Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IEMT.1995.526207
