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Design of Systems on Silicon

Design of Systems on Silicon, officially Diseño de Sistemas en Silicio S.A., (DS2), was a supplier of integrated circuits and software for power line communications. The company was founded in 1998, and went out of business in 2010 after trying to expand into other home network technologies.2 It is headquartered in Paterna.1 It employed 140 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1
  • Industrysemiconductor device1
  • HeadquartersPaterna1
  • Websitewww.ds2.es
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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Design of Systems on Silicon, officially Diseño de Sistemas en Silicio S.A., (DS2), was a supplier of integrated circuits and software for power line communications.2

The story

DS2 was started in 1998 at the European Innovative Companies Center (CEEI) in the Paterna Technology Park. The company reported $20 million in sales in 2008, compared to $15 million in 2007 and $12 million in 2006. It had over 140 employees in 2008.

Jorge Blasco, president and CEO of DS2, was nominated for the European Inventor of the Year Award. The European Inventor of the Year Award ceremony was held in Madrid, Spain along with the European Patent Forum in April 2010.

A video at the European Patent Office explains the nomination and the invention.

On 5 March 2010, DS2 entered the Spanish equivalent of voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy (concurso de acreedores, in Spanish).

On 19 August 2010, Marvell Technology Group announced it acquired the intellectual property and assets of DS2.

From Wikipedia’s article on Design of Systems on Silicon, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • power-line communication

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2010Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1998Founded Founded1

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