​We take a first principles approach to help you find innovative solutions for your most pressing needs by:

• Thinking across disciplines and questioning conventional approaches to create new ideas,
• Using deep scientific knowledge and advanced techniques for verifying concepts, and
• Applying the developed technologies to your challenges using sound engineering methods.

Any technology development or New Product Introduction (NPI) consists of three main activities: concept definition and value proposition, technology and business feasibility, and project planning and prototype engineering.

• Idea and concept development
  • Technology state-of-the-art
  • IP landscape and idea refinement
  • Function description
  • Conceptual design
• Technical and market analysis
  • Product design
  • Performance analysis
  • Competition and value proposition
  • NPI proposal and marketing collateral
• Engineering and documentation
  • DfX, materials and process refinement
  • Systems engineering and product development
  • Product reliability and testing
  • Project planning and documentation

 

Front End Engineering Services

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1. Idea and Concept Development

Technology and IP

•Technology and state-of-the-art research landscape
•Brainstorming and idea development
•Uniqueness determination and IP creation
•Features and their realization
•Proof of concept in software code form
•Concept designs and variations
•Main output: Idea validation report and IP

Concept and Product Design

• Concept designs from high level features
• Design trade-offs based on size, performance, reliability, etc.
• Detailed 2D and 3D designs for prototyping and DFM study
• 3D models of features and components for simulation
• Photorealistic rendering for marketing and communication
• Main output: Conceptual to product designs

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2. Technical and Market Analysis

Design Performance

• Design optimization for materials and dimensions through structural analysis.
• Thermal and electrical analyses for performance estimation
• Reliability estimation and manufacturing feasibility through structural analysis.
• Algorithms and coding
• Refining of feasible concept/ product feature set
• Main output: First version of Marketing Requirements Document (MRD) and Engineering Requirements Document (ERD)

NPI Proposal

• Competitive analysis and feature comparison
• Technology and industry status
• Feature comparison and SWOT analysis
• Value proposition and concept roadmap
• NPI report and R&D plan
• Main output: An NPI program proposal for review

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3. Engineering and Documentation

Project Planning

• Project definition documents (MRD, ERD)
• Project planning and functional teams
• Systems engineering reviews (ID, UX, DfX, etc.)
• Product development reviews (mechanical, hardware, firmware, software, manufacturing, etc.)
• Marketing collateral and technology white papers
• Main output: Fully detailed schedule and assigned resources

Product Development

• Materials and process development (DOE, FMEA, vendor qualification, etc.)
  
• Prototyping and performance testing
  
• Code for algorithms and test
  
• Design for X (aesthetics, usability, reliability, quality)
  
• DfM with contract manufacturer and supply chain
  
• Reliability, failure analysis, and quality control plans
  
• Main output: Fully functional and form factor test vehicles

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About Us

We have 20+ years of experience in front end engineering in microelectronics (chip-scale, wafer-level and 3D packaging and interconnect of memory, processor, MEMS and sensors) and consumer electronics (embedded sub-systems such as memory modules and System-in-Package (SiP), and full products such as wearable health trackers, headphones, etc.) We have helped file 100+ patents and develop 10+ technologies and products, carrying out all the tasks listed on this website. 

We are based in San Jose, CA.

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