Monthly Archives: September 2009

Questions to ask before you consider “yet another synthesis tool”..

You need to know the exact criteria why you are considering other tools else its waste of time for you/your team and for vendor as well. Some common pain points are
A.QOR (Quality of Results)
B.Turn Around Time (TAT ) and Stability of the tool
C.Reactive mode type of Support from Vendor/Poor Support/Long resolution to issues
D.Interoperability with other tools
E.Cost of licenses itself.

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Semiconductor value chain…Its in the system stupid…

Single chips have become a commodity and some chips just cost less than a dollar or some
consumer electronics centric chips like wireless/3g/ etc might cost less than 10$ depending
on the volume…a can of coke seems to be more expensive than some components today,
so in what form can the semi vendor can add value and get profits? where is the value chain now?

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