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Understanding Fabless IC Technology
By: Jeorge S. Hurtarte , Evert A. WolsheimerImprint: Newnes
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Fabless (no fabrication) IC (integrated circuit) techniques are growing rapidly and promise to become the standard method of IC manufacturing in the near future, this book will provide readers with what will soon be required knowledge of the subject. Other books on IC fabrication deal with the strictly physical process aspects of the topic and assume all factors in IC fabrication are under the control of the IC designing company. By contrast, this title recognizing that fabless IC design is often as much about managing business relationships as it is about physical processes. "Fabless" ICs are those designed and marketed by one company but actually manufactured by another.
*Written by board members of the Fabless Semiconductor Association, an industry consortium that include Xilinx, Intersil, Micro Linear, and many other members
*Approriate for a wide range of integrated circuit (IC) designers and users who need to understand the fabless process and its advantages/limitations
*Discusses important topics such as negotiating with outside fabrication companies, choosing the right electronic design tools, protection of intellectual property and business plans, and maintaining quality control
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| Title of Technology eBook: Understanding Fabless IC Technology | |
| Release Date: 08-14-2007 | |
| Publisher: Newnes |
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Understanding Fabless IC Technology
Chapter One
More than a Decade of Transition in the Semiconductor Industry
The fabless business model has transitioned from opportunistic tactics to a strategic imperative. The model began to emerge in the 1980s, as the scale necessary to create and build an integrated device manufacturer (IDM) business from the ground up became prohibitive from a cost and resource perspective. Excess capital spending in the early to mid-1980s largely catalyzed the initial development of the fabless business model, and excess capacity left over from capital mistakes made by IDMs. Industry legends such as Gordon Campbell of Chips & Technologies (acquired by Intel), Mike Hackworth of Cirrus Logic and now deceased Bernie Vonderschmidt of Xilinx used the excess semiconductor capacity created by many of the vertically integrated Japanese electronics companies to pioneer the fabless business model in the early to mid-1980s.
Wikipedia defines a fabless semiconductor company as one that "specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or fab." The credit for pioneering the fabless concept is given to Bernie Vonderschmidt of Xilinx and Gordon A. Campbell, founder of Chips & Technologies. In fact, Chips & Technologies (C&T) was the first fabless semiconductor company.
1.1 FSA is Established
In 1994, 52 companies had the vision and foresight to create what has become an extremely important and robust association designed to promote, educate and drive the success of
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