Thess IC
SoC / ASIC Design
- A fabless ASIC design company specializing in automotive-grade chip solutions
- Supports customers to transform their ideas to silicon
- Established in January of 2020 at Thessaloniki, Greece

Together we can create your leading edge, world beating product
Thess-IC is a fabless semiconductor company specialized in the design and development of System-on-Chip (SoC) and Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) solutions.
Unlike traditional design houses that rely on a mix of third-party IPs from multiple vendors, Thess-IC exclusively leverages the proven Cortus IP portfolio, provided by its parent company Cortus.
This unified and proven IP portfolio enables a low-risk, cost-efficient, and fast time-to-market development flow, while ensuring tight architectural coherence, reduced integration complexity, improved verification efficiency, and highly predictable silicon performance from concept to tape-out. It supports customers in transforming their ideas into silicon.
This approach is built on the industrial maturity of Cortus IP, which has already powered the deployment of more than 18 billion chips worldwide, demonstrating proven silicon reliability and large-scale production readiness across a wide range of applications.
By combining Thess-IC's chip design expertise with Cortus' established 32-bit and 64-bit processor architectures (Cortus ISA and RISC-V ISA), its broad IP portfolio, and advanced technology platforms, Thess-IC delivers high-efficiency, scalable, and robust semiconductor solutions tailored for advanced embedded and industrial markets.
We work closely with our partners to deliver a complete end-to-end ecosystem, enabling customers to move seamlessly from concept to silicon and beyond.
Contact usWhat We Do
Our expertise
At Thess-IC, we turn innovative ideas into high-value silicon solutions. Our expertise lies in advanced IP development and full-chip design, enabling clients to bring complex applications to life across consumer electronics, industrial automation, security, data centers, automotive, avionics, and AI inference markets.
We provide custom IP solutions or adapt existing technologies to meet specific chip development needs. Our team designs and delivers complete SoC and MCU solutions, from architecture to tape-out, ensuring low-power, high-performance, and reliable silicon.
With multi-generation tape-out experience and a proven track record of delivering high-quality chips, Thess-IC is a trusted partner for companies seeking advanced semiconductor solutions for demanding and safety-critical applications.
IP Development
Our own IP portfolio built on the Cortus SAS processor ecosystem — complete with IDE, compiler, debugger, and RTOS.
Design Services
Full-cycle SoC design from concept to production across 0.25µm to 14nm with TSMC, UMC, GlobalFoundries, Hua Hong Grace, and others. Deep AMS and RF expertise from a team with 20+ years of experience at Intel, NXP, Infineon, and more.
Partnership
Powered by Cortus SAS
Our foundational partnership with Cortus SAS gives us access to a rich IP portfolio and a complete software ecosystem. This lets us build better products faster — and pass that advantage on to customers.
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