Comments on: Exclusive: IBM to Partner With Chip Startups to Cut Costs http://gigaom.com/2008/10/23/exclusive-ibm-to-partner-with-chip-startups-to-cut-costs/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: AD PR NY http://gigaom.com/2008/10/23/exclusive-ibm-to-partner-with-chip-startups-to-cut-costs/#comment-150801 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:11:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=25956#comment-150801 IBM has always taken this road.

Remember in 1980/81, they partnered with the young Micro-soft and Gary Arlen Kildall for the DOS

]]> By: Santiago http://gigaom.com/2008/10/23/exclusive-ibm-to-partner-with-chip-startups-to-cut-costs/#comment-150800 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:07:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=25956#comment-150800 “If you can find something really innovative, and use process technology a couple of generations old (which is only about 3 years in the chip business), then it can still be cost effective to make chips.”

TOTALLY AGREE!
Great Article!

]]> By: Himadri http://gigaom.com/2008/10/23/exclusive-ibm-to-partner-with-chip-startups-to-cut-costs/#comment-150799 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:35:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=25956#comment-150799 I think to start a semi company now you have to find some really unique technology. A lot of semis are doing variations of the same thing: video, networking, CPUs. That’s the problem. They then can only compete by pushing the bleeding edge of performance and process technology, which is very expensive.

If you can find something really innovative, and use process technology a couple of generations old (which is only about 3 years in the chip business), then it can still be cost effective to make chips.

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