IP REUSEandPORTABILITY

Table of Contents

IP REUSEandPORTABILITY

Goals of Presentation

Growth Drivers of Electronics Industry

Virtual Components and System Design

Shift from Cell to VC Based Designs

Types of Virtual Components

VC Types

Definitions

Historical Chip Re-use

SOC Effects

Why will VC’s be mostly re-used ?

Change from standard ASIC to SOC

PPT Slide

Block Usage in Year 2000 and after

Impact on Time To Market &Engineering Resources

Re-use…..Soft or Hard ???

Portability Hierarchy

Types of Portability

Portable Cell Architecture Design Requirements

Porting hard VC across technologies & generations

Re-Use/Re-Design Time Per VC (also Block)

Impact on VC Portfolio

Impact on Cell Library

What is the impact ?

Time to Port VC Portfolio (Generation - Generation) vs Number of VC's

Impact on Market Advantage

The Problem

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