Most Indian chip startups set up in Bengaluru. We picked Coimbatore. People ask why, so here is the short version.

When customers describe a new chip, the first question is almost always “what node?” — and the assumption is usually that smaller is better. It is not. Here is how we think about it.

A bug found in simulation costs an engineer an afternoon. The same bug found in silicon costs the project a respin — six months and a few crore. The arithmetic on verification is unforgiving, so we treat it that way.