Title :
Commodity IP vs. architectural IP: deconstructing the semiconductor industry
Author_Institution :
Mohr Davidow Ventures, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Circuits, 1998. Digest of Technical Papers. 1998 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4766-8
DOI :
10.1109/VLSIC.1998.688007
