Fabless Semiconductor Implementation (ELECTRONICS) - Hardcover

Kumar, Rakesh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071502661 ISBN 13: 9780071502665

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2008

Synopsis

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Discover How to Launch and Succeed as a Fabless Semiconductor Firm

Fabless Semiconductor Implementation takes you step-by-step through the challenges faced by fabless firms in the development of integrated circuits. This expert guide examines the potential pitfalls of IC implementation in the rapidly growing fabless segment of the semiconductor industry and elaborates how to overcome these difficulties. It provides a comprehensive overview of the issues that executives and technical professionals encounter at fabless companies.

Filled with over 150 on-target illustrations, this business-building tool presents a clear picture of the entire lifecycle of a fabless enterprise, describing how to envision and execute fabless IC implementation.

Inside This Comprehensive Guide to Fabless IC Design

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Define and specify the product

Understand the customer requirements, the value chain, and the supply chain

Select the right implementation approach, including “make” vs. “buy”

Choose the best technologies and supply chain

Implement IC design, fabrication, and manufacturing

Build the operations infrastructure to meet cost and quality requirements

Program-manage the distributed supply chain

About this title

Synopsis:

Learn about the complete lifecycle of a fables enterprise. "Fabless Semiconductor Implementation" tackles the challenges faced by integrated circuit manufacturing firms following or transitioning over to the fables business model (focusing on design and outsourcing the actual manufacturing). This resource details the potential pitfalls and solutions for this new IC design model, allowing firms to stay focused on cutting-edge design, and not invest in manufacturing.

About the Author:

Rakesh Kumar (Poway, CA) is the Founding Partner and President of TCX Inc. He has been a champion of the fabless model at two self-funded start-ups, Cadence Design Services, Motorola, Unysis, and IBM. He is an Executive Committee Member and Treasurer of the IEEE Solid State Circuits Society and is a member of the steering committee of the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0071502661
• ISBN 13: 9780071502665
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336