Shifting Sands

I’ve been associated with the semiconductor industry in one form or another for about 30 years. During that time I have seen a number of boom and bust cycles, the rise of the System-on-Chip era and the maturation of the IP business model. I think we are at the start of a new era as the semiconductor industry emerges from the current recession.

 

One of the great downsides to Moore’s law is that it is increasingly difficult to put to use all those new transistors that are given to us every 18 months. And worse yet, its more and more expensive to make the products that we inevitably get to sell for the same price (if we are lucky.)  Something’s got to give.

The rest of this post can be seen as part of my regular column on Electronics Weekly, at the following link:  http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/26/47256/warren-savage-on-the-shifting-sands-of-semiconductor.htm