About Plunify

Plunify is a startup developing a cloud computing application platform for semiconductor chip design. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Singapore, Plunify is seed-funded by Spring Singapore. Currently, we have users from more than 30 countries and 200 different organizations, and maintains operations in Singapore and in the U.S.

What we stand for
Initially, Plunify: "Programmable Logic unify" came out of our attempt to make PLDs easier to design with and to use.

We started asking, why do hardware engineers have to download and install huge software suites in order to compile their designs? How can we make it easier for engineers to select the right PLDs? Hence we went about building a simple, one-stop, integrated online platform that PLD engineers can use to do their work faster and easier.

Cloud computing gradually became the way for us to build this platform efficiently. It soon became apparent that cloud computing was useful not only for us, but it could also be valuable to our users - chip design engineers.

With cloud computing, engineers can now scale compute resources on-demand, especially during peak or crunch periods of usage. During crunch periods, engineers can easily access flexible and scalable resources to better meet their demands. "I need 100 more servers to get results ready for next week's tapeout", "If only we have 50 more licenses to get to timing closure faster".

Plunify has since evolved into "Platform Unify" - our effort to maximize the value of cloud computing for FPGA design and for EDA. Our mission is to make cloud capabilities readily available, to use the cloud to accelerate chip design, and to make life easier for engineers.