SemIsrael - The Israeli Semiconductors Portal

When I joined the semiconductor industry, more than 24 years ago (please don’t calculate my age) many acronyms and buzzwords in the semiconductor world did not exist or did not have any real meaning (e.g. COT, SOC, Foundry, IDM, Fab, Fabless, etc.). In the mid eighties, semiconductor companies had an R&D group (or more) and an in-house manufacturing division with silicon production capabilities.

At that time, companies such as Intel, Motorola, and Texas Instruments designed, manufactured, packaged, tested and delivered their own Integrated Circuits (ICs) to customers.

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