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Vendor Survey Analysis: Recession Puts Brakes on Chip Design Outsourcing
10 August 2009
 
Ganesh Ramamoorthy  

Gartner's survey of 40 vendors offering semiconductor chip design services shows that the number of outsourced projects continued to grow during 2008, albeit at a much slower pace compared to the previous year.




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Table of Contents


    
 Key Findings and Recommendations

    
 Introduction and Survey Objectives

    
 Methodology Statement

    
 Gartner Recommendations Based on Findings

    
 Data Insights

    
 2008 Survey Findings Analysis

    
 1. Outsourced Chip Design Starts Grow 6.5% in 2008
    
 2. Growth Rates Dip for Outsourced Front-End and Back-End Design Starts
    
 3. Verification, Design Support Services Take the Hit
    
 2009 and Beyond
    
 Conclusion

    
 Methodology

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Total Chip Design Starts Share and Growth Percentages, by Customer Headquarters Region, 2006-2008
 

Table 2.  
 Total Chip Design Services Revenue Share by Application, Customer, Process Node and Geography, as Reported by Survey Respondents, 2007-2008
 

Table 3.  
 Total Back-End Chip Design Starts Growth by Process Node, Captured by Survey Respondents, Worldwide, 2006-2008
 

Table 4.  
 Total Chip Design Support Services Share by Type, Captured by Survey Respondents, Worldwide, 2006-2008
 

Table 5.  
 Chip Design Services Vendor Survey Respondents by Region, 2008
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Total Chip Design Starts Captured by Survey Respondents, Worldwide, 2006-2008
 

Figure 2. 
 Total Chip Design Starts by Application, Captured by Survey Respondents, Worldwide, 2006-2008
 

Figure 3. 
 Total Front-End Full and Partial Chip Design Starts Captured by Survey Respondents, Worldwide, 2006-2008
 

Figure 4. 
 Total Back-End Chip Design Starts by Process Node, Captured by Survey Respondents, Worldwide, 2006-2008
 



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