Letter to the editor: IP vendors must unite (Susan Cain, Previous VSIA Executive Director)

(08/20/2007 1:55 PM EDT), EE Times

I received a plethora of e-mails regarding my recent article, entitled "Opinion: Semi IP sector is a lost cause"

Then, I asked for the IP vendors themselves to respond to a set of questions. Here's one letter to the editor:

Editor,

Many of us in the industry were disappointed (some enraged) with the IP article written by Mark LaPedus. Some felt that acknowledging his article in any way would give it life and they would prefer to let Mark's opinion on the IP industry die.

Some have already written good letters and others will come. As the previous executive director of the VSI Alliance, developer of the Quality IP Metric, I can tell you that what Mark put in print is discussed frequently behind closed doors.

Every company I've worked with agrees that IP from independent vendors is a necessity in order to develop mega chips and reduce time to market. What they can't figure out is how to make sure the IP industry not only exists but thrives beyond the few larger suppliers that exist today.

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