[Industry] Semiconductor-2: Ecosystem

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 Foundry? Fabless? Learn about the Semiconductor Ecosystem All at Once!


설계만 하는 팹리스 회사

Fabless: 

  • Design, Verifies, Sell semiconductors without owning fabrication plants to make semiconductors. 

  • Outsource the manufacturing to foundry companies(i.e. TSMC, Samsung, Global Foundries)

ex: NVIDIA, Qualcomm, AMD, Mediatek.. 


IP기업 (반도체 설계전문회사)

IP (Intellectual Property)


  • IP:reusable design specifications, logic units, or circuit layouts that are patented and can be licensed or sold to other companies.

  • Design firms use pre-designed and pre-verified components from IP providers.


ex: ARM, Synopsys, Cadence..

EDA(Electronic Design Automation): 


  • A category of software tools for designing electronic systems


  • Design/ Simulation / Analysis & Verification / Safety…


ex: Synopsys, Cadence ..


Design House: 

The semiconductor ecosystem | Samsung Semiconductor Global


  • A design house is a bridge that connects a fabless and a foundry. It optimizes a fabless company’s design so that it is suitable for the production facilities.


Foundry:

팹리스 환영! 생산 전문가 파운드리


  • A manufacturing facility that fabricates semiconductor chips

i.e: TSMC: >65%, Samsung, UMC…

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