Foundries and the Dawn of an Open IP Era T oday’s IC industry continues down a path of dis-integration it has followed for more than a decade—shifting from a vertical structure to a horizontal one, with many specialized and focused segments comprising the industry value chain. This dis-integration facilitates the growth of system-on-chip (SOC) technology and enhances operational efficiency by s...

though diet can influence the fluorescent signal obtained, instruments have been designed with adequate sensitivity for the detection of feces from animals consuming a variety of commercial feedlot rations. This imaging technology has been developed through intellectual property protection and technology transfer into commercially produced instruments, which are currently being manufactured and...

Intellectual property (IP) reuse based system design is becoming an industry standard recently. However, current educational system is not effective in the training of engineers who design by reuse and design for reuse. In this paper, we report our experience at the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP) in introducing the concept of design reuse into the introductory digital logic desig...

A rapidly growing third-party intellectual property (IP) market provides IP consumers with more options for designing electronic systems. It also reduces the development time and expertise needed to compete in a market where profit windows are very narrow. However, one key issue that has been neglected is the security of electronic systems built upon third-party IP cores. Historically, IP consu...

The appropriate role of innovation and intellectual property (IP) in global public health is a controversial issue. Discussion is one-sided, with potential benefits advocated by industry in stark contrast to condemnation by certain civil society players. WHO's Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Department (PHI) was established to address healthcare resource need for developing ...

In recent years, an increasing number of Chemical Engineering Software (CES), which play an important role in improving efficiency in the petroleum industry, has been introduced to the                market. Generally, software is the product of intellectual creativity, but protection of the intellectual property residing in software is the subject of some controversy.  This paper explores the ...

South Africa is a middle-income country with the world's largest HIV patient cohort and a growing burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases - a prime location for pharmaceutical companies looking to expand their markets. Yet, 20 years after the country's first democratic elections, poor health indicators and an over-burdened public health system belie persistently stark levels of soc...