48th DAC - Gary’s Magic Formula
Last night, in his traditional DAC-opening presentation, Gary Smith addressed the crowd with a loud and clear message about the cost of doing hardware design. Design costs are steadily increasing and this is draining life and blood out of the industry. When chip design costs reach $25M, VCs stop funding start-ups. When costs reach $50M, continued Gary Smith, even IDMs struggle to afford ASIC developments.
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