... for expansion to meet the demands of the deep-submicron era and the complexity of system-on-chip (SoC) designs. In these times, more companies are compelled to reach out to third-party ASIC design services firms to get their chips to market on time and on budget.

The complexities of ASIC design, the challenges of manufacturing technology and the number of reusable intellectual-property (IP) blocks needed in the SoC era would create a demand for companies that focused on developing basic IP blocks and design methodologies. Those companies could then couple that with in-house expertise in foundry, test and packaging.

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