Published On: January 17, 2021

Photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash THE CHANGING SEMICONDUCTOR BUSINESS MODEL The semiconductor product development requires many businesses (from materials to logistics) to work in harmony. The complex process of fabricating semiconductor devices has also given rise to the cost of development. To lower the expenditure and to survive the semiconductor business, companies have leveraged different business models. The three types of semiconductor business model that define the design and the fabrication houses have been in use for several decades: Pure-Play FAB: In Pure-Play FAB (fabrication) model, the semiconductor companies invest only in semiconductor fabrication plants to turn the design into silicon products. These Pure-Play FABs in the last few years have also started investing in OSATs to leverage the growing assembly and testing demand. Examples: TSMC and GlobalFoundries. FAB-LESS: FAB-LESS […]