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Efinix Promotes Tony Ngai to Co-President and CTO


Efinix Promotes Tony Ngai to Co-President and CTO
  • by: Business Wire
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  • February 11, 2026

Efinix®, Inc., the FPGA pioneer accelerating edge AI innovation, has promoted Tony Ngai to Co-President and Chief Technology Officer. In this expanded executive role, Ngai will lead the scaling of Efinix’s engineering organizations while continuing to drive innovation in FPGA architecture, IC design, software development, and next-generation product roadmaps to support the company’s long-term growth trajectory.

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  • Tony Ngai, inventor of Efinix’s Quantum® FPGA architecture and eXchangeable Logic and Routing (XLR) cell, promoted to Co-President and CTO.
  • Ngai co-founded Efinix in 2012 after 20 years developing FPGA architectures at Altera, Xilinx, Lattice Semiconductor, and AT&T Bell Labs.
  • He holds more than 50 U.S. and international patents and is recognized as one of the programmable logic industry’s most accomplished innovators.
  • In his expanded role, Ngai will oversee FPGA architecture, IC product planning, IC design, software, soft IP, corporate IT, advanced silicon process integration, and product feasibility studies.
  • The promotion positions Efinix to rapidly scale engineering resources and expand FPGA offerings to meet explosive demand for edge AI and programmable logic solutions.
  • Under Ngai’s technical leadership, Efinix has delivered multiple FPGA families, including the flagship Titanium™ family, with industry-leading power efficiency and performance.

Efinix’s disruptive Quantum® architecture and XLR cell enable superior power efficiency and performance in programmable devices, addressing the growing requirements of edge AI, industrial automation, machine vision, automotive systems, physical AI, and edge computing. Ngai’s deep expertise across every major commercial FPGA architecture and his proven ability to translate vision into working silicon have been foundational to the company’s success. As Efinix prepares for the next decade of growth, his leadership will ensure sustained innovation and engineering excellence at scale.

“Tony invented Efinix’s disruptive technology, transformed his vision to working silicon, and built the engineering methodologies that enable us to develop cutting-edge products efficiently,” said Sammy Cheung, Efinix co-founder and CEO. “As we prepare to expand our FPGA product offerings over the coming decade, Tony’s leadership will be essential in rapidly scaling our resources and organizations to meet the explosive demand for edge AI and programmable logic solutions.”

“Efinix has always been built on breakthrough innovation and execution excellence,” said Tony Ngai, Efinix Co-President and CTO. “This expanded role allows me to ensure that innovation never stops while simultaneously building the engineering capacity we need to serve the rapidly growing markets for edge AI and next-generation connectivity solutions.”

About Efinix

Efinix® accelerates edge AI innovation through its disruptive FPGA architecture and solutions. The company delivers energy-efficient, high-performance FPGAs for AI-driven markets including industrial automation, machine vision, automotive systems, physical AI, and edge computing. Efinix provides a complete development ecosystem including the Efinity® Integrated Development Environment for FPGA design from RTL to bitstream, and Sapphire SoC solutions for embedded processor and AI acceleration from C/C++ and AI model garden to execution.

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