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The VCP model can earn a Fabless Semiconductor Company (FSC) a higher valuation in an acquisition.  Why settle for less going it alone?

The vast majority of private FSCs are venture funded and, rationally, anticipate an exit through acquisition.  The statistics around achieving an exit via an IPO are daunting, at best. But, as we have all [...]

About 8 years ago eSilicon was visited by executives from Accenture. The meeting was arranged by them to understand the details of our, then, new business model.  They had anticipated that the semiconductor industry would be served by companies not unlike eSilicon; an aggregation of technical skills, buying power and an “e-hub”.  They were surprised by [...]

It should be no surprise.  The industry has been consolidating and expanding and consolidating for nearly 40 years.  So, when Virage Logic (Virage) was gobbled up by Synopsys and Denali was ingested by Cadence, it is really a lot more of the same.  Or is it?

There is a difference.  Synopsys has made it crystal clear that its [...]