The IC Industry
An extended hierarchy of companies forms the electronic products food chain of suppliers. The manufacturing of silicon chips is one part of this hierarchy.
Figure F.1 shows an overview of this hierarchy (on the left) and how EDA supports it (on the right).
Figure F.1. Electronic Product Hierarchy and EDA
Product Design
Referring to Figure F.1, we see that end-user electronic products are made by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). End-user products include communications equipment, video recorders, computers, and cellular telephones. Electronic System Level (ESL) EDA tools support system product design (dotted box).
The products ...
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