Analyst rails against the fab-lite
Peter Clarke - EETimes
(01/28/2010 11:21 AM EST)
LONDON — The fabless chip vendors and pursuers of fab-lite manufacturing strategies are about to get a shock, according to Malcolm Penn, principal analyst with Future Horizons (Sevenoaks, England). Some companies could under-perform, others could be driven out of business in a market that should be booming for them — and all because they have lost control of manufacturing.
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