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IP Roundtable: Is There Room for Startups?EETimes Blog - Brian BaileyAug. 15, 2013 |
Brian Bailey, Engineering Consultant & EETimes DesignLine contributing editor
8/14/2013 09:11 AM EDT
This is the second part of an expert panel talking about the intellectual property (IP) industry. In part 1, we discussed the concept of IP as a partnership between the supplier and the user. Taking part in today's discussion are Warren Savage, president and CEO of IPextreme; John Koeter, vice president of marketing for the solutions group at Synopsys; and Chris Rowen, Cadence Fellow and CTO of Tensilica.
EE Times: When the IP industry was first being formed, a lot of people would create a piece of RTL IP, hang out a shingle, and attempt to start selling it. They quickly realized that there was more to it than this. Have we moved beyond the point where this is within the realm of a startup?