EnSilica, a leading maker of mixed-signal application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), has joined the 5G-aNTeNna consortium, a European development project focused on creating compact, secure and scalable 5G-NTN user terminals for the EU’s IRIS² satellite communications commercial infrastructure. Led by Silicon Austria Labs (SAL), the consortium brings together CISC Semiconductor, EnSilica, FRITZ!, TechniSat and Terma Technologies to develop a highly secure and resilient broadband communications platform operating in the Ka-band. The project is intended to help deliver the ground technology needed to support Europe’s next generation of sovereign satellite communications. EnSilica’s participation builds on its established expertise in satellite communications application-specific standard products (ASSPs) and ASICs, including custom RF, mmWave, mixed-signal and digital ICs for high-performance communications systems. “EnSilica’s involvement in the 5G-aNTeNna consortium is a natural extension of our work in satellite communications silicon and of our collaboration with other European partners,” said Ian Lankshear, CEO of EnSilica.