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To: Tim Oliver who wrote (2860)10/29/1998 5:30:00 PM
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EE Times on Indian ASIC designers.

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In one case, the R&D center designed a device for a home electronic-energy meter that integrated an 8-bit MPU, DSP, firmware and analog functions. As part of the job, the center completed the technology transfer to the foundry, oversaw field trials for 100 prototype systems and obtained IEC conformance. The final bill was $100,000 — about one-fifth of what it would have cost to design the same product in the United States, said Kumar.

The chip took one year to complete, which Kumar admits is too long for many OEMs involved in the highly competitive markets for electronics systems. Even so, he said most of his customers are less concerned with shortening time-to-market than with minimizing costs and reducing risk.
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