Secure wireless silicon, designed in Kansas.
Mericron, Inc. is an early-stage semiconductor company focused first on MCN-1, a secure wireless MCU in pre-silicon development. We are in prototype-stage work, and we do not make production-silicon, foundry-contract, or sample-availability claims on this website.
The default radio chip is a blind spot.
Opaque by default
The ESP32-class wireless MCU became the default building block for connected devices — but the dominant supply is PRC-designed, PRC-fabricated, and dependent on closed RF firmware that customers cannot independently verify.
Two bad choices
Buyers pick between a cheap, developer-friendly part that may not clear trusted-supply-chain requirements, or expensive fragmented alternatives that lack the ESP32-style ecosystem developers expect.
Rules are tightening
CMMC, NDAA pressure, software supply-chain rules, and critical-infrastructure risk reviews are pushing buyers toward verifiable hardware roots of trust and cleaner provenance.
Three principles, in order.
Security by construction
Root-of-trust, firmware provenance, and auditable documentation goals that will be tested through prototype milestones.
Sovereignty by supply chain
U.S. foundry, packaging, and provisioning options are under evaluation; no supplier commitment is stated publicly yet.
Openness by license
Open tooling and documentation goals will be staged as the MCN-1 prototype matures.
We publish less than we know.
Foundry, provisioning, tooling, and documentation claims stay behind prototype evidence. When a number appears on this site, it is labeled for what it is — and when we cannot support a claim yet, we say nothing instead. Customers doing security reviews should find that boring. That is the point.
Prototype-stage milestones.
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01 · Now
Architecture refinement
MCN-1 requirements and architecture direction under active refinement.
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FPGA prototype
Validate the digital core — RISC-V cores, secure boot, root of trust, attestation, and early SDK — before silicon claims.
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03
Security review
Turn the security goals into testable evidence and documentation.
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Manufacturing path
Evaluate U.S. foundry, packaging, and provisioning options.
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Next disclosure
Publish deeper technical detail only when prototype evidence supports it.
Two operators, one company.
Ethan Avalon
Software-industry founder/operator. Leads business development, fundraising, and customer strategy — and drives the defense and industrial conversations.
Cole Studer
Software-industry founder/operator. Leads product, engineering operations, and the open-source software platform.
Designed in Kansas, with a U.S. manufacturing path under evaluation.
Mericron is building from Kansas and evaluating U.S. foundry, packaging, and provisioning options. Specific supplier names, production terms, and facility commitments will be announced only after agreements and validation milestones support doing so.
Talk to the people doing the work.
No forms-to-marketing detours. Tell us what you are building and we reply within one business day.