Austria
| key_people = Dr. Markus Pistauer, CEO
| homepage = {{URL|www.cisc.at}}
| industry = Electronics
| products = Semiconductors, Automotive, RFID
}}
CISC Semiconductor GmbH is a semiconductor company founded in 1999 focused on the automotive branch and radio frequency technology (RFID).
The main office is at the Lakeside Science & Technology Park in Klagenfurt, Austria, near the University of Klagenfurt. A branch office is located in Graz, Austria, enabling a close cooperation with the Graz University of Technology. In the U.S.A the company has a subsidy in Mountain View, California.
History
- CISC Semiconductor Design+Consulting GmbH was founded in 1999 as an R&D focused and 100% privately owned business by CEO Dr. Markus Pistauer in Klagenfurt, Austria.
- Between 2000 and 2002 CISC was part of two international R&D
- In 2002 CISC opened an R&D center in Graz, Austria with the purpose of enabling a closer cooperation with the Institute for Technical Informatics at Graz University of Technology.
- In 2003 CISC Semiconductor expanded its business towards radio frequency identification (RFID) and radio frequency (RF) communication, laying the foundation for its current activity in various standardization processes.
- Getting further into RFID technology, CISC became a member of EPCglobal™ and started participating in RFID standardization work for the first time in 2004.
- In 2004 CISC launched its product SyAD (System Architect Designer) and won an Austrian Innovation and Research Prize Award (Province Carinthia).[https://www.cisc.at/company/about/awards/innovation-prize-2004.html Innovationspreis des Landes Kärnten] CISC Semiconductor. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- Since 2004 CISC has been organized into three business units: Automotive (AT), RFID+RFComm (RF) and Tools+Methodology (TM).
- CISC joined two European R&D projects: “Robust Design for Efficient Use of Nanometer Technologies” (ROBIN)Our History https://www.cisc.at/who-we-are/our-history/ and “Wireless Technologies for small area Networks with Embedded Security and Safety” (Witness),[https://www.cisc.at/company/partner-rd/international-projects/recent.html?#c77 Information about the Witness research project.]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} CISC Semiconductor. Retrieved 13 June 2012. starting in 2004.
- In 2006 CISC won a special economy prize[https://www.cisc.at/company/about/awards/economy-prize-2006.htmlWirtschaftspreis 2006] CISC Semiconductor. Retrieved 13 June 2012. on high innovative products (by Privatstiftung Kärntner Sparkasse, Austria) for its RFID Application and System Design Toolset (CISC RFID ASD Kit+Library), which was brought to the market in the same year, as well as another RF product: The CISC RFID Field Recorder.
- From 2006 onwards, CISC started providing expert training on RFID via the European EPC Competence Center.
- In the year 2007 CISC launched products in all its three business units: AT (Automotive Bus System Lib and Automotive Core Lib), RF (Tag Emulator and MeETS), as well as TM (SyAD V2.0).
- Furthermore, in 2007 CISC and its products were present at four continents: Europe, Asia, Africa and America, further extending the company's export efforts.
- In 2007 CISC joined the Open SystemC initiative and became certified Alliance Partner of National Instruments.
- In January 2007 CISC opened its R&D branch office in Graz, Austria.
- Two new research projects were started in 2008: “SR2 – Short Range Radio” and “TEODACS – Test, Evaluation and Optimization of Dependable Automotive Communication Systems” at the Virtual Vehicle Competence Center.[http://vif.tugraz.at/nc/en/research/vehicle-ee-and-software/projects/teodacs/ TEODACS Project Description and Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402114254/http://vif.tugraz.at/nc/en/research/vehicle-ee-and-software/projects/teodacs/# |date=2012-04-02 }}.Kompetenzzentrum Das virtuelle Fahrzeug Forschungsgesellschaft GmbH. Retrieved 13 September 2011 Another one followed in 2009: “e3car” via the ENIAC Joint Undertaking,[http://www.eniac.eu/web/downloads/projectprofiles/call1_eniac_e3car.pdf e3car Project Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326125901/http://www.eniac.eu/web/downloads/projectprofiles/call1_eniac_e3car.pdf |date=2012-03-26 }}. ENIAC Joint Undertaking. Retrieved 13 September 2011. which was meant to push the development of hybrid and electrical vehicles.
- In 2010 CISC pushed product development in the business units RF and TM, improving MeETS to achieve measurement sensitivities of UHF RFID tag performance measurements beyond -100dBmDerbek/Preishuber-Pfluegl/Pistauer/Holtstiege (2010): Method of Receiver Sensitivity Improvement for RFID Measurement and Test Instruments. Cartagena: IEEE, S. 39-42. and releasing SyAD’s 3rd generation – SyAD 2010.
- From 2010 onwards, CISC Semiconductor is official industry partner of the Technical University of Munich joining their RFID AZM (RFID User Center Munich).
- The international research project: “Process Oriented Electronic Control Units for Electric Vehicles Developed on a Multi-System Real-Time Embedded Platform” (POLLUX)[http://www.artemis-pollux.eu/project.htm POLLUX Project Page.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402114254/http://www.artemis-pollux.eu/project.htm# |date=2012-04-02 }} ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking. Retrieved 13 September 2011. under the umbrella of ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking[http://www.artemis-ju.eu/ ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking. ] Retrieved 13 September 2011. started in 2010.
- In 2011 the company's name was changed to CISC Semiconductor GmbH, eliminating the phrase “Design+Consulting” to better fit the current field of business.
- In Spring 2012 CISC Semiconductor decided to adapt and change its logo to visualize the development that the company has gone through since its foundation in 1999.
- The Company's new product - RFID Xplorer - was successfully launched in April and presented at the Euro ID trade fair in Berlin.