Co-sponsored by: Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, IMSE-CNM (CSIC / Universidad de Sevilla)

Lecture given by Peter van der Made, BrainChip Inc.

Title

Three different experiences in building tech companies: PolyGraphics, vCIS, and BrainChip

Abstract

The talk will describe the speaker’s experience in going through the process of creating and establishing 3 technology driving companies. The first was PolyGraphics, a graphics accelerator for the IBM PC in 1981 – with a resolution of 1200 x 900 and 4096 colors, and a pixel write time of 10 ns – using a RISC processor of my own design for each bitplane it was way ahead of its time. That company was funded by organic growth – putting product sales back into growing the company. The next company vCIS was a computer auto-immune system. It was able to find near 100% of viruses, worms and other malware without any database or updates. IBM bought that company. It was funded by VC (Venture Capital) money. BrainChip was started in 2004 and went public in 2015. The first 10 years were funded by the money made in the previous companies. Three very different funding models. An interesting subject for anyone who is thinking of starting their own business.

Speaker(s): Peter van der Made,

Location:
Room: Salón de Grados
Instituto de Microelectronica de Sevilla, IMSE-CNM (CSIC / Universidad de Sevilla)
C/ Américo Vespucio S/N
Sevilla, Andalucia
41092