Semiconductor IP; Reusable Unit of Logic Designed to Use as Building Blocks in Different Chip Designs
In semiconductor technology, a Semiconductor IP (a semiconductor intellectual property), an integrated circuit, or IP segment is a reusable integrated circuit, device, or logical component of one electronic system. A semiconductor IP is an intellectual property of a circuit. It is normally developed with the idea of licensing to multiple vendor for using as building blocks in different chip designs. Single-IP blocks are less expensive than dual-IP blocks. A small company with limited resources may use a single-integrated circuit design, large corporation will most likely utilize a dual-IP design for its high-end products. A Semiconductor IP consists of one or more method units, apparatus connectors, gateways, processing elements, and programmable logic gates, which are used in cell phones, personal computers, handheld devices such as digital watches and cameras, etc. Generally, the size of an IP block is approximately 100 nanometers in length, although this can va...