Research on Business Model of Silicon Intellectual Property Providers

• Main Authors: Wen-Yuan Hsieh, 謝文淵
• Other Authors: 郭瑞祥
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b5q8jp

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 商學研究所 === 92 === Since 90s the advances in semiconductor manufacturing technology and the "system on a chip" design concept have brought a big change in IC Industry. IC Design business has dis-integrated into three major business entities: IC product design, IP component, and design service. Each business entity formulates their business portfolio differently. For example, in the IP-related business entities, some companies focus only on IP business, some companies provide a mix of design service, IP and EDA tool service, and some IP providers have been merged or acquired. It is then the goal of this research to explore the underlying business patterns of these IP-related business entities. In this research, 35 IP providers were taken as the samples companies and classified into six patterns, which are (1) IP vendors who provide Star-IP or specialized techniques, (2) IP vendors who provide IP components with multiple functions, (3) IP vendors who provide EDA tools as their core business, (4) IP vendors who provide design service and turnkey service as their core business, (5) IP vendors who focus on IP and design service, and (6) IP vendors or their IP department that have been acquired or merged. Next, history of each IP providers was collected. Correlation between their business model changes with economic events or technological changes was then constructed. With the Transaction Cost Theory and Institutional Economics Theory, causalities underlying these IP business model changes were provided. In addition, 28 quasi-propositions have been proposed based on these correlation data and theories. Managerial implications to the IP-related business were then provided.