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Sunday, July 6, 2008

The cost of designing IP

  1. Average Salary of an engineer $70K - $120K Each for a minimum of 10 Engineers
  2. Tool Licenses- free to a few million $
    1. Simulator
    2. Verification
    3. Validation
    4. Synthesis
    5. DFT
    6. Layout

  3. Design Period 1 Year+

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