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• How Aggregators Help ASIC Design Teams Differentiate Their Products (Aug. 17, 2006)
  Selecting and integrating IP is rapidly becoming the biggest challenge of the ASIC industry. The success of an ASIC depends on the careful selection of reliable IP.
  
  
• Reverse Disaggregation - How Silicon IP Will Change the Semiconductor Supply Chain (May. 11, 2006)
  How Silicon IP Will Change the Semiconductor Supply Chain
  
  
• Bridging the Gap Between IP Provider and Silicon Design Center (Mar. 23, 2006)
  In this paper the reasons why the gap exists and some practical approaches on how to fill the gap are explored. With this understanding, the different IP cost structures of license fee and royalties are discussed to see which fits best in which situation
  
  
• IP's future: survival of the fittest (Mar. 13, 2006)
  We see the genesis of this today with platform systems-on-chip in which most IP blocks come preintegrated, preverified and validated. The method in which an IP vendor is selected will also mature. A lot will depend on the methodology, process and level of
  
  
• Business Considerations in SoC IP Procurement (Feb. 13, 2006)
  This paper details the legal, business and procedural considerations associated with the acquisition of commercial IP from IP vendors and partnering to facilitate its integration into an SOC device. It outlines PMC-Sierra’s experiences with commercial IP
  
  
• Follow the right steps for evaluating platform methodology (Oct. 20, 2005)
  Using a structured approach, analysts can identify and select high pay-off alternatives of proposed products prior to engaging in costly product development
  
  
• One Approach to IP Cores: Ten Years and Going Strong (Jan. 21, 2005)
  One Approach to IP Cores: Ten Years and Going Strong
  
  
• Modeling Total Cost of Ownership for Semiconductor IP (Nov. 05, 2004)
  Modeling Total Cost of Ownership for Semiconductor IP