Mericron, Inc. — secure wireless silicon, designed in Kansas.
Mericron is an early-stage semiconductor company focused first on MCN-1, a secure wireless MCU concept for trusted applications. We are in prototype-stage work and are not making production-silicon, foundry-contract, or sample-availability claims on this website.
Two deadlines, one company.
In 2026, new U.S. cybersecurity rules ban the most popular Wi-Fi + Bluetooth chip in the world from defense, federal, and critical-infrastructure use. In 2027, automotive OEMs need to ship CCC Digital Key 3.0 secure UWB ranging — and there is no American UWB chip. We started Mericron to address both, on the same platform, with the same provenance story.
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 being stated publicly yet.
Openness by license
Open tooling and documentation goals will be staged as the MCN-1 prototype matures.
Prototype-stage milestones
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Now
MCN-1 requirements and architecture direction under active refinement.
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FPGA prototype
Validate the core architecture and software bring-up assumptions before silicon claims.
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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.
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.
Read the technology direction
Why this is hard for someone else to copy.
- Focused problem — secure wireless MCUs for trusted applications.
- U.S. trust-chain direction — foundry and provisioning paths under evaluation.
- Evidence-first posture — documentation will mature with prototype validation.
- Disciplined disclosure — public claims stay behind the engineering evidence.
What's in flight right now
Two USAF innovation grant submissions
In flight, up to $1.7 M each, non-dilutive. Aimed at closing the seed gap and accelerating the Compass tape-out.
CHIPS Act application
Targeted for month 9. Filing the program-development track for fabless semis with a verified U.S. fab path.
Day-1–30 ecosystem introductions
In-Q-Tel, DARPA, and the Defense Innovation Unit on the calendar. Goal: pre-warmed program lanes by month 6.
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