ABSTRACT
Several companies have established an excellent business of developing standard physical library elements for pure play foundries that already take into account the manufacturing variability bridging graphic data system II to silicon. In terms of economic value, in the history of electronic design automation (EDA), more value has been awarded to simulation and optimization products that follow analysis in the horizontal flow. The market has matured — the EDA standards process must also rise to a new level. This will include Intellectual property (IP) as well as tools in their design solutions. IP and library products that address the stated challenges by bridging the horizontal and vertical design chain articulation points are and will be more valuable. There are circumstances that make IP less of a limiting factor and more of an enabler. IP will continue to increase in value as the design chain continues to disaggregate and the difficulty of communicating design intent increases.
