Comments on: IPs and TSMC http://www.asic-vlsi.com/blog/2007/10/15/ips-and-tsmc/ Ruminations on trends in the microelectronics / semiconductor world....... Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:17:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 by: Meenu http://www.asic-vlsi.com/blog/2007/10/15/ips-and-tsmc/#comment-21 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:09:31 +0000 http://www.asic-vlsi.com/blog/2007/10/15/ips-and-tsmc/#comment-21 Being a one stop integrated service provider (that leads to a query…. what is its major service? Foundry as of now) does provide the ammunition to facilitate further growth. TSMC, in collaboration with industry leaders, provides a very comprehensive IP portfolio. These IPs are checked against TSMC’s quality requirements and DFM standards. In fact, ARM and Virage, comprise the main memory IP providers in this list. The point is that with the blurring of the boundaries between customer, partner and competition, how much of a level playing field do the till now independent IP providers have..... Being a one stop integrated service provider (that leads to a query…. what is its major service? Foundry as of now) does provide the ammunition to facilitate further growth. TSMC, in collaboration with industry leaders, provides a very comprehensive IP portfolio. These IPs are checked against TSMC’s quality requirements and DFM standards. In fact, ARM and Virage, comprise the main memory IP providers in this list.

The point is that with the blurring of the boundaries between customer, partner and competition, how much of a level playing field do the till now independent IP providers have…..

]]> by: Ang Chew Hoe http://www.asic-vlsi.com/blog/2007/10/15/ips-and-tsmc/#comment-20 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:19:15 +0000 http://www.asic-vlsi.com/blog/2007/10/15/ips-and-tsmc/#comment-20 I would view the acquisition not as an consolidation since TSMC is not a major IP service provider. Rather TSMC vision is to be a one-stop integrated service provider from design enablement, maskshop, chip fabrication, sort, bump, package and final test. The strategy is no different from Google who transform from a pure play search service provider to a full integrated service including email photo, video, map, Google Earth, reader, calendar, applications. I would view the acquisition not as an consolidation since TSMC is not a major IP service provider. Rather TSMC vision is to be a one-stop integrated service provider from design enablement, maskshop, chip fabrication, sort, bump, package and final test. The strategy is no different from Google who transform from a pure play search service provider to a full integrated service including email photo, video, map, Google Earth, reader, calendar, applications.

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