Sanjay Srivastava's Blog – July 2009 Archive (1)

Next week, I am on a DAC financial panel "Can We Afford for Startups to Wind Down?" Here’s a preview of my position.

We can only afford for startups to wind down if -

• The need for innovation in electronic design has gone away because semiconductor companies are humming along just fine, OR
• An alternative model/source of innovation has been discovered

Now, looking at the exponential increase in the design cost of semiconductors, it is foolish to…