R&D ROI
Why they benchmark productivity
Ron Collett
4/16/2012 3:23 PM EDT
Why do semiconductor organizations benchmark product development productivity?
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RCollett
Hi Frank, Using transistors to measure design complexity is wholly inaccurate -- I couldn't agree ...
The best laid plans of mice and men
Ron Collett
3/12/2012 7:43 PM EDT
The wholly unrealistic IC development schedule nobody dares openly question is often much worse than I described in my last blog posting.
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Mark.Rackin
One word: MOTOROLA. When led by the founder, Paul Galvin, later (after Paul's tragic death in the ...
Ron Collett
1/24/2012 12:14 PM EST
Why do so many IC design teams commit to development schedules they know are not possible to meet?
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Neo1
Absolutely spot on Ron, I am sure every one of two engineers agree to this cause. The problem is ...
Ron Collett
10/20/2011 1:03 AM EDT
The undeniable trend of venture capital shying away from chip start-ups is a trend that promises to reshape the semiconductor industry.
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RCollett
MP, I agree completely. Software will become a dominant element of the functionality delivered ...
Ron Collett
8/17/2011 1:53 AM EDT
Long touted as a silver bullet, IP reuse often fails to live up to expectations when it comes to increasing semiconductor R&D productivity and throughput.
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phoenixdave
IP reuse is the foundation of open source software such as Ubuntu, Android, etc. But when it comes ...
Ron Collett
6/27/2011 5:30 PM EDT
EDA is still critical to chip design, but it's not keeping pace with increasing IC design complexity.
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KarlS
The tools are based on those used some 25 years ago and the approach has been to just get a bigger ...
Ron Collett
5/10/2011 12:06 PM EDT
Are rumors of the SoC's impending death exaggerated? Not entirely.
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rickclucas
Another major factor is that SOCs have not really been complete Systems, only large chunks, as time ...
In search of best-in-class R&D organizations
Ron Collett
4/13/2011 12:09 PM EDT
How do you know if an organization's performance is best-in-class, especially that of a competitor?
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RCollett
Absolutely correct -- application of the Best-in-Class paradigm requires comparison of similar kinds ...
Ron Collett
3/29/2011 7:43 PM EDT
Politics and productivity seem to go hand-in-hand in semiconductor R&D organizations, so it's hardly surprising that ostensibly poor performers use politics to avoid scrutiny.
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Optimal team sizes for chip projects
Ron Collett
2/28/2011 1:09 PM EST
Chip design projects demand a threshold number of engineers to meet schedule targets, yet, there's a point at which adding resources yields little, if any, additional development throughput.
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