ASIC Architecture
Block diagrams, interface specs, power and clock budgets, memory maps, and trust-boundary definitions for secure, power-constrained SoCs.
Engineering Services
Engineering trusted infrastructure silicon
Nelix is an infrastructure compute company delivering world-class semiconductor engineering for governments, enterprises, semiconductor companies, utilities, and OEMs — while building Attested Infrastructure Inference (AII) and the Nelix infrastructure compute platform. Engineering is the commercial engine; platform innovation is the destination.
Architecture
RTL / Verification / FPGA
Physical Design / Bring-Up
Engineering Flow
Milestone-Gated
RTL → GDSII
Full Design Flow Coverage
Global
Distributed Engineering Team
Milestone
Scoped SOW Delivery
AII
Roadmap · In Development
Fig. NX-00 — From engineering practice to platform vision
Pre-silicon · In development
01 — Engineering Philosophy
Deep silicon expertise — not a body shop
Nelix engineers infrastructure-grade ICs the way NVIDIA Professional Services, ARM, and Qualcomm approach silicon partnerships: senior technical leadership, production-quality discipline, and architecture depth — never open-ended staff augmentation.
Differentiator
ENG / 01
Engineering that compounds into platform IP
Every customer engagement is structured to accelerate proprietary infrastructure compute — not to rent engineers by the hour. Scoped statements of work, milestone billing, and supervised quality gates ensure deliverables your team can audit and integrate.
Our engineers work across the full semiconductor flow — from ASIC architecture and RTL through verification, physical design coordination, DFT, packaging, and silicon bring-up. Insights from customer programs inform our Attested Infrastructure Inference research: TrustCore™, SecureGrid™, and InferEdge™ remain in development — not shipping products.
| Model | Semiconductor engineering partnerships — not consulting or outsourcing |
| Depth | Architecture through tape-out coordination and bring-up |
| Alignment | Customer toolchains, repositories, and review processes |
| Outcome | Engineering revenue funds infrastructure compute platform innovation |
Partnership Model
Not Staff Augmentation
02 — Capabilities
Architecture through bring-up — full-flow semiconductor engineering
The same arc as our homepage capability rail: architecture, RTL / verification / FPGA, then physical design and silicon bring-up — delivered with tier-one rigor across ten core disciplines.
RTL Design
Register-transfer-level design and IP integration for CPUs, accelerators, security subsystems, and peripherals — in your toolchain under milestone reviews.
Verification
UVM and directed testbenches, constrained-random verification, coverage closure planning, and pre-silicon validation strategy with regression artifacts.
FPGA Prototyping
FPGA bring-up planning and validation strategy when hardware platforms exist — scoped per engagement, not claimed for Nelix product silicon today.
Physical Design
Floorplanning guidance, timing and power intent handoff, layout partner coordination, and technical supervision through DRC/LVS closure.
DFT
Scan chain architecture, BIST integration, ATPG strategy, and test coverage planning — coordinated with physical design and bring-up teams.
Packaging
Package selection advisory, thermal and signal-integrity planning, and foundry/OSAT coordination for infrastructure-grade reliability targets.
Silicon Bring-Up
ATE program guidance, lab debug playbooks, first-boot checklists, and time-boxed engineering support post-tape-out — scoped to customer silicon.
Embedded Systems
Firmware architecture, BSP integration, secure boot chains, and field-service lifecycle planning for infrastructure-grade SoCs.
AI Hardware
Low-power inference accelerator architecture, INT8/INT4 execution blocks, and partitioning for edge deployment under real power and thermal constraints.
03 — Two Engines
Engineering funds innovation. Platform expresses the thesis.
Semiconductor engineering partnerships are the foundation — not the destination. Contract revenue accelerates the path to proprietary infrastructure compute silicon and the Nelix platform.
Engineering Services
Scoped design partnerships across architecture, RTL, verification, physical design, DFT, and bring-up — led by experienced engineers, aligned to your milestones.
Active
Milestone SOWs
Global Delivery
Infrastructure Compute Platform
Proprietary silicon and systems for attested metering and edge inference — TrustCore™, SecureGrid™, InferEdge™, and the Nelix Compute Platform. In Development · conceptual architecture complete, no Nelix prototype yet.
Roadmap
Pre-Silicon
AII
View roadmap
04 — Delivery Model
Semiconductor engineering partnerships — customer-aligned
Global distributed engineering with supervised quality — integrated into your repositories, toolchains, and review cadence. You retain IP ownership per contract; Nelix retains background architecture for roadmap products only where explicitly agreed.
Discovery
NDA & Scope
Requirements intake, toolchain inventory, and success criteria aligned under NDA.
Scoped SOW
Fixed Milestones
Deliverables, acceptance tests, and commercial terms — never open-ended by default.
Execution
Supervised Delivery
Senior tech lead plus assigned engineers — weekly sync and transparent milestone billing.
Handoff
Knowledge Transfer
Documentation, optional bring-up retainer, and platform acceleration where agreed.
Fig. ENG-04 — Customer-aligned supervised delivery
Global · Milestone-gated · Supervised quality
05 — Industries Served
Mission-critical infrastructure worldwide
Nelix engineers silicon for operators who cannot depend on cloud connectivity, imported accelerators, or unverifiable edge compute — across energy, defense, government, and critical infrastructure sectors globally.
Energy
Utilities
Defense
Government
Critical Infrastructure
Semiconductor
Industrial OEM
Transportation
Healthcare Systems
06 — Where We Are
Honest stage. Real engineering discipline.
We are early. We publish what we have and do not invent customers, silicon, or deployments.
Stage & Credibility
Architecture
Conceptual IC architecture and AII specification documented — InferEdge™ JBIA, SecureGrid™ metering integrity, TrustCore™ trust boundary defined at block level.
Stage
Pre-prototype. No Nelix silicon in lab today. FPGA validation and first silicon are roadmap milestones, not current claims.
Commercial
Design services engagements pursued through direct outreach — scoped statements of work, milestone billing, NDA-first evaluation.
Partnerships
Active collaboration discussions with universities, foundries, and ecosystem partners — details on our Partnerships page.
Engage
Build your next IC with Nelix engineering
Whether you need architecture review, RTL bandwidth, verification support, or a sustained engineering partnership — start with a scoped conversation. We route university, foundry, and strategic customer inquiries to the right lead.