Outline of issues
Why components?
- Raw silicon capability
- Design productivity
What type of components?
- What size of component?
- What type/capability of component?
How will they be implmented?
- Review of implementation alternatives
What methodologies are likely to succeed?
- Object-oriented vs. component-oriented
Who are the players?
- foundries,
- fabless semiconductor, 3rd party IP providers, vertical semiconductor,
- system companies
Which design styles are likely to predominate
- Time-to market (productivity)
- Features
- Process portability
- In-field up-gradabilty, programmability
- Quality of results