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Viva Entrepreneurs!

Viva Entrepreneurs!. 30 September, 2011 Peter Claydon. Peter Claydon. 1984 Graduated Bath University 1984-1997 GEC-Marconi, Brooktree, Pioneer Feb 1998 Established Oak Technology Bristol Jan 2000 Oak sold to Conexant Aug 2000 Left Conexant Sept 2000 Founded picoChip

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Viva Entrepreneurs!

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  1. Viva Entrepreneurs! 30 September, 2011 Peter Claydon

  2. Peter Claydon 1984 Graduated Bath University 1984-1997 GEC-Marconi, Brooktree, Pioneer Feb 1998 Established Oak Technology Bristol Jan 2000 Oak sold to Conexant Aug 2000 Left Conexant Sept 2000 Founded picoChip Dec 2009 Left picoChip June 2010 Joined Deltenna 2010 - Silicon South West Ambassador and …

  3. What is an entrepreneur? Entrepreneur: a term applied to a person who is willing to help launch a new venture or enterprise and accept full responsibility for the outcome (Wikipedia) Will Keith Kellogg Steve Jobs Cereal Entrepreneur Computer Entrepreneur "The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur." - George W. Bush

  4. A long-term investment trend People invest in different technology over time When does the silicon investment era come to an end?

  5. A short-term investment trend * In 2010 money (inflation adjusted using the Consumer Price Index)

  6. Transistor counts are increasing

  7. What do you do with all those transistors? Lots of processors on a chip More functions on a chip 2G + 3G + 4G + WiFi + Bluetooth + GPS + Graphics + … Where do all those functions come from? Develop them? Buy companies? Buy Silicon IP?

  8. Silicon IP ARM is the most successful Silicon IP company in the world

  9. There are less things than there used to be

  10. And there are fewer chips in them

  11. Summary A lot fewer chips A lot more complex Silicon IP is used for commodity bits Few opportunities for “big chip” startups Is the age of silicon startups over?

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