The semiconductor industry is becoming single-sourced as companies find it economically impossible to use multiple fabs for the same chip design, Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons, tells SEMI’s ISS 2013 meeting in Stresa on Lake Maggiore this morning.
"Portability is no longer possible – even for the CPA – there is no chance at the mask or even at the OASIS level," says Penn, "the pre-DFM file shares the nearest commonality but that falls down at the SRAM level."
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http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2013/02/25/55576/semi-industry-is-now-sole-sourced-says-penn.htm
