Conexant chairman: Fabless IC designers face rising design costs
by LR Huang, Shanghai; Adam Hwang, DigiTimes.com
The biggest challenge fabless IC design houses face in the future will be the increasing cost of IC design, indicated Conexant Systems chairman and Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) vice chairman Dwight Decker, at the IC Industry Development Forum held on April 22 in Shanghai, China.
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