On 8/2/05, Patrick McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Timothy Miller wrote: > > >I don't know. Besides the CPUs and some other support hardware for > >z-series and ppc, I'm not sure what else they make. They do have > >research labs, however. > > > > > > > IBM is actually a huge semiconductor company. They are actually one of > TIs top competitors. They just don't have the mindshare as such. The > make the Power series CPUs, the PPC obviously, but they also make a lot > of ASICs as well.
Don't get me wrong... I would certainly consider them to fab our ASIC. The first time around, though, we'll be using standard cell, which has the silicon already doped, and then metal is added to make connections and define the logic. Whoever we're buying from may buy their silicon from IBM. That's another point to make: Does IBM do standard cell? If they do, great. If not, we have to do full-custom, which has much higher tooling costs. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
