Foundries and the Dawn of an Open IP Era
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Foundries and the Dawn of an Open IP Era T oday’s IC industry continues down a path of dis-integration it has followed for more than a decade—shifting from a vertical structure to a horizontal one, with many specialized and focused segments comprising the industry value chain. This dis-integration facilitates the growth of system-on-chip (SOC) technology and enhances operational efficiency by shortening time to market and reducing chip costs. The dis-integrating evolution occurred in two stages. First, design and manufacturing activities began separating in the late 1980s. Fabless companies with design expertise marketed products without owning manufacturing facilities while foundry companies focused on process to provide manufacturing services. By carrying the large expense of chip-fabrication construction, foundries reduced most of the risk that product companies faced when entering the IC industry. Second, independent intellectual property (IP) providers began emerging in the late 1990s. The growing complexity of SOC technology dramatically increases design loading and creates the needs for verified third-party IP cores to simplify multifunctional chip designs. In this second stage, foundry companies play a key role in providing the IP hard cores and expediting design migration to smaller geometry in silicon-verified IP cores. As a result, foundries stand at the focal point of an impending open IP era that will facilitate the virtual reintegration of such value-adding activities as system design, IC design, thirdparty IP, and electronic design automation (EDA).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- IEEE Computer
دوره 34 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001