65 nm will change industry, analyst says

Vikingod · Dec 7, 2005, 05:47 PM

From a technical standpoint, 65-nanometer design is easy — but it will change the entire semiconductor industry business picture and provoke a "competitive re-aggregation," said Gary Smith, chief EDA analyst at Gartner Dataquest.

Speaking at the Gartner Dataquest semiconductor industry briefing here Tuesday (Dec. 6), Smith said that semiconductor vendors must design complete systems including embedded software, and move up to electronic system level (ESL) design. Design for manufacturing (DFM) concerns may bring about the end of the customer-owned tooling (COT) model and turn foundries into ASIC vendors, he said.

"Contrary to popular opinion, 65 nm is turning out to be much easier to design than we thought," said Smith. "What it will do is change the semiconductor business picture dramatically."
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Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	65 nm will change industry, analyst says From a technical standpoint, 65-nanometer design is easy — but it will change the entire semiconductor industry business picture and provoke a "competitive re-aggregation," said Gary Smith, chief EDA analyst at Gartner Dataquest. Speaking at the Gartner Dataquest semiconductor industry briefing here Tuesday (Dec. 6), Smith said that semiconductor vendors must design complete systems including embedded software, and move up to electronic system level (ESL) design. Design for manufacturing (DFM) concerns may bring about the end of the customer-owned tooling (COT) model and turn foundries into ASIC vendors, he said. "Contrary to popular opinion, 65 nm is turning out to be much easier to design than we thought," said Smith. "What it will do is change the semiconductor business picture dramatically." __________ Read More / Source: EETimes