Expect Further Fallout in Structured ASICs Market

By Richard Wilson -- 3/17/2006
Electronics Weekly

The market for structured ASICs could see further exits following LSI Logic’s decision to stop RapidChip development, according to one ASIC supplier.

Elie Massabki, VP of marketing at ChipX, said the structured ASIC market is growing strongly, but it still represents a relatively small market that is less attractive to larger ASIC suppliers than it is for the specialist firms.

“We foresee at least one other large semiconductor company to drop out of the race for the same reasons,” Massabki told Electronics Weekly.