Company

Founded to fix NoC design.
Built into a silicon platform.

PCI-SIG certified (32 GT/s, non-flit mode)Sep 2025. Official PCI-SIG integrators list.
2021
Year founded, Milpitas CA
120+
Person-years in interconnect and interface IP leadership
32+
Successful SoC projects delivered
30+
Pre-verified IP blocks available today
5
Countries with active engineering teams

SignatureIP was founded with one conviction: the NoC backbone of every SoC was too hard to design, too slow to configure, and too locked up in legacy vendor architectures. Today we are a full silicon infrastructure IP platform, delivering pre-verified PCIe Gen 6, CXL 3.2, and NoC IP alongside custom Compute Subsystem and IO Subsystem chiplet design engagements.

Leadership

The team

Leadership spanning silicon architecture, engineering, operations, finance, and people: building IP that SoC teams actually want to use.

Headshots to be added for the C-level team. Please supply photos for Purna, Ramana, and Michael.
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Purna Mohanty
Founder & CEO

Purna built and exited semiconductor teams at Adaptec, Broadcom, Semtech, and NXP before co-founding Marquee Semiconductor and then SignatureIP. He holds five US patents in SoC design and verification. At SignatureIP he set the technical direction: clean-sheet IP with no legacy overhead, tooling that generates RTL from PPA targets, and an engagement model that works for lean fabless teams. BSEE, NIT Rourkela; MSEE, University of Toledo.

AdaptecBroadcomSemtechNXPTessolve5 US patents in SoC design and verificationBSEE, NIT RourkelaMSEE, University of Toledo
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Ramana Rao
CTO

Ramana leads SignatureIP's IP technology vision. He architected the coherent and non-coherent NoC families and drives the CXL 3.2 and PCIe Gen 6 subsystem roadmap. Previously he held senior silicon roles at Indie Semiconductor, Eximius Design, and RED Digital Cinema.

ASIC and SoC architectureIndie SemiconductorEximius Design
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Michael Loe Fernandez
VP Engineering

Michael runs SignatureIP's global engineering delivery across embedded systems and intelligent platforms. He has shipped multiple commercially successful products and holds international patents in image processing. Double degree in Physics and Computer Engineering, Ateneo de Manila.

22 years semiconductorInternational patentsAteneo de Manila
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Ewald Liess
Business Development and Sales

Ewald leads strategic growth at SignatureIP. He spent 30 years running P&L-responsible semiconductor and automotive organisations as Managing Director, VP, and GM, with deep domain expertise in SoCs, functional safety, and AI platforms for mobility.

30 years semiconductor and automotiveP&L leadership, multiple geographies
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Suchitra Pattnaik
Chief Programs and Process Officer

Suchitra owns program execution and process governance at SignatureIP. Over 30 years she has run large-scale engineering programs in both public and private sectors and built the operational infrastructure that keeps multi-country delivery on schedule. BE Electronics, BITS Pilani.

30 years program and ops managementBE Electronics, BITS Pilani
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Reyann Jhorel Lapuz
Director, Technical Pre-Sales

Reyann leads technical pre-sales at SignatureIP: qualifying opportunities, running architecture reviews with prospective customers, and matching the right IP blocks to each SoC design. He brings 13 years of RTL design and verification experience from Canon Japan, Canon Philippines, and Marquee Semiconductor. BS Electronics Engineering, De La Salle University.

Technical pre-salesCanon Japan and PHMarquee Semiconductor
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Jertrude Fides Seguisa
Software Engineering

Fides leads software engineering at SignatureIP across AI/ML, telecom, and SoC platform layers. He has delivered production systems for Nokia, AI-Wave Computing, and Cambria Software, and is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Science and Technology. BS Computer Engineering, PUP.

NokiaAI-Wave ComputingPresidential Award: Science and Technology
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Niranjan Tripathy
Chief People Officer

Niranjan has spent 35 years in technology and research, including roles at Fujitsu, NASA's Space Station Program, and the Bhabha Atomic Research Center. At SignatureIP he owns talent, culture, and organizational development. MSc Computer Science, UK; Physics, Utkal University.

FujitsuNASA Space Station ProgramBhabha Atomic Research Center
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Hara Mohanty
CFO and VP APAC Operations

Hara oversees finance, tax structuring, and ASEAN and North Asia expansion at SignatureIP. Since 2019 he has built government and trade body partnerships across the region. Previously with Sodexo, SSP, Minor Food Group, and Wine Connections. Chartered Accountant, ICAI and CPA Australia.

ASEAN expansionChartered Accountant, ICAI and CPA Australia
Global team

Four countries, one delivery model

SignatureIP's engineering and operations span the US, India, Singapore, the Philippines, and the MarqueeSemi partner network. Silicon Valley architecture leadership coordinates with deep engineering execution across time zones.

In India, SignatureIP actively develops the semiconductor ecosystem in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, building local engineering capability alongside delivering IP and chiplet projects for global customers.

USA
Milpitas, CA
Headquarters
Architecture, IP product management, customer engagement.
India
Bhubaneswar
Primary engineering
Largest headcount. RTL, DV, integration, delivery.
Singapore
Singapore
APAC operations
APAC customer engagement, ASEAN expansion.
Philippines
Manila
Engineering and people
Software, DV support, and people operations.
120+
Person-years interconnect and interface IP expertise
32+
SoC projects completed for customers globally
5
US patents held by founding CEO in SoC design
MarqueeSemi partnership

Marquee Semiconductor extends SignatureIP's engineering capacity for chiplet design engagements, providing additional ASIC design, verification, and integration capability across multiple geographies. Validated integration paths with a leading RISC-V core partner.

Events and milestones

Where we've come from,
where to find us next

Milestones
Jan 2021
SignatureIP founded, Milpitas CA
Company incorporated. Mission: make NoC design fast, configurable, and open to every SoC team.
Founding
Mar 2023
Company launch and first IP release
Public launch. Coherent and non-coherent NoC IP released.
Launch
Jul 2023
DAC 2023, San Francisco
First Design Automation Conference appearance. iNoCulator demonstrated live.
Conference
Mar 2024
PCIe Gen 6 Subsystem announced
PCIe Gen 6 Controller operating at 32 GT/s in non-flit mode. Address translation pre-integrated.
Product
Jun 2024
DAC 2024, Booth 2544
Exhibited at Moscone Convention Center, Jun 24–26. Live iNoCulator demos.
Conference
Jun 2025
CXL 3.2 Subsystem announced
CXL 3.2 for HPC with memory pooling, multi-host coherency, and back-invalidation.
Product
Sep 2025
PCI-SIG PCIe 5.0 certification
Joins official PCI-SIG Integrators List. Certified on Siemens Veloce proFPGA CS hardware.
Certification
Where to find us next
Jan 2026
Chiplet Summit 2026
Santa Clara Convention Center, CA
Feb 2026
DVCon US 2026
San Jose, CA
Mar 2026
SNUG Silicon Valley 2026
Santa Clara Convention Center, CA
Jun 2026
DAC 2026
Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco

Book a meeting at any show

Live iNoCulator demo, PCIe/CXL subsystem briefing, or a chiplet design conversation at the booth: tell us which show and we'll confirm a time.

Contact us to schedule
Ecosystem

Standards, partners, certifications

Standards bodies

Active membership in the protocol standards that define silicon infrastructure IP.

PCI-SIG: PCIe 5.0 certified integratorCXL ConsortiumUCIe ConsortiumRISC-V International

Technology partners

Validated integrations with leading EDA, processor, and ecosystem partners.

Siemens EDA: Questa and Veloce proFPGALeading RISC-V core partnerArm CHI ecosystem

Design services partner

Marquee Semiconductor extends SignatureIP's engineering capacity for custom chiplet design engagements.

Marquee SemiconductorASIC design and verificationMulti-country delivery
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Headquarters

AddressSignatureIP Corporation
Milpitas, CA 95035
United States
RegionSilicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area

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