Absolutely Fabless? Or Not So Fabulous?
February 12, 2010
The reputation of the fast-growth, high market share success of the fabless semiconductor business model has been much overblown, it was argued at the IFS2010 meeting in London last month.
"Fabless ain't all it's cracked up to be", said Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons, presenting his evidence for that statement in the following bullet points:
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