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Milestones

2010
  • Tessera licenses FotoNation FaceTracker solution to SK Telesys
  • Tessera licenses SHELLCASE MVP technology to JCAP
  • Tessera ships one millionth OptiML lens
2009
  • New Tessera FotoNation® technology enables face recognition for mobile devices
  • Tessera developing 3 MP wafer-level optics (WLO) technology with EDOF
  • Tessera and Motorola enter into technology license agreement
  • Tessera acquires certain assets from Dblur
  • Tessera® OptiML™ image enhancement solutions for up to 14 MP
  • Tessera offers DigitalOptics™ lens array technology for parallel optics
  • Tessera licenses wafer-level optics (WLO) to Qtech
  • Tessera licenses µPILR™ technology to Kinsus
2008
  • Tessera's OptiML™ wafer-level camera (WLC) technology recognized for photonics innovation
  • Tessera SHELLCASE® technology shipped in one billion image sensors 
  • Tessera introduces new FotoNation® Beautification and FotoNation BlinkCheck Solutions
  • Tessera licenses SHELLCASE® MVP Technology to Qtech
  • Tessrea licenses SHELLCASE® technology to AWLP and Qtech 
  • FotoNation FaceTracker ships in Fujitsu chips
  • Tessera introduces new Product Launch Services; offers OptiML single-element VGA lens  
  • Casio licenses FotoNation FaceTracker solution
  • R&D Magazine recognizes OptiML WLC in 2008 R&D 100 Awards
  • Advanced Packaging Magazine honors OptiML WLC and SHELLCASE® MVP
  • Samsung licenses OptiML Focus technology
  • Tessera introduces SHELLCASE MVP wafer-level packaging technology for image sensors
  • Tessera introduces OptiML UFL, OptiML Zoom, OptiML Focus image enhancement solutions
  • EDN Magazine honors OptiML WLC technology
  • Tessera acquires FotoNation
  • NemoTek licenses OptiML WLC and SHELLCASE technologies
  • Licensees ship more than 20 billion units using Tessera TCC CSP technology
2007
  • Toshiba licenses OptiML Focus technology
  • Tessera opens R&D center in Japan
  • Tessera introduces µPILR interconnect platform and OptiML WLC technology
  • Tessera acquires Eyesquad
  • Advanced Packaging Magazine recognizes SHELLCASE RT technology
  • Electronic Products Magazine recognizes OptiML WLC
2006
  • Tessera acquires Digital Optics Corporation
  • Tessera introduces SHELLCASE CF and SHELLCASE RT technologies
  • Licensees ship more than 10 billion units using Tessera TCC technology
  • Electronic Business Magazine ranks Tessera as 4th Fastest Growing Company
  • Micron and Infineon license TCC chip scale packaging (CSP) technology 
2005
  • Tessera acquires Shellcase, Ltd.
  • Ernst & Young names Bruce McWilliams Entrepreneur of the Year for No. Calif.
  • BusinessWeek Magazine ranks Tessera as 2nd Hottest Growing Company
2004
  • NxGen licenses Tessera µZ® ball stack package
  • Matsushita, NEC and Oki license Tessera CSP technology
2003
  • Tessera completes successful initial public offering on Nasdaq
  • R&D Magazine names µZ one of 100 most significant products of the year
  • Electronic Product & Packaging Magazine recognizes µZ technology
  • Advanced Packaging Magazine recognizes µZ technology
2002
  • Rohm licenses Tessera CSP technology
  • Tessera introduces µZ multi-chip family of packaging solutions
  • Tessera places 2nd in MIT Technology Review Magazine’s Patent Scorecard
  • Tessera ranks 3rd in III’s Annual Tech. Report: Advanced Semiconductor Packaging Patents
2001
  • Tessera and Intel work together to develop stacked chip-scale packages
  • Licensees ship more than 1 billion units using Tessera TCC technology
  • Sharp licenses TCC CSP technology 
2000
  • Meicer licenses µBGA® technology
  • Tessera and Toshiba sign µBGA technology agreement
1999
  • ChipMOS, EEMS and Toshiba license µBGA technology
  • Tessera and LG Electronics sign µBGA technology agreement
1998
  • Sharp becomes 20th licensee of Tessera packaging technology
  • Rambus chooses µBGA technology as reference package for RDRAM
1997
  • Samsung selects Tessera µBGA package for high volume SRAM production
  • Red Herring Magazine recognizes Tessera as one of top technology companies
1996
  • Intel adopts µBGA for flash memory devices
1995
  • Electronic Product & Packaging Magazine recognizes µBGA technology
1994
  • Hitachi licenses Tessera packaging technology
  • Shinko Electric Industries Ltd. licenses Tessera technology
1993
  • R&D Magazine recognizes Tessera's multi-chip module system
1990
  • Tessera Compliant Chip (TCC) chip-scale packaging (CSP) technology patented
  • Tessera founded by former IBM research scientists