How will the fabless model survive?

ABSTRACT

The fabless model was traditionally enabled through clean interfaces - both in technical and business terms - between foundries and fabless semiconductor companies. However, with advanced geometry and analog/mixed-signal process nodes, the technical challenges have been greatly magnified, so that successful semiconductor design requires intimate co-optimization of design and manufacturing, infringing upon those clean interfaces. The panel presents views to these challenges and specifically how companies are planning to address them.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  B. Hardware
  B.m MISCELLANEOUS

General Terms:
Management

Keywords:
DFM, business, fabless, foundry