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With the cost of developing a new semiconductor fab anticipated to surpass US$5.0 billion by 2015, more and more IDMs are adopting a fab-lite outsourcing model. The growth in the merchant foundry industry has also provided fabless IC design firms with access to reasonably-priced advanced-process capacity without the need for huge capital expenditure, and IC design has therefore grown as a share of the semiconductor market to 25.8%, up from less than 10% in 2000. This Digitimes Special report focuses on how the foundry sector supports IC design customers through design services and trends among the key industry design platforms.
Abstract
With the cost of developing a new semiconductor fab anticipated to surpass US$5.0 billion by 2015, more and more IDMs are adopting a fab-lite outsourcing model. The growth in the merchant foundry industry has also provided fabless IC design firms with access to reasonably-priced advanced-process capacity without the need for huge capital expenditure, and IC design has therefore grown as a share of the semiconductor market to 25.8%, up from less than 10% in 2000.
This Digitimes Special report focuses on how the foundry sector supports IC design customers through design services and trends among the key industry design platforms.
Table of contents
Chart 1: Cost structure of IC design projects by process node (US$m)
Chart 3: Photomask costs have increased massively for advanced processes (US$m)
Chart 4: Embedded software support for multiple platforms is already a necessity
Chart 6: Comparison of IC design project numbers with the evolution of process nodes
Chart 7: Comparison of IC costs with the evolution of process node (% change)
Chart 8: Design concepts of Apple's A4 processor architecture
Chart 10: Collaborative development effectively shortens the development process for devices
Chart 13: Semiconductor process technology versus factory construction costs (US$b)
Chart 14: Date of announcement of global IDM's asset-lighting strategies
Chart 16: IC design output value and share of the semiconductor market, 2007-2011 (US$b)
Chart 20: Merchant foundries' strategies for client selection and resource allocation
Chart 21: Taiwan IC design service industry value and growth, 2007-2011 (NT$b)
Chart 23: Share of Taiwan IC design service industry by product sectors, 2011
Chart 24: Share of Taiwan IC design service industry by application sector, 2011
Chart 25: Share of Taiwan IC design service industry by sales region, 2011
Chart 26: Share of Taiwan IC design service industry by process technology, 2011
Chart 27: Taiwan IC design industry chain and associated companies
Breakdown of revenues for Taiwan IC design service companies
Chart 28: Revenue share among companies in the Taiwan IC design service industry
Chart 29: Process platforms of the major global merchant foundries
Chart 30: Platform processes of Taiwan's major IC design service firms
Revenue distribution for the process platforms of Taiwan-based IC design service providers
Chart 31: Process platform share in the Taiwan IC design service industry, 2011
Chart 32: Evolution of Global Unichip's process technology and manufacturing service suppliers
Chart 35: Global Unichip's 2011 revenue share by application sector
Chart 36: Global Unichip's 2011 revenue share by sales region
Chart 37: Global Unichip's 2011 revenue share by process technology
Chart 38: Evolution of Alchip's process technology and manufacturing service suppliers
Chart 44: Evolution of Progate's process technology and manufacturing service suppliers
Chart 46: Overview of Goyatek's history and manufacturing service suppliers
Chart 48: Evolution of Faraday's process technology and manufacturing service suppliers
Chart 51: Faraday's 2011 revenue share by application sector
Chart 53: Faraday's 2011 revenue share by process technology
Chart 54: Overview of Socle's history and manufacturing service suppliers
Chart 55: Share of 12-inch wafer capacity among foundries on the Common Platform, 2011
Chart 56: CoAsia's main operations and manufacturing service suppliers
Chart 57: IC design services as share of CoAsia's revenues, 2007-2011 (NT$b)
Chart 58: Comparison of the evolution of process technology for foundries and IC design services
28nm design projects and 40nm manufacturing services will be the main growth drivers in 2012
Chart 60: Comparison of the evolution of process technology and the number of design projects
Chart 61: Global share of merchant foundry 12-inch capacity by platform, 2011
Chart 62: Process platforms in the Taiwan IC design service industry
