While the number of outsourced chip design starts declined across all regions in 2009, they grew as a percentage of total design starts and saw revenue increase, according to a recent Gartner survey ...

MANHASSET, N.Y. — In the electronics world, offshore outsourcing is nothing new. Many, if not most, of our fabs are located overseas. U.S. companies routinely set up manufacturing plants in Asia.

LONDON – Although the absolute number of ICs designed each year continues to decline, an increasing proportion of IC designs are getting outsourced to service companies and they are charging more for ...

Outsourcing: it’s a term that’s becoming more synonymous with manufacturing, especially among small businesses and the maker community. And why not? It’s an affordable solution for the next step in ...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- This year will be a make or break year for chip design service providers after the global recession slowed the growth of outsourced chip design starts in 2008, according to a survey ...