Xilinx CEO: Venture capital won't return to semis
Dylan McGrath, EE Times
(03/10/2009 11:56 PM EDT)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Venture capital funding is in short supply and won't return to the semiconductor industry even after the current recession, according to Moshe Gavrielov, president and CEO of programmable logic supplier Xilinx Inc.
Venture capitalists do not want to invest in semiconductor startups because of the amount of money required and the greater-than-five-year time horizon when they can expect their investment to pay off, Gavrielov told an audience at the Semico Summit 2009 event here.
"I predict that VC investment in semiconductor companies will drop precipitously," Gavrielov said. "It just does not meet the profiles they are looking at and they have other places where they can put their money."
Gavrielov mentioned green technology and Internet companies as more attractive options for VCs.
(03/10/2009 11:56 PM EDT)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Venture capital funding is in short supply and won't return to the semiconductor industry even after the current recession, according to Moshe Gavrielov, president and CEO of programmable logic supplier Xilinx Inc.
Venture capitalists do not want to invest in semiconductor startups because of the amount of money required and the greater-than-five-year time horizon when they can expect their investment to pay off, Gavrielov told an audience at the Semico Summit 2009 event here.
"I predict that VC investment in semiconductor companies will drop precipitously," Gavrielov said. "It just does not meet the profiles they are looking at and they have other places where they can put their money."
Gavrielov mentioned green technology and Internet companies as more attractive options for VCs.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- TSN Ethernet Endpoint Controller 10Gbps
- 13ns High-Speed Comparator with no Hysteresis
- Frequency Divider
- Specialized Video Processing NPU IP for SR, NR, Demosaic, AI ISP, Object Detection, Semantic Segmentation
- Ultra-Low-Power Temperature/Voltage Monitor
Related News
- Aura Semiconductor Announces Vcore Power Technology Transaction with onsemi
- IBM VC calls for 'open' hardware
- Analysis: strategic versus ROI-driven VC
- Docea Power Secures $1.5M in VC Funding
Latest News
- Innatera Selects Synopsys Simulation to Scale Brain-Inspired Processors for Edge Devices
- Siemens accelerates integrated circuit design and verification with agentic AI in Questa One
- Weebit Nano achieves record half-year revenue; licenses ReRAM to Tier-1 Texas Instruments
- IObundle Releases Open-Source UART16550 Core for FPGA SoC Design
- Rapidus Secures 267.6 Billion Yen in Funding from Japan Government and Private Sector Companies