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Who Should Lead Semiconductor IP Standards? Insights from OCP-IP Meeting in Grenoble

On December 5, 2007, Ian R. Mackintosh, the Chairman and Founder of OCP-IP, addressed the pressing need for leadership in semiconductor IP standards during a conference in Grenoble, France. The OCP-IP, established in 2001, is dedicated to facilitating IP-core reuse in SoC design and promotes a socket-based approach to streamline integration. The session highlighted successes and challenges faced by the organization, including the importance of proper resources, commitment to standards, and fostering global adoption. It emphasized that treating standards like products would help drive timely promotion and industry-wide acceptance.

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Who Should Lead Semiconductor IP Standards? Insights from OCP-IP Meeting in Grenoble

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  1. Semiconductor IP –Who Should be the Standards Torch Bearer?(December 5th 2007, Grenoble, France)Ian R. Mackintosh(Chairman, President & Founder of OCP-IP)

  2. OCP-IP Overview (www.ocpip.org) • Founded – Announced: June ’01 – December ’01 • Standard: ONE, The Open Core Protocol • Members: 200 (85% Corporate, 10% University, 5% Associations) • Working Groups (WG’s) : Strategic, Marketing and 6 Technical • Structure: Global/Virtual (0 employees, 70-200 inc. contractors and member contributors) • Legal: Non-profit, Operational headquarters Beaverton, Oregon, USA

  3. OCP-IP Focus & Importance • Focus: OCP is an IP-Core interface that facilitates re-use in block-based SoC design (also finding homes in FPGA’s) • Importance • Socket-based: separates Computational Core from Communications (the Key to re-use!) • Non-Proprietary • COMPLETE: Data, Control & Test • Established, accompanying high value infrastructure with industry-leading technical advances relating to IP-Core Interface

  4. OCP-IP: What’s Worked? • Infrastructure Development • Contributions (within WG’s/from Corporations) • Collaborations (Associations & Universities) • TTM • Strategic Planning • Program Management • “Need & Greed” • Flexibility (Operations and Relationships) • Technical excellence • Website Communications, etc. …..and, GLOBAL adoption!

  5. OCP-IP: What’s NOT Working? • Members have access to all IP, tools, support, training and advanced developments required for them to excel. So,……. ………..Our Search Failed; no failure to report!

  6. Struggles of (IP) Standards: The PROGRESSION • Awareness/Comprehension: TOO Little or TOO Much? CAUSES • Insufficient resources • $’s, time and/or people RESULTING IN • Incomplete work (little support) • Fragmentation/non-standards • Cause: Lack of leadership, commitment, focus and structure • LATE delivery (little support) • Cause: Lack of leadership, commitment, focus and structure • Traction of tolerable proprietary alternatives Solution: Treat standards as products, with (TIMELY) PROMOTION!

  7. Scoring IMPORTANCE of IP Standards 1 = Waste of Time 10 = Must have to endure IP community Survival 5| 8 Big UsersSmall Providers (Nature found a way (Key to BIZ efficiency and for to drive external suppliers) making money!)

  8. Semiconductor IP –Who Should be the Standards Torch Bearer?Grenoble, France December 5th, 2007Ian R. Mackintosh(Chairman, President & Founder of OCP-IP)

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