Frequently Asked Questions

For any commercial, legal, or schedule-related topics, email sales@musesemi.com. For any technical, technology, and IP-related topics, email support@musesemi.com.

We will respond within 48 hours. If necessary, we can schedule a web meeting to respond to your questions efficiently.

You may also use the "Chat with us!" link, in the bottom right corner of our website, for a real-time chat with one of our team members.

We have structured Muse to have a lightweight legal requirement for customers.

We require only two agreements:

1. A Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (MNDA). In many instances we are able to sign our customer's MNDA form without alteration.

2. A TSMC 3-way NDA between Muse, TSMC, and the customer. This enables us to share TSMC confidential information, such as PDKs and Design Rule Manuals, with our customers. A third agreement, the Master Technology Usage Agreement, is required if you would like access to TSMC IP (such as standard cell libraries, I/O libraries, and memories).

Yes! We have several commercial customers.

Semiconductor startups and semiconductor IP suppliers can access TSMC technology cost-effectively—and with responsive support—from Muse.

Yes! Please acknowledge us by name (Muse Semiconductor), and feel free to send us your publications! We love seeing what our customers accomplish.

We have teams located in California, Canada, Oman, and India.

For two reasons:

1. In Greek mythology, the Muses were considered sources of knowledge. At Muse Semiconductor, we aim to be a source of knowledge to our customers. Any help you need, we do our best to provide.

2. "MUSE" is an informal acronym: MPW University Service. When we founded Muse, our focus was to meet the MPW needs of university circuit researchers. We wanted to make MPW services as accessible and efficient as possible for them. They remain a large portion of our customer base to this day!
   

Muse was founded in February of 2018.

Yes, please reach out to sales@musesemi.com.