DocumentCode
2955044
Title
Commodity IP vs. architectural IP: deconstructing the semiconductor industry
Author
Zachary, G.
Author_Institution
Mohr Davidow Ventures, Menlo Park, CA, USA
fYear
1998
fDate
11-13 June 1998
Firstpage
74
Lastpage
75
Abstract
The semiconductor industry is starting to approach a pure publisher/content business model. The much vaunted "intellectual property" semiconductor startup is falling into two buckets: commodity IP and architectural IP. While the fab/fabless business model debate underlay the last 10 years, the foreseeable future for semiconductor startups will be driven by the commodity IP/architectural IP debate.
Keywords
commerce; electronics industry; industrial property; integrated circuit economics; IC manufacture; architectural IP; commodity IP; fab/fabless business model; intellectual property; publisher/content business model; semiconductor industry; semiconductor startups; Companies; Electricity supply industry; Electronics industry; Fabrication; Intellectual property; Power generation economics; Product development; Publishing; Research and development management; Semiconductor device manufacture;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
VLSI Circuits, 1998. Digest of Technical Papers. 1998 Symposium on
Conference_Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4766-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VLSIC.1998.688007
Filename
688007
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