Ericsson´s VLSI mini-fab strategy; low volume VLSI fab to ensure short time to market for Ericsson telecom systems and products

Author

Engde, Kurt-Ingvar

Author_Institution

Ericsson Components AB, Stockholm, Sweden

fYear

1995

fDate

2-4 Oct 1995

Firstpage

482

Lastpage

485

Abstract

Ericsson adopted a rather different approach when it planned a submicron fab at its Kista site in Sweden. Wafer manufacturing volumes were less important than time factors, since the principal role of the fab is to reduce the design and manufacturing lead times for the complex ASICs needed in the company´s telecommunications products and systems. In this paper, the author describes Ericsson´s rather unusual strategy for microelectronics sourcing

Keywords

VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; integrated circuit manufacture; strategic planning; ASICs; Ericsson; Kista site; Sweden; VLSI; low volume fab; manufacturing lead times; microelectronics sourcing; mini-fab strategy; telecom systems; time factors; time to market; Application specific integrated circuits; Business; CMOS technology; Hardware; Lead time reduction; Manufacturing; Microelectronics; Printed circuits; Reactive power; Semiconductor device manufacture; Time factors; Time to market; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics Manufacturing Technology Symposium, 1995. 'Manufacturing Technologies - Present and Future', Seventeenth IEEE/CPMT International

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2996-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMT.1995.526207

Filename

526207