Kaben Wireless Silicon

KABEN’s CEO, Dr Paul Slaby, is the organizer and Chair of the industry’s experts Panel entitled

"The evolution of semiconductor business models: is the fabless dead or alive and kicking?"

Tuesday December 1, 2009, 13:30 - 15:00 | Room: Auditorium

The Panel is part of the IP - ESC 2009 (IP-Embedded Systems Conference) which will be the 18th edition of the working conference on hot topics in the design world, focusing for the past 8 years on IP-based SoC design, held in Grenoble, France, Dec 1-4, 2009.

The maturing semiconductor industry and weak financial markets with limited funding options raise questions regarding further viability of the fabless model. Is there still room for entrepreneurial juices to flow in the semiconductor business or are we more or less becoming like the automobile industry? The industry evolution took us from the IDM model to pure-play foundry, fabless, and IP provider (chipless) business models. Many of these models are currently experiencing serious issues and the pundits are pointing to alternative approaches seeking inspiration from publishing, pharmaceutical, or Hollywood movie production models. This panel will explore these issues from the perspective of both mature and early-stage semiconductor companies today.

Chairperson:
Dr. Paul Slaby, President and CEO, Kaben Wireless Silicon

Panel:
Joachim Kunkel, VP & GM, Solutions Group, Synopsys

Dr. Stan Swirhun, Sr. VP & GM, Zarlink Semiconductor

Kalar Rajendiran, Sr Director, Marketing, eSilicon

Jean-Philippe Gendre, Investment Director, Emertec

More information on this event is available at:
http://www.design-reuse.com/ipesc09/program/panel_fabless.html