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Zak Mir talks to Ian Lankshear, CEO of EnSilica, about the leading fabless microchipmaker, which has announced that it has entered into two landmark development contracts with a leading European satellite operator to develop two chips for its next-generation satellite network. EnSilica has been a listed company for 4 years, and after a period of steady groundwork, the business now appears to be entering a far more commercially significant phase. The key reason is simple: space communications is no longer a futuristic sideshow. It is becoming strategic infrastructure, and specialist chip design sits right at its heart.That shift was underscored by EnSilica’s recent announcement that it has secured two landmark development contracts with a leading European satellite operator. The work covers two chips for a next-generation satellite network: one for the satellite's payload and one for the user terminal on the ground.For a fabless semiconductor company, that is not just another contract win. It is the kind of m