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Foundry Model
Foundry Model
The foundry model is a microelectronics engineering and business model that consists of a semiconductor fabrication plant or foundry, and an IC design operation.
The companies that only design chips are called fabless companies.
e.g.: AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm
The companies that manufacture chips are divided into two types:
Pure Play foundries
They don't design chips themselves, but they manufacture designs for other companies.
- e.g.: TSMC, UMC, GlobalFoundries, IBM (used to be)
Integrated Device Manufacturers
They are companies that design and manufacture chips in house.
- e.g.: Samsung, Intel, Texas Instruments